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No. 197 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914
PRICE 10 CENTS
TROOPS PREVENT
FROM
THROUGH ALLIES' LiSE!
Sir Charles Ferguson Given
Credit for the Repulse
Sept. U>—— In a speech ai
today's session of the British i<ar
Ifc'.ineut kin;; Albert said that he had
dune everything in his power '•
preserve |H'U<> in Kurope. Parlia
ment adjourned today until October
•JTIh.
A<l»ices twciviNl from the scene
< I fighting in Kiistern France state
tlmt the tieruutn center is resisting j
.1 terrific Knach assault, the fury
o. the artillery fire beins: unpre
<<1I<111<1I in th<< hLsUn-j- of warfare.
(<<-ntial 1lata I lie of the French at
l.lrluiii! force, is lielieved t<> have
th'rn killed.
The advices also say that the
British tiixijis have again prevented
General Von Kluk and his Germans
from breaking through the allies' j
liixs an<l that Sir t'liarles Fergu
son is given the credit f«>r the re- j
pidse.
The (i<iiiun defenses cn the j
\i^ne are Niiil to bo withstanding
the allies' furious assaults. Brit
ish aviators are trjing to Iwato |
ti e t.ennan batteries. which are j
masked in the heavy woods.
Kight <«<"t niaii army corps arc re
l»orted to have left France and l*el
uiimi t<*hiy for the Russian frontier.
Ni> KKStl.T IX BATTLE
ALONG BANKS OF Al.SNK
l'uris, Sept. 10—Accoiilliij; to
tlie latest reports from the. field of
battle there have been 110 decisive'
results from the live days' fight
ing along the banks of the river
Ai*ne, anil no material advantage
tained by either side, although
thousands of men liave been killed
and more thousands wounded. It
is estimated that there were —;
iiiKMMio men fighting in the drench
ing nun that fell during the great- |
er |wirt of tl»e time anil many of
them, in the confusion incident to j
battle, fell over the lnuiks into the
rher. anil were drowned.
1'he Germans are reportid to lie
strongly entrenched along the Aisne
river, with re-inforeeinents 011 the
way from Lorraine.
FKEVCH ADVICES COM'IHM
THE NEWS OF BIG BATTLE
j"aris, Sept. ii>—Official French
atlvit'fs confirm the news of a big
battle, or more iipoihtIj- imtlles,
beijij; now under way, and continu
ing ni^lit and <lay. along (Jie entire
front front Xoyon t<> the frontier.
KAISER is CONSIDERING
THE PEACE PROPOSITION
Washington, Sept. Ill—It was
announced this afternoon that Km
iKTor William of Germany has un- :
tier consideration the offer made hy
President WUson to act us a jieaee j
commissioner. in diplomatic circles
iu this city mi em-nest hope is ex- j
pressed that Mr. Wilson's efforts j
may prove successful.
president Wilson lias uudei taken ]
to elicit from Great llritain, France •
aud Russia. a statement of the tortus
under wltith the alliws will make !
peace.
New York, Sept. 10—German Am-:
tKissador ljemstorff declared here
today ti.at (ierniany will never <
siiier any peace proposal \\ hlch vill i
deprive her of any of her territory, j
GERMAN WAR OKI ICE REPORTS I
UlGANTIC STRICKLE Xt)W UN
Berlin, Sept. 1W—The (ieruun
war ofiiee reports today that t''
tie:man lines are holding alonu tin
entire French front, and that a
gigantic struggle is now noing 011.
Crown Prince Frederick William
has sent a request to t:io war dc- j
partment asking for warmer cloth- 1
ing for the men, as the weather is ,
'■old an<l rainy.
It is announced hy the German 1
war office that three German aero
planes are a-ain hovering over j
Pari*; that the Kaiser's forces are
making rapid progress against the
Russians in East l'rnssin, while it.
is denied that the ammunition sup- 1
plies of the Germans are running |
short.
