SEWARD ALASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1,1914. Member Associated Press Ten Cents the Copy
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THREE MILLION TROOPS
IN TITANIC BATTLE
Allies Pushed Rack, Rut Remain
Solid and Fight On
TURKEY (JETS READY
BERLIN. Sept. L—The die may be said to have been
cast by Turkey and probably within twenty-four hours
that empire will enter the great European conflict on the
side of Germany and Austria against her hereditary foe.
the Russian empire. The first line ot the lurkish army,
numbering two hundred thousand men, has already been
mobilized. This tremendous force is entirely composed of
Mohammedans w ho are eager as birds ot prey to be let at
the enemies they hate most on earth. The mobilization of
other forces will probably be ordered at once.
GERMAN OFFICERS LEAD TURKS
WASHINGTON, Sept. L—The British embassy de
clared today that an immediate declaration ot war by I ur
key is expected at any moment. German officers, the pick
of the German army, ha\e gone to Constantinople to take
charge of the Turkish forces and under their lead it is ex
pected the fanatical Turks will make formidable soldiers.
GERMANS DESTROY RUSSIANS
BERLIN. Sept. L—Three Russian army corps have
been completely destroyed by the German army in a great
battle just fought at Allenstein in East Prussia and two
of the commanding generals ot the Russian forces have
heen captured like rats in a trap. I he victory of the Ger
mans has been complete and decisive and the news given
out today by the German government seems to indicate
that the Russians will he driven from East Prussia within
a few days.
THREE MILLION MEN FIGHTING
LONDON, Sept. 1.—Three million soldiers are now
battling on the French frontier in the most aw ful struggle
which ever took place in the history ol mankind, lhe
Germans have gained ground by an encircling movement
around the left wing of the French but the French assert
that after a three days’ battle the Anglo-French line, al
though pushed back into t rance by the terrible German
onslaught, has remained unbroken and is able to continue
the warfare.
The allies also say that the losses of the Germans are
immensely greater than those ol the delenders and the
German intention seems to be to wear down the defenders
gradually no matter at what cost of life.
GERMANS AND BRITISH STRUGGLE
The heaviest lighting appears to be taking place along
a line from Peronne to N ervine about 60 or 70 miles from
the Belgian border in French territory where the best
German troops are attempting to pierce the British de
fending forces.
The government reports today are that, the British
troops are fighting with magnificent courage and stead
fastness but they are up against the greatest troops that
ever appeared on the battlefield.
FRENCH HAVE CONSOLATION
The only positive victories claimed by the French arc
said bv them to have taken place in the Vosges mountains
and in Ix>rraine. According to the French reports the
Germans are retreating in those places and the
French are decidedly successful. In the north, however,
the French must admit that they are gradually being
driven backward and the Germans are now less than one
hundred miles from Paris.
RUSSIANS CRUSH AUSTRIANS
BUCHAREST, Roumania, Sept. 1—The Russian army
has inflicted a crushing defeat on the Austrians in Galicia
and the Austrians lost twenty thousand men. The battle
is said to have been one of the fiercest fought since the be
ginning of the war. The Austrians fought with despera
tion as defeat meant a further advance by the Russians
into Austrian territory, but Russians are reported to have
been well led and splendidly handled.
If the story as it came here is correct the defeat is truly
a crushing one for Austria and it is supposed that the Aus
trian army in that part of the field will be compelled to
fpll back on the Carpathian mountains and take the de
fensive.
NOTED PACKING
PLANT BURNS
CARSTENS PLACE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED BY FIRE AT
TACOMA
TACOMA, Sop.. 1.—The Carstens
Packing plant in this city was u>m
pletely destroyed by lire last night
and the loss is estimated at eight huff*
dred thousand dollars. The cause of
the lire is not yet known and it was
probably due to some slight accident.
The efforts of the fire department
were unavailing although the full
available force was set to work in the
effort to extinguish the flames.
No one was injured by the lire n*r
though the blaze was a very exten
sive one.
WILLIAMS DEFEATS THE
1. S. TENNIS CHAMPION
NEWPORT, Sept. 1.—Norris Wil
Mams defeated Maurice McLaughlin
yesterday for the national tennis
championship. The contest was a
close one and the result was a good
deal of a surprise as McLaughlin was
a prime favorite.
P \RKER AND COMPANY’S
MINE LOOKS FINE
Professor Herschel Parker, who has
arrived in the city from his mining
property, says that everything out
there looks splendid. He came on a
business trip and will go out Thurs
day morning. There will be no car
running tomorrow.
LEASING BILL
READY TO PASS
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DELEGATE WICKERSHAM WIRES
TO SAY IT WILL PASS HOUSE
ON THURSDAY
That the Alaska coal leasing bill
will pass the house next Thursday is
the statement contained In a telegram
from Delegate James Wickersham
which was received yesterday by the
Commercial club of Seward. Mr. j
Wickersham states that the bill was j
fully considered yesterday. It is.
quite possible, however, that the tele
gram could mean that the bill will be j
passed by both houses next Thursday
and that the consideration yesterday j
was by the house. This is due to the
fact that the word house could be
used as part of the first sentence or
the last.
