The Seward gateway., October 27, 1914, Image 1

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Fierce Bailie Raging on the Road to Calais - German Chief of Staff Retires Sick -1 entons Send Great
Masses of ... lo ll.e Westward, but Allies Claim to Be Holding Their Own - French Announce Success
Near \;,nev - Greeks Invade Albania and Burn Towns - Russians Reported AttackingPrzeinvsl Once More
GREECE AND ITALY GRAB ALBANIA AND FIGHT IS SURE
EUROPEAN CONFLAGRATION IS
SPRFAPING WIDER AND WIDER
GREECE TO SEIZE EPIRUS
LONDON, Oct. 27.—The Greek government has an
nounced to the powers its intention to seize northern
Epirus and to estalish a provisional government there
as it declares that the Albanian government has broken
down and a state of anarchy exists. 1 his news is regard
ed as of the most sensational kind as it is almost certain
to involve Greece in war and also bring Turkey into the
conflict. Northern Epirus is part of Albania and has been
for a long time coveted by the Greeks but its occupation
now will mean trouble not only with Turkey but with
Austria so that the Balkans are almost sure once more to
burst into conflagration.
ITALY LANDS IN ALBANIA
LONDON, Oct. 27.—That Italy will be involved in
the European war within a week seems to be assured now
by the fact that she has landed troops in Albania, a course
which is almost certain to result in the opening of hostili
ties between her and Austria. It is thought that she may
endeavor to avoid hostilities by entering into some under
taking with Austria and that Austria may possibly close
her eyes to the occupation of Albania until the present
general war is over but the general opinion is that Italy
has crossed the Rubicon and must fight.
AVALONA, Albania, Oct. 27.—'The Greek troops
have already invaded Albanian territory and are now at
tacking Mussulman troops and burning towns and vil
lages as they advance. The news of the invasion came al
most simultaneously with the information that Greece had
notified the powers of her intention to cross the border.
The Mussulman soldiers have attempted to repel the in
cursion but their unorganized condition renders them an
easy prey for the trained soldiers that are now trooping
over the frontier. It is evident that the invasion has been
planned for some time and that the Greek forces have
been mobilizing while the world was unaware of the fact.
It is the general opinion here that the Turkish troops will
get on the move at once and that all the Balkans will be
once more ablaze within forty eight hours.
FIGHTING NEAR NANCY
PARIS, Oct. 27.—Dispatches from the eastern end
of the French battle line show that the Germans have
failed to break through the French although several de
termined attempts were made for that purpose. The
French, however, succeeded in breaking through the en
emy near Nancy and drove the Germans back into Ger
man territory and the opinion prevails that if the French
forces in that district had been strong enough a very
serious result might have been recorded.
ALLIES HOLD GROUND
LONDON, Oct. 27.—Since Saturday no German
gain has been recorded. The allies have either brought
up great re-inforcements or have so strongly entrenched
themselves that the Germans are compelled to sacrifice
man after man to gain a foot of ground.
The German forward movement has been character
ized by even a greater prodigality of lives than the march
on Paris and the losses of the enemy must be terrible.
It is deemed certain here now that the Germans intend to
hold the lines which they occupy along the whole great
front in Belgium and France. They are probably so well
entrenched that the taking of their positions would be
accompanied by losses of the most appalling kind as there
is hardly any hope that their'flank can be turned once it
succeeds in resting itself on the coast. To prevent the
occupation of the coast cities the allies will now, in the
opinion of military experts, put forth all their strength.
CORWIN ARRIVES FROM
NOME WITH A CROWD
About A Score Of The Passengers
Came Here To Stay For The
Big Awakening.
_
The famous steamer Corwin, Cap
tain Dick Hoaly, arrived in port this
morning unexpectedly with a large
number of Nome people, some of
whom are on the way outside and
quite a few of whom came to stay in
►Seward as all seem to expect that
this is the coming part of the terri
tory. The vessel was taken off after
going ashore above Nome without
sustaining the least damage. She has
sixty five tons of tin ore aboard and
lots of other sorts of freight. The
Corwin is the vessel which gets to
Nome every' year before any others
and in this way has secured a big
name in northern travel. Fred Weiler,
a well known citizen of Nome is wire
less man aboard. Max Hirschberg,
one of the prominent mining men of
the Nome country, is also aboard as
well as several other well known
people.
MOVING PICTURE SHOW
FOR KNIK PEOPLE
Knik will have a moving picture
show by the first of January. I. J.
Grown and R. E. McDonald , the pop
ular young men who run the Ra.lroad
Kitchen have leased a portion of the
new Howard building and intend open
ing a first class movie house. Mr. Mc
Donald will leave for Seattle on the
Mariposa and return a3 early as pos
sible with a complete movie outfit.
KNIK JUDGES
The following citizens have been
named by Commissoner David to act
as judges and clerks of the election
which will occur on Nov. 3.
Knik— Mrs. Jessie Beach, Albert
Atrim. W. A. Sherman.
Willow Creek— Bert Stewart, Chas.!
Dietzel, T. R. Wilson.
