V£)L 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1914. NO. 329.
ALLIES CLAD BIG GAINS NEAR COAST
REPORT GERMANS HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK INTO BELGIUM
RUSSIANS SEND MORE TROOPS TO EAST PRUSSIA AND WARSAW
AUSTRIANS ARE SHOWING REMARKABLE REVERSAL OF FORM
DESERVE BUNKS
SOON BE OPENED
Board Tells McAdoo To Decide Upon
Date—Treasury Department Want
Banks Opened Soon.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The Fed
eral Reserve Board has decided that
Secretary McAdoo shall lix the open
ing dates for the banks. The motion
authorizing *he heaa of the Treasury
department was passed this morning
without opposition, although the mem
bers of the board do not all agree
with the secretary that the reserve
banks should be opened immediately
but rather that the banks should be
well organized before opening.
The reserve system, however, is
needed badly at this time, states the
Secretary of the Treasury because
of the financial unrest and he is anx
ious that it be started at once.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Secretary
of the Treasury .McAdoo announced
this evening that the reserve banks
would open on November 16.
STEAMER MARIPOSA
COMES FROM SOUTH
The steamer Mariposa, of the Alas
ka Steamship Company, reached Val
dez at 12 o’clock last night and sailed
to the westward early this morning.
The Mariposa will go as far west as
Knik and is due back here on Wed
nesday. The following passengers
arrived fro Valdez: Mrs. L. A.
Brown, Arthur Hill, A. M. Maroone
and Walter Stuart.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
J. O. Buzzard arrived this morning
from Shoup bay.
Prank Whitmaft left yesterday on
a hunting trip.
The Thumb Test in two reels at
the Orpheum tonight.
W. A. Dickey will return to Land
lock bay in the morning.
The Thumb Test, a two-reel drama,
at the Orpheum tonight and orches
tra.
Messrs. Johnson and Erickson ar
rived this morning from Mineral
creek.
The Katalla Queen will leave in the
morning for Fldalgo bay and way
points.
Deputy Marshal Hastings arrived
on the Mariposa from Seattle and
will go to Unalaska on the Dlrigo.
Sam Mandel and Ed. Pauley re
turned last evening from a bunting
trip across the bay. They brought
back one Ash duck.
Representative H. B. Ingram re
turned on the Mariposa from Cordova,
Chitina and McCarty, where be went
to talk to the voters of those pre
cincts. “Dad" is well pleased with
the reception given him by the peo
ple along the copper and at Cordova
and his friends predict that he will
receive a big vote in that section.
■ Admiral Watson Here Tonight.
The Admiral Watson, of the Admir
al Line, left Seward at 11:30 this
morning and is due in .Valdes at 2
. in the morning, sailing south an hour
later for Seattle.
The Thumb Test.
The Thumb Test is a most inter
esting study and is portrayed in a
One two-red drama at the Orpbeum
tonight, also other Aim and good or
chestra music.
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Kaiser Decorates Commander of Submarine U. 9 for Sinking Four British Cruisers---Servians Re
treat From Serajevo Because Austrians Outnumber Them—Allies Have Lost Heavily During
Past Ten Days—British Losses Total 10,000 In Ten Days, Some Regiments Losing 40 Per Cent
Germans Reported To Have Crossed Yser Canal But To Have Failed To Take Advantage of
Opening To Strike for Coast and Allies Have Re-enforced the Line—French Charge General
Stenger Ordered French Wounded Killed—German Prisoners Swear Order Was Obeyed.
SELF SUPPORTING
Engineer Riggs Says Trans-Alaska
Road Is Justified By Outlook
for Freight.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Thomas Riggs,
of the Alaska engineering commis
sion, stated yesterday that the Alas
ka railroad system from the coast to
the interior would be self-supporting
from the start without considering
traffic from the coal mines.
The engineer states that enough
busings is in sight in the interior
to pay the operating expenses and a
dividend besides, and that with the
coal shipments the government rail
road will be able to more than pay
cost of operation, a dividend upon
the money invested and also keep
the rates low.