Hut, here is the telegram in full,
exactly as it read:
Seward Commercial club
Alaska coal leasing bill fully con- j
sidered today house will pass Thurs
day
James Wickersham
Delegate from Alaska.
Alex Rolan arrived in Seward last
light from Mile 18 to outfit for a
hunting trip to Skilak Lake.
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EXPLORERS IN
AWFUL DANGER
(1 TI ER BEAR CANNOT REACH
WRANGELL ISLAND; WRECK
ED MEN MAY DIE
NOME, Sept. 1.—That the members
of the Steffanson expedition who
have been marooned on Wrangell
Island for some time are now in the
most serious danger if they have no»
already perished is the feeling hen
now because of the failure of the
U. S. revenue cutter Bear to reach
them. The Bear returned yesterday
after having failed in its task be
cause of mountainous ice encountered
near the island and because it ran
short of coal and could not wait any
longer.
The most serious fact is that Cap
tain Bartlett, commander of the ship
ivarluk of the expedition, states that
the provisions of the marooned people
could not have lasted longer than th<
tenth of August so that the people
now generally fear that a most tragic
occurrence has already taken place.
The Bear will coal here at once and
make another effort to reach Wran
gell Island and it is quite possible
that the castaways may have secured
enough provisions of some kind to
sustain life. All the marooned people
are well known here so that the fail
ure of the Bear to reach the island
and the consequent danger to which
the castaways have .been exposed is a
matter of grave local concern.
NOTED MAN DIES
VERY SCDDENLY
John M. Frink Who Once Represent
ed Canadian Government Passes
Away in Seattle
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.—John M.
Frink, a wealthy iron manufacture*
who represented the Canadian gov
ernment in 1890, died suddenly here
today. He was well known in man
ufacturing circles and his death has
created a good deal of a sensation
here.
PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON
CORNISH, Sept. 1.—President Wil
son returned to Washington today
after a vacation enjoyed here for a
few days.
ARRIVED ON CAR
LAST EVENING
The car arrived last evening loaded
with several prominent people.
Among them were Messrs. William
Sauers, Frank llallaine, Christensen
of the land department, Campbell of
the railroad appraising staff, Frank
Skeen, Professor Herschel Parfcet
from Quartz creek, A1 Peel and Lee
Rice from the Primrose mine and
Mrs. John Gilpatrick.
Mr. Christensen arrived from Knik
and will remain here for some tlm*.
He will begin this month the exam
ination here of witnesses on the coal
land cases.
A1 Williams left this morning for
the head of Turnagin Arm to be ab
sent for a month or more.
LONDON TIGHTENS CENSORSHIP
LONDON, Sept. 1.—The censorship on war dispatches
has been tightened by the British government and less
news can now he obtained than ever. There is no longer
such a thing as a war correspondent and only the govern
ment of each country gives out the news. T. P. O'Connor,
the journalist and member of parliament, brought the
matter up in the house of commons some days ago and
asked that the American newspaper correspondents be
given more news for their papers but instead of having
the request granted the censorship has been made worse
than ever.
It is rumored here that the British have landed an
other strong force at Ostcnd and are attacking the Ger
mans in the rear.
It is certain that fighting has been resumed along the
whole front and that the German right wing continues to
advance along the coast of France opposite England. In
the meantime it has been announced that fierce fighting is
going on along the Russian frontier and that both sides
are claiming victory but as all dispatches must come
through the government press bureau they must be ac
cepted with a good deal of mental reservation, to say the
least of it. .
CONCLAVE TO
ELECT POPE
GREAT CONVENTION SITTING AT
ROME BUT HAS MADE NO
SELECTION YET
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ROME, Sept. 1.—The conclave for
the election of a new pope is now rn
session here hut no choice has yet
been made by the cardinals. Accord
ing to the rules of the papal conclaves
no news can be given out as to the
progress of the proceedifigs. It is
surmised that the chief concern of the
college of cardinals will be not to
elect a pope who might be a persona
non grata to any of the great powers
now engaged in the deadly conflict as
such an election might he taken to
mean an offense.
PASSENGERS COMING
ON THE ALAMEDA
SEATTLE, Sept. 1.—The following
oassengers are aboard the Alameda
for Seward: Mrs. I*. Masvott and her
son, Robert Ashland, Horace Deline,
Miss Forgy, Mrs. Moran, Mrs. V. Mil
ler and one steerage.
A. Dodd is aboard for Knik.
Miss Forgy should be, probably,
Mrs. Forgy the Seward school teacn
r who was aboard the Sampson when
she sank.
MAVIPOSA TO SELDOVIA
The Mariposa which was billed to
arrive at 2 this afternoon will go this
time to Seldovia and Knik anchorage.
gameseason
OPENS FINELY
ALL GAME PLENTIFUL EXCEPT
OCR OLD FRIEND JACK
RABBIT
With the opening of the small game
season today Dr. Baughman, the gen
ial game warden of this district, an
nounces that all game is plentiful
with the exception of the Alaska
prospector’s good old standby, rabbits.