Girdwood—Chas. Machl, Robert
Hildritch, G. D. Hitchcock.
Secretary C. J. Todd of the terri
torial democratic central committee
writes to Committeeman George
Phelps that the opinion of all law
yers in Valdez is that women can vote
in the delegate election.
MORE THAN 100
MINERS KILLED
GAS EXPLOSION CATCHES 300
MEN AND MANY
ARE DEAD
ROYALTON, 111., Oct. 27.—‘Three
hundred men were caught in the
Mitchell coal mine by a gas explosion
this morning and most of them are
probably dead. About one hundred
of them are known to have escaped
but thirty five dead bodies have been
recovered while all the remainder are
still imprisoned in the lower levels.
The fate of the imprisoned miners is
believed to be sealed and it will be
considered extraordinary even if any
of them are found alive. The pit
mouth now presents a most pathetic
spectacle. The families of the entomb
ed men are crowding around suffer
ing the most awful anguish. Were
they known surely to be dead the
suffering would hardly be so fright
ful. The work of reaching them is still
proceeding.
LETTER FROM NORWAY
TELLS ABOUT THE WAR
Says British Have Seized Many Ships
Along The Coast And Prices
Are Gone Up.
In a letter and paper to John
Yulem of Seward from Christiania,
Norway, it is stated that the British
warships have seized many merchant
ment along the Norwegian coasts.
Flour in Norway has gone up from 22
crowns to 65 crowns. The newspaper
states that in one month the British
lost 1100 officers and in two divisions
of the Brtish army two-thirds of the
officers were lost.
Another bit of information is that
the Fair held in Norway to mark the
centenary of Norwegian independence
was a great success financially and
otherwise. It was aided by the Nor
wegians of the United States.
SOCIALIST AND ANARCHIST
FLAGS ARE FORBIDDEN
Massachusetts Supreme Court Pro
hibits Waving Of Banners In
Opposition To Govt.
BOSTON, Oct. 26.—The law pro
hibiting the display in parades of red
or black flags or banners and signs
bearing inscriptions against organized
government was upheld in a decision
handed down by the supreme court
today. The law will be enforced to
the full and from this time forward
the flaunting of such signs will be
severely punished.
AUSTRIANS IN BELGIUM
THE HAGUE, Oct. 27—The Germans continue to
send large masses of troops westward in Belgium and also
are rushing great forces to the southwestward. Ten thou
sands Austrian troops arrived in Ghent on Sunday and
only very few Germans have been kept in that city, all of
the kaiser’s troops being evidently intended to take part
i in the battles for possession of the coast cities. So great
are the forces now marching that it is evident a tremen
dous effort will be made to overcome the opposition of the
allies within a few days.
ATTACKING PRZEMYSL
PETROGRAD, Oct. 27.—It is reported that the Rus
sians are again attacking Przemysl and that they are
rapidly destroying the forts surrounding the city. This
has not been officially announced but advices from the
front have certainly reached this city to that effect. The
reduction of the fortress would be regarded as the most
important event for the Russian advance.
NOME BALLOTS ARRIVE
ON STEAMER CORWIN
Shows Twenty Two Candidates For
The Territorial Legislature
Copies of the ballots agreed upon
in the Nome election arrived on the j
Corwin. They carry 25 names, three,
of which are the candidates for the;
national house. The candidates for
the senate are Frank Aldrich, demo
crat, Andy Anderson, republican, Ja**k
L. Douglass, independent, George
James, independent, Jens Madsen, soc
ialist.
The candidates for representativeo
are Joseph Chilberg, socialist, J. J.(
Connors, Nate H. Coombs, James P.:
Daly, democrat, W. M. Eddy, republi-,
can, W. W. Getchell, Charles D. Jones,1
republican, Barry Keown, George H.
Koppitz, Martin F. Moran, indepen
dent, Thomas McGann, Hugh O’Neill,
J. A. Parry, socialist, P. A. Peterson,
socialist, T. C. Powell, republican, R.
J. Sommers, independent, William
Stipek, socialist.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT
IS SENT TO JAIL
Cleveland Educator Must Re-Instate
Teachers He discharged
CLEVELAND, Oct. 26.—J. M. H.
Frederick, superintendant of the j
Cleveland public schools, has been j
found guilty of contempt of court by
Justice NcfT of the court of common
pleas for violaing the injunction for
bidding him to discharge teachers for
activity in organizing a teachers’
union. He will be sentenced on Fri
day and in the meantime the court
orders him re-instate six discharged
teachers. The teachers of the city say
that the finding of the court opens
the way for the organization of the
teachers of the public schools of all
the large cities. The whole affair has
caused a profound interest not only
in this city but all over the country’
as people believe it marks a most im
portant departure in educational mat
ters.
COMES IN WOUNDED
J. Sullivan arrived yesterday from
Glacier crock where it is said he was
badly beaten up by two men and a
woman. It is declared that his face
was beaten out of shape almost and
that his attackers also threatened
him with a gun. He went westward
last night to enter law proceedings
against his alleged assailants.