The engineers have a force of
draftsmen at work in this city pre
paring maps and reports for the pres
ident. It is expected the report of
the Alaska engineers will be in the
hands of the president within forty
days.
' Mr. Riggs also claims that the
hauling of coke will be an important
item of freight of the Alaskan rail
road and that the Prince William
Sound ores will furnish the fluxes
necessary for the jsmelting of the
high grade interior ores.
Walter Stuart, of the Alaska Wa
ter, Light and Telephone Company,
returned to Valdez on the Mariposa
after a two months visit to his old
home In Kansas. Mr. Stuart did not
bring back with him a red-haired
Kansas wife, as the gossips have re
ported, but states that he will find
his wife in Valdez from among the
many beautiful women now living
here.
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The German
forces have been hurled from the
coast and driven across the Yser ca
nal with great loss. They made a
desperate resistance, but tho Belgian
troops, commanded by the King Al
bert, and the French and British sol
diers sent to his aid, drove the Ger
mans back at the point of the bay
onet.
Germans Driven Back From Dix
munde.
The kaiser’s troops were driven
back front Dixmunde, which is now
in possession of the allies, and the
German advance upon Dunkirk is end
ed.
Germans Crossed the Yser Canal.
BORDEAUX, Oct 26.—The German
troops crossed the Yser canal this af
ternoon and hold positions on the
southwest side of the canal, where
they are within striking distance of
the allies trying to prevent them
from reaching Dunkirk. The Ger
mans, however, have Billed to take
advantage of the opportunity and
more reserves are being rushed
north to hold the line at all costs.
Germans Abandon Coast Points.
The Germans have also abandoned
many positions along the coast of
Belgium, the British and French
fleets having made them untenable.
Allies Losses Are Heavy.
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The allies loss
eft have been heavy during the past
ten days. The troops have been fight
ing day and night. The British troops
lost 10,000 in ten days and some of
the crack regiments of the army have
lost forty per cent of their men in
ten days. Recruits are being sent for
ward as fast as possible.
Servians Retreat From Serajevo.
CETINJE, Montenegro, Oct. 26.—
The Servian army, which has been
operating against Serajevo, the cap
ital of Bosnia, has been forced to re
treat because of the largely superior
forces of Austrians holding that city,
and operating against the Servians
and Montenegrins.
French Block the Way To Verdun.
PARIS, Oct. 26.—In spite of the
persistent reports from Berlin to the
effect that the French forts at Ver
dun have fallen, the war office an
nounces that the forts have not fall
en and furthermore that the Ger
mans have never been near enough
to the forts at Verdun to shell them,
even with the big Krupp siege guns.
The French field army holds a po
sition north of Verdun and has block
ed the German advance. The military
governor of Paris states that not a
shot has been fired by the guns in
the Verdun forts to date.
Kaiser Decorates Submarine Captain.
BERLIN, Oct. 26.—The German em
peror today personally decorated the
commander of the German submarine
U 9, which has sunk four cruisers
to date. The iron crosif was given
to all the members of the crew, but
the commander was decorated be
sides. The Austrian government is
also to decorate the German com
mander.
German Prisoners Accuse German
General.
PARIS, Oct. 26.—C- riaan prisoners
commanded by General Stengerhave
sworn that the German general or
dered them to kill all French wound
ed and that they carried out. the or
ders of their commander. The reports
of the killing of French wounded by
troops commanded by Stenger was
made a month ago and caused a sen
sation here. The French operating
against his division, enraged at the
stories, inflicted a terrible defeat up
on them on the Alsne river. The
evidence gathered by the French and
British war offices will be presented
to the American ambassadors at Lon
don and Paris.
Execute Looters In Antwerp.
ANTWERP, Oct. 26—A number of
Belgians and German looters have
been shot by the order of the Ger
man commander, who has issued or
ders for the policing of the city and
the preventing of looting, especially
by the criminal class, who enter the
houses of the refugees who left here
before the German entry and are still
absent.
Allim Reach Oentnze On Lys River.