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RUSSIANS STILL IX
PURSUIT OF AUSTRIAN8
St. Petersburg, Sept, 10—It Is
officially glvcu out here tlmt the
Russians me still in pursuit of the
fleeing Austrlaus H .1 Uutt a huge
army of Russians is steadily mov
ing towards the Uoiiiuiu bouadMy.
Advices huvo just been received
Una (lit) Gaiiuut advanc® in Ea»t
1'rNssiu has l>eea checked.
(iKKMAXs ARE SMASHING
FKKXCH CEXTKR AT RHEIMS
London, Sept. 1!)—.v report hits
just reached here that the (ierinaits
have Ik on heavily ro-inforccd and
arc smashing tho French center
near H helms. The ic&ull of the
tattle remain in doubt as there ap
peal s to be 4>raeticul1/, no change in
the situation, attlic.i' i tl.o Germans
have (ItSin'jtt! TeiT.mudo by a
heavy bomhawh'icnt.
FUKXOH yhtory AT XAXCY
IS »Fi itTALiA \" VOI XCED
llordcauv, Sept. 1?!—\ French
victory over the Germans at Nancy
has Ihh'h >>ffi< laliy announced. It
is said that a Her eighteen (lays of
continuous lifili'iissi the <;eimans
have ceased Uieir attack which, ac
cording t<k the ie|iorf.sj was under
the direct supervision of the Kaisei",
who is said to have been present a
greater portion of the tiuie. *
President Poincaire of Fiance has j
ordered tJ.. t congratulations ujk>h j
their suet-ess he wired to the French !
generals.
FIVE BRITISH STEAMERS
REPORTED SINK JiV (JERMAXS
Tokio, Sept. 1!)—It is reported
that the (icriiuiit cruiser E»«ben haa
sunk rive ItriUsh steamers off the
ouust «>1 India. The iKWseiijjers were
all snvdl.
usthiax sentiment aoaixst
wai: is (.towing striker
Vicuna. Scpi 1!)—Tin sentime-'.t
against C14 prt -<-nt European war
is growing constantly muro pro
nounced airl more openly c.vpress
i«l l>y llir people »vl:o are now in
violent revolt against its contiau
traxsports are ordered I
To RH1XG 1UOOIN HACK
Washington, u. c., Sept. 19—
Transports were today ordered to
Vera Cruj to bring back <0 the
I tiiioj St:nt-s tlii> American troops
stationed in Mexico.
STEAM SCHOONER IS l-OST
OFF THE OREGON* ('OAST
Scatle, sejjt. li» —Tlie steam
schooner Francis Leggett, bound
from Hoquiam to San Francisco, is
reported to have suuk this morn
ing off the Oregon coast, raid it is
believed that her 27 passengers as
well as the crew of 20 were all
lost.
COMMISSIONER TAI.LMAN
A VERV SENSIBLE MAX
Washington, Sept. 19—Commis
Lior.'Pr Tallman of the general land
office is awaiting \ ;»rd from Ahis
ka as to whether the people of
that terriory who own mining claims
desire exempt! ..n from their yearly
assessment work, before he takes
any steps in the matter.
THE "SEATTLE SPIRIT" IS
APPARENTLY OUT OF DAT*
Upward of thirty Seattle provi
sion dealers have been, Indicted by
the courts for unduly advancing the
prices of their goods. Every one
of them should jjq "soaked" to
the limit. They haye merely made
the war an excuse for robbing
the people. Figures all show that
The present prices on all kinds ot
meats lu Seattle are from two to
four and one half cents per pound
cheaper than one year ago. Why
should the people be "soaked" when
there has been no cause for a gen
eral advance in prices?—Ex.
It. M. ROTH NOMINATED FOR
FEDERAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Washington, Sept. 19—The nomin
ation of R. M. Roth as federal dis
trict attorney for the Fourth Divi
sion of Alaska waa today sent to
the senate for confirmaion by
Presideut Wilson.
AD WOLGAST AND JOE MANDOT
MAKE A DRAW AT MILWAUKEE
Milwaukee, Sept. 19—Ad Wolgast
and Joe llandot fought a draw in
a fast ten round go here last night.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Mrs. Robert Shelly was a 'round
trip passenger to Bennett today.
