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v ,!. S. N , •_>, : SEWARl), ALASKA,THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18,1!)14._Ten Cents the Copy 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. • • 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 (Continued on Pape 4) 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.