BORDEAUX, Oct 26—The allies
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have reached Dentnze, on the Lys riv
er, in Belgium, on the northward
march of the left wing. The Ger
mans have contested every fool of
the ground, but have been forced back
at every attack.
French Are Satisfied With Outlook.
The people here are well pleased
with the outlook of the campaign in
northwestern France and expect that
the Germans will be forced to re
tire from the coast and from France
and Belgium and tight behind the Ger
man frontier forts on the Rhine.
Russian Reserves Rushing Forward.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 26.—The war
department is sending reserves to
Warsaw and to East Prussia to
strengthen the Russian lines at thobe
two places. The Russian armies in
Galicia cannot be weakened at this
time because of the aggressiveness
of the Austrians, who are trying to
re-take Lemberg.
Austrians Show Much Improvement.
The Austrian troops in Galicia
have shown marked improvement the
past few weeks and have given the
Russians considerable trouble. They
have assumed the offensive, forced
the czar’s troops back towards the
frontier and have checked the inva
sion towards Germany.
Big Battle Soon Be Fought.
A big battle is expected within a
few days in Galicia, as the two arm
ies aref acing each other along the
San river, ready to fight the deciding
battle.
Austrians Show Fighting Form.
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The reports
from Austria, confirmed by reports
from Russia, indicate that the Aus
trians have shown a remarkable re
versal of form and the troops that
fled from the Russians at Lemberg
and at other Austrian battlefields
have been reorganized and are fight
ing desperately and holding back the
Russian advance. t
Cholera Epidemic Reported Checked
VIENNA, Oct. 26.—The spread of
the cholera has been checked by the
government experts through the use
of the anti-cholera serum and no new J
cases have been reported during the
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REPUBLICANS DROP
SOUTHERN VOTES
Administration Control of Office
holder* In Solid 8outh To
Be Ditched.
NEW YORK, Oct 28.--Chairman
Hilleg, of the Republican National
Committee, announced today a reduc
tion of 89 members in the Nation
al convention of the party, so that
the representation might be more equ
al from the North and South. The
fight has been going on for thirty
years to reduce the vote of the south
ern delegates, who are only office
holders and do nothing for the elec
tion of the party nominee, but con
trol the vote of the convention. The
Roosevelt administration used the
southern votes to force the nomina
tion of President Taft and.when the
Taft campaign managers tried the
same tactics upon the Roosevelt fol
lowers, it caused a split of the party
and the nomination of Col. Roosevelt
as the head of the Bull Moosers.
Chairman Hilles states that here1
after the votes will be cast largely
upon the number of votes cast for
the Republican nominee at the pre
vious election.
School Children Take Notice.
Beginning with Tuesday, October
27, the noon recess at the public
schools will be one hour instead of
one hour and fifteen minutes, as here
tofore. The first bell will be rung
at 12:45 and the last at 1:00 p. m.
Let ’Em Laugh.
We hear that a crowd of young
folks resorting at Lake Cbargoggagog
manchaugagogg, Chaubanagungamaug,
Webster Mass., are having a lot of
fun over the mispronunciations of
Liege.
Washington, D.C., Oct. 24,1914.
“Every Democrat In Alaska Ought to Vote for the
Democratic Nominee for Congress.”—Frank E. Dore
mus, Chairman Democratic Congressional Committee,
Washington, D. C. _
ALAMEDA LEAVES
THE SPIRIT CITY
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—The steamer
Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship
Company, left here Saturday night for
Alaska with the following passengers
for Valdes: Eva Wade, Beulah El
liott, Mrs. Hendrickson, Walter El
liott and wife, A c. Dowling.
JUNEAU. Oct. 26—The National
Democratic party asks all Alaska
Democrats to support Charles E.
Bunnell for delegate to congress, in
a telegram received today by Bun
nell from Frank E. DqfemuB, chair
man of the Democratic Congression
al Committee, as follows:
“Every Democrat in Alaska ought
to vote for the Democratic nominee
for congress.”
This wire came from the headquar
ters of the Democratic Congression
al Committee in Washington.