STEFFANSON ON THE ICE
BUT THEY ROAST HIM
Chief Engineer Clark and Purser
Murray of the Corwin say that in
their opinion Steffanson is still on the
floating ice in the Arctic and has a
chance to get back. They were
aboard the Corwin in their official cap
acities when that boat was taken into
the Arctic by Captain Dick Healy to
search for the members of the Stef
fanson expedition and they declared
that Seffanson knew the Karluk was
doomed when he left her. They make
no bones about declaring that the ex
pedition was incompetently managed
in every waj^.
TO REMAIN IN SEWARD
Hank O’Connell, Henry Madsen and
his family, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and
John Harris are among the Corwin
passengers who will make their home
in Seward.
NO EXTRA SESSION
TO BE CALLED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The pre
sident declared today that he has no
intention of calling an extra session
of congress after the elections as had
been rumored and this declaration is
taken as final. Congress will meet
again in December and this is regard
ed as soon enough to cover all the
business which seems pressing.
BIG CROWDS TO COME
HERE FROM IDITAROD
Ed. Uhle Of That ( amp Arrives On
Corwin And Speaks About The
New Mail Route
That a great crowd of people from
the Iditarod and neighborhood will
come out by the way Seward this win
ter is the statement of Ed. Uhle who ,
arrived this morning from the Idita
rod on the Corwin. He travelled down
the Yukon on a gasoline launch and
caught the Corwin at St. Michael.
Tom Boyd is ready to start sending;
the mail out this way next Monday j
and many are waiting for the snow ,
to hit the trail. The weather
inside has been mild this fall but
it is expected that sufficient snow
will be on the ground at the time the
mail is scheduled to leave the interior
camp.
ATTORNEY BOLAND DEAD
Attorney Boland of the Alaska
Northern railroad has passed away
according to information just received
in Seward._ ‘
TRIED TO KILL
GENERAL VILLA
SUPPORTER OF CARRANZA
HIRES MAN TO SLAY
NOTED CHIEF
ELPASO, Oct. 27.—An attempt has
been made to assassinate General
Villa by Francso 1. Mugia and the
would be assassin has already paid
for the attempt with his life. Before
his execution he made a confession to
Amercan Consular Agent Carrothers
and declared that he had been commis
sioned to commit the murder by Gen
eral Pablo Gonzales, Carramza’s
staunch supporter. Villa says he sent
the infomation about the murder to
the Associated Press here but that
the matter was suppressed for some
reason or another and although the
attempt took place some days ago it
has not become known until now.
GERMANS LOSE 10,000 DAILY
ROME, Oct. 27.—According to official reports the
Germans are losing ten thousand men daily in killed,
wounded and missing. These figures are not, however, so
appalling as they appear at first sight as the wounded
are being treated with such scientific care that seventy
percent of them are able to return to the ranks in a short
time. The number of killed on both sides is small compar
ed to the number of wounded and prisoners but all sides
admit that the casualties are frightful nevertheless.
DEADLY CONFLICT NEAR YSER
LONDON, Oct. 27.—The battle for possession of the
road to Calais is still raging with terrific intensity. The
territory west of the river Yser continues to be the scene
of the most deadly conflict. Although the flow of the Ger
man re-inforcements seems to be endless they have made
no noteworthy progress since reaching the river and the
awful hammering goes on without cessation. T he allies
have also been re-inforced and are meeting every assault
of the enemy with splendid steadfastness. The biggest
German guns have arrived at Bruges and it is evidently
fhe intention of the enemy to bring them into action where
the present fighting is going on. The attempt to bring up
those guns has been met by terrible obstacles so far but
the work is going on and the allies admittedly fear that
their arrival at the scene of battle may have some effect.
VON MOLTKE SICK
BERLIN, Oct. 27.—Chief of staff von Moltke is suf
fering from a liver complaint and General von Falken
stein, minister of war, has temporarily taken his place. It
was rumored that von Moltke had been retired by the em
peror but this is officially denied and the emperor and the
members of the cabinet declare that the retirement of the
chief of staff will be only for a very short time.
ONLY GERMAN SUBMARINES FIGHT
“ LONDON, Oct. 27.—All the people of London are hop
ing that the German fleet will come out to meet the British
warships that are now shelling the German positions on
the Belgian coasts but up to the present the only German
vessels that have attempted to attack the British warships
are submarines. These have done no damage according to
the official reports although several of them have tried to
torpedo the Britishers. The British captains, however, are
taking particular care to avoid such attacks and as the
time wears on the fear of submarines is growing less. It is
regarded as remarkable here that the British vessels have
escaped without injury but the coming up of the really
powerful guns of the Germans is sure to make greater
caution necessary. It is announced in London by reliable
authorities that the naval guns of the ships of this country
are of the greatest aid in repelling the attacks by the Ger
mans on the coast towns.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Exports in grain and
meats jumped to practically unprecedented quantities in
September. The exports for that month were forty six
millions larger than the exports for the first month of the
war. The slump in the exports of cotton for the same
month compared to the exports last year was sixty mil
lions of dollar.