This is the periodical year for the
thinning of the rabbit population.
Such a season, like human wars,
comes every seven or eight years and
the rabbits die away.
Dr. Baughman was one of the first
himself to take to the water this
morning. He brought down two fine
mallards and four big hawks. He saw
38 mallards in a short time at the
head of the bay and says there is lots
of sport ahead for duck hunters.
LABOR DAY COMES
NEXT MONDAY
Next Monday will be Labor Day
and a legal holiday. It is a legal hol
iday in the territory of Alaska as well
as in the states.
SAYS SEWARD BEST
MINING DISTRICT OF ALL
Jack Letterman, a well known pros
pector and mining man, of Fairbanks,
arrived on the car last night from the
end of the line. Mr. Letterman has
been looking over the Port Wells and
Portage Ray district and passed them
up for Seward as in his opinion the
mining possibilities in this section are
greater than any other part of Alas
ka. Mr. Letterman says that the set
tlers in that country are more on the
>rder of land grabbers than prospec
tors and are more willing to discuss
terminal possibilites than formation
with you. He came over the glacier,
landing at Mile 6H and is planning on
spending the balance of the season in
the hills back of Seward.
RUSSIAN EXPLORERS
RETURN TO RUSSIA
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1.—The
surviving members of the Sedoff Arc
tic expedition have arrived at Arch
angel, Siberia. Several members of
the expedition lost their lives since
the expedition departed from Russia.
GERMANS MAKE THIRD
OF THE WAY TO PARIS
Battalion of British Infantry
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Taken by Gen. Von Buelow
BRITISH CAPTURED
Before the battle near St. Quentin General \on Bue
low captured a full battalion of British infantry and then
proceeded against the French who were in far greater
numbers.
The information coming this afternoon front Turkey
gives promise that Greece will also be brought into the
war unless the success of the Germans warns her against
making the attempt. It is said also that the successes of
Germany have caused Italy to recall its order of mobili
zation and that she will not now fight against Germany
and Austria. The best German officers are said to be in
charge of the Turkish army.
RUSSIANS SMASHED TO BITS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Seventy thousand Russians
have been captured by the Germans and the entire artil
lery of the Russian army in East Prussia is now in the
hands of the troops of the kaiser.
This is the momentous intelligence which has arrived
via the Associated Press this afternoon. It means that
the Russian army has been crushed like an eggshell by the
German forces and that German soil will soon be cleared,
if it has not already been cleared, of the invadnig hosts ol
the czar.
According to the accounts coming the Russians were
able to make no stand against the German onslaught and
they fell easy prey to the soldiers who have been able to
defeat the splendid troops of France and Britain in the
west.
GERMANS TRIUMPH EVERYWHERE
Further news coming to this city, and condensed for
the purpose of telegraphing, is that the Germans are also
carrying all before them in France, particularly in the
north.
General Von Cluk has advanced to Conbles and has
forced the allies to retire before him although they are re
ported to be still lighting and have avoided a disorganiz
ing defeat.
VON BUELOW DEFEATS FRENCH
General Von Buelow has completely defeated a su
perior force of French near St. Quentin and has now pene
trated within less than eighty miles of Paris.
The Germans under General Von Hausen have forced
back the French also at Rethel on the river Aisne and the
whole French line seems to be falling back before the ter
rific onslaught.
GERMAN CRUISER AT HONOLULU
HONOLULU, Sept. 1.—The German cruiser Nuren
berg appeared off the pier here today but she will not be
allowed to take on more coal unless she can show that she
touched at a German port since she was here before. She
was on the Pacific coast of the United States when she was
last heard from but probably came across here in guest of
prizes of war.
CROWN PRINCE FIGHTING
Further east the Germans under the crown prince are
still attacking the French around Meziers and the prince
reports that he is driving them back. On the whole the
fighting is terrific. The whole world seems to resound to
the charging of the innumerable hosts and the roar of
thousands of guns. It is the war of gods and the supreme
struggle is believed to be going on at this moment
VON BUELOW REPORTED DEAD
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 1.—Prince von Buelow, son of a
former imperial chancellor of Germany, who was wound
ed at the battle of Haelon in Belgium, is reported to have
died of his wounds. Von Buelow, like many others of the
highest families of the German empire, went to the front
like any ordinary officer and led his men into battle. It is
one remarkable fact connected with the war that Germans
of all ranks from the kaiser and his son downwards have
gone into it as real warriors and not as decorations and
this accounts for the extraordinary number of deaths re
ported in the highest families. The report of Von Bue
low’s death has not been confirmed but that he was se
verely wounded in the battle of Haelen is certain. At that
battle, it is reported, four hundred British soldiers were
lost out of one body of seven hundred. This terrible loss
was due to the gallant stand made by the British.
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