Governor Strong and other repre
sentatives here of the administration
are using every effort to Secure a Mg
vote and the election of Charles E.
Bunnell, the regular Democratic nom
inee of the party of President Wil
son because It means that the admin
istration will continue the work of
opening up the resources of the north
for the use of the present genera
tion.
It Is pointed out to the people here
that the administration looks for an
endorsement of Its policy towards
Alaska. It Is said that Alaskans were
free with their criticisms when they
did not like what the Taft-Plnchot
administrations did, and that now tit*
people should show a spirit of praise
and commendation for things being
done at Washington to help the peo
plee of Alaska to better times.
Bunnell returned Sunday from Sit
ka, Tenakee and Hoonah. In each
of those places helheld large meet
ings and was given a cordial recep
tion. ' He is promised a big vote In
all of thOBe towns, as In every town
he has vlBlted. In everyone the hall
was overflowed.
It Is generally conceded now that
Bunnell will carry the First division
by a large majority. It Is estimated,
also, that the First division will lead
all the others in the siie of its vote,
which will probably be more than
doable what it was two years ago.
JAPANESE DIET
SOOt CONVENES
TOKIO, Oct St.—The Japanese
Diet will reconvene here on Decem
ber 6th to pass the necessary appro
priations for the carrying on of the
war against Germany.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kramer left on
the Mariposa tor Seward to speed a
few days la the westward town.
NO VERDICT IN
TRE CARMEN CASE
Ton Jurymen for Acquittal, While Two
Thought Her Qullty of the Mur
der of Mrs. Bailey.
MINEOLA, N. Y„ Oct. 26—The Jury
in the Carmen case was discharged
this morning after having been out
since Saturday evening. The Jury
stood ten for acquittal and two for
conviction. It 1b doubted here if the
case will ever come to a second trial.
Members of the Jury stated that
the evidence of the police that the
bloodhounds brought to the house
shortly after the murder had follow
ed a trail into the woods, while the
prosecution admitted that Mrs. Car
man remained In the house, was the
strongest evidence presented for the
defense and that they would not find
a verdict of guilty against her while
such strong evidence existed that
some one else might have been guilty.
Mrs. Carman was immediately re
leased upon a heavy ball and left for
her home. It Is believed that she
snd Dr. Carman will be divorced with
in a few months.
CUTTER BEAR
BRINGSSURVIVORS
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—The revenue
cutter Bear arrived here today from
Alaska, bringing the survivors of the
revenue cutter Tahoma, and also
those of the Stefansson expedition
who were rescued from Wrangell Is
land.
The captain of the Bear states that
It Is hls opinion that Stefansson has
died in the north, as be left Alaska
with a small party and started across
the Ice towards the north pole In
search of a lost continent and un
doubtedly has perished In a blizzard.
ROAD SURVEY CREW
RETURN TO VALDEZ
W. A. Soule, the government sur
veyor, returned to Valdez yesterday
after making a complete survey of
the road from Valdez to Fairbanks.
The distance is 370 miles. G. G.
Brackett, Herman Ziejlin, E. Brunner
and 8. R. Nettleton, who were in
the Soule party, also returned yes
terday.
The report of the surveyors will be
sent to Washington by Col. Richard
son, of the Alaska road commission,
and will also be sent to the mem
bers of the Alaska engineering com
mission, as they desire it for use In
showing the advantages of the Val
dez route for the government rail
road from the coast to the Interior.
LOCAL EREVITIES.
Mrs. L. V. Ray and daughter pass
ed through Valdez this morning on
the Mariposa en route to Seward.
—
FOR RENT—Three room flat with
bath. Apply to George White, the
assayer. tf
Arthur Hill returned on the Mar
iposa this morning from a trip to the
states.
, Dance for Everyman’s Club next
Wednesday at Eagle hall.
Weather Report.
Valdes, Oct H. 1914.
Barometric pressure .19,435
Temperature at 6 p. m.. .39
Maximum temperature.41
Minimum temperature .S3
Mean temperature .371-3
Precipitation ..05
Cloudy, light wind northeast ten
miles; rained at night and showers
during day.