Albert Saddler of Whltohorse and
Dawson is here on his way to Eng
land to offer his services in tlie
war. He has secured reservations
direct to Liverpool over the C. P
R. railway and on the Manitoba, a
C. P. R. liner.
The party of army officers from
Ft. \V. H. Seward who had been to
the Chicagoff island for a fortnight
on a hunting and fishing trip re
turned this week with the carcasses
of 27 deer, which they had killed.
They also report having had excel
lent success in fishing.
Quite a number of hunters and
fishermen from among the ranks
ef the W. P. & Y. R. office force
wont over to Log Cabin and Bennett
today for an outing and to see
what they can catch or shoot.
THE BOATS
The Northwestern will be In from
the westward at 8 o'clock this ev
ening aud after taking on 500 tons
of copper ore will sail south.
The Admiral Watson will be in
from the south at 12 o'clock tonight.
The Jefferson is due in Skagway
Monday sometime Prom the south.
The Mariposa is due from the
westward on Wednesday.
The Peterson came in from Ft.
W. H. Seward about noon today
having on board Col. Wilds P. Rich
ardson, the head of the Alaska
road commission, who had been a
guest of Ct>l. McAndrows, the
commandant of the post, since yes
terday. Col. Richardson will leave
on the Admiral Watson for Valdez
tonight.
A Race to New York, being the
11th in the "What Happened to
Mary" series, at the Nugget Sunday
night.
1M River Gravenstein
Apples
The finest eating and cooking apples of
the season. Get a box now as they will
be off the market in a few days.
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Photo by American Press Association. *"'• . J
King of England and Aid
Here Is shown King George of England on his way to review tba (rw|l
of Great Britain. Immediately following the declaration of war by Gerstamy
against U;i>sln the greatest interest attached to the attitude of Great lirltaia
and bow her army and uavy would measure up to that of tfte etber (raat
powers Involved.
A LETTER FROM SKAOWAY
Prom the - Petersburg progres
sive of Sept. 12th:
Editor of the Progressive;
It is just as I told you it would
be. The semi'-dumi "atandpats"
have all gone into the melting pot
and are sizzling together. Whew!
(Wonder if the writer wants the
typesetter to hold his nose.)
What a lot of democrats have
sjrung up in Alaska since Mr. Wil
son was elected two years ago. Be
fore, one might bave traveled all
over Alaska wit a a fine tooth
comb and not have scratched out
one tenth of the worshipers as
are found today. Now, In every small
town, "I always was a democrat,
you know," they say to me. Did
you vote for Judge Jennings? I
question. That's enough, they
change the conversation at once.
The wives of several erstwhile
"standpats" told me shortly after
the last election that their hus
bands were going out of politics;
but I see they are up again as
delegates to the nominating non
partisan convention soon to come
off. Several of them are corpora
tion attorneys with aa awful tlahy
smell about them na If they had
just emerged from Bome of those
traps that are keeping o**t boa est
fishermen, irom living wages.
Among the delicious odlblea ol Al
aska are mushrooms. W»
have them of various Borta
grow a in cow patches or
uear old stumps. - They are «<*iy
the real thing, but it they cliag to
"pie-counters" or edge themaelvaa
into pork barrels they are to b«
distrusted. As I said before, ther®
are only a few old line democrats
in Alaska, the rest are either mush
rooms or progressive democrats who
are going to vote for Judge Wick
ersham. Now, the few old fashion
ed democrats are mostly respectable
men, but why they should arrogata
to themselves the right to rule Al
aska is a conundrum taat I casaot
solve. The fact Is, most loyal
Alaskans think that Alaska should
1>^ non-political until she Is a state.
At that time, we may require parties
to keep us behaving well. Ia the
meantime let us all distrust the
newly found democrats, they may b»
only toadstools after all.
"OLD SOURDOUGH"
Skagway, Sept. 2, 1914.
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