VOLUME 18 VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1915 NUMBER 162
KING GEORGE IS
HURT III FRANCE
Was Thrown from Horse While Re
viewing British Troops at the
Front in France.
LONDON, Oct. 29.—The news has
jut become known that King George
of Great Britain, was thrown from
Mb horse when the animal stumbled
while the king was reviewing the
British troops in France. It is re
ported that he was severely hurt but
not dangerously so.
‘ The censorship on news from
France is most rigid and no news is
permitted to be sent across the chan
nel. The people of England were
nojt even aware that the king was in
mance but was ..v.ieved -- oe urging
conscription before the House of
Lords.
The ^iess of King George was dis
cloWd-™rough his failure to attend
the memorial services to Edith Cavill,
the English woman executed in Brus
sels by the Germans. The services
were held in St. Paul’s and were at
tended by the members of the royal
ffcmily, when the Bishop announced
the reason why the king was absent.
ALASKA SALMON
BURN III SEATTLE
Phr Fourteen Destroyed and Long
shoreman Arrested for Boast
That He had Hurt Allies.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—The Seattle
waterfront was visited by another de
structive fire last night when Pier 14
was completely destroyed, despite the
efforts of the entire fire-fighting force
of the city.
The great warehouse on the pier
was loaded with canned salmon from
Alaska which was destined for ship
ment to Liverpool, and for the trans
portation of which a number of ves
sels are now under charter at various
pa hst ports.
dice have arrested a long
shoreman who is suspected of being
responsible for the fire as he had
boasted in a waterfront saloon that
be had been able to deprive the Al
lies forces of the supply of salmon.
The fire had gained great head
way before being discovered and sev
eral vessels tied to the pier that were
towed out into the bay to prevent
their being destroyed. Excitement
prevailed for a time when it was re
ported that a number of longshore
men had been caught in the burning
warehouse, but they had escaped to
one of the fishing schooners which
was taking on cargo at the time.
It iB estimated that the loss to the
pier and freight will be more than
$700,000.
HUMBER OF SMALL GAS
BOATS CHANGE OWNERS
In the customs office of Juneau last
week was filed bills of sales for the
following boats: Cache Creek
Dredging company to Knik Susitna
Transportation, one scow, known as
Cache Creek Dredging Company No.
1, consideration $2,500. S. B. Coch
ran and J. E. Currier, of Cordova, to
W. H. Chase as agent for Cordova
Mining & Dredging Company, 1 gas
boat, nine tons burden, consideration
$700. George S. Walker, of Nome,
to rHans M. Hansen, of Nome, 1 gas
l»oat, known as “Rupert,” 8 tons bur
den, consideration $800.
ntik STEAMSHIP FOB
ALASKA COAST SUBVEY.
' WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Plans
are 'being prepared for tbe new
steamship for the Alaska Coast Geo^
detic survey, the contract for which
was awarded to the Manltowac Ship
building company of Manltowac,
Wis. Under the terms of the con
tract the steamer must be completed
and ready to start on its journey to
the Pacific within a year.
SEATTLE SCHOOLS HAVE
NO FIRE ESCAPES.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—The appalling
loss of life among the pupils of the
parochial school at Peabody, mass.,
has caused an Investigation for the
school^ in this city and disclosing the
fact that but four of the buildings
where thousands of children attend,
are equipped with Are escapes. The
neglect of the school board and build
ing inspectors to enforce the law re
quiring Are escapes to be placed on
all public buildings is being severely
condemned by the press of the city.
Rumania Believes that Serbia will be
Forced to Throw Herself on
Mercy of Austria.
BUDAPEST, Oct. 29.—Advices
from the Bulgarian capital state that
Bulgarian armies are closing in on
Nish and are now within eighteen
miles of the city on two sides. The
Serbians are reported as deserting
the city and going, southward where
the Allies have reinforced the Ser
bians and are strongly entrenched.
It is reported that thousands of
women are fighting in the Serbian
ranks and that they are among the
bravest, refusing to surrender. Many
of the Serbian prisoners captured in
the battle south of Belgrade were
many aged men who were scarcely
able to keep pace with the troops.
It is believed here that King Peter
will be forced to make terms for peace
with Austria as more than fifty per
cent of his country is overrun by the
Bulgarian and Teutonic armies, and
his capital is now located in a moun
tain village.
ADVISE SERBIA
TO SEEK PEACE
t
Allies Tell King Peter Help Cannot
Reach Him and it is Believed
Troops Will be Withdrawn.
LONDON, Oct. 28.—It is rumored
in semi-official circles here that the
Allies have notified King Peter of
Serbia that they are unable to send
reinforcements in sufficient numbers
to defend his country from the Teu
tons and Bulgarians, and have ad
vised making terms with Austria.
It is confidently expected that tlje
government will announce that the
Allies troops have been withdrawn
from Serbia and that country left to
the mercy of her enemies.
The British foreign office is receiv
ing severe criticism for failure to
keep Bulgaria friendly as without
the promised assistance of the Bal
kan states Germany and Austria
would not have begun a second inva
sion of King Peter’s country.
Military experts express the belief
that the Allies are preparing for the
entrance of Greece into the war on
the side of the Teutons believe
that the troops are being withdrawn
to prevent their being cut off from
Salonika by a Greek force.
8AM BLYTHE PROBING '
POLITICAL CONDITIONS
PORTLAND, Oct. 29.—Sam Blythe
special correspondent of the Satur
day Evening Post, arrived in Port
land this morning from the San
Francis exposition and will probe
the political situation lns this state.
His department “Who Is Who,” in
the Post has caused his name to be
known in every part of the Union,
and as he is a fearless writer he is
credited with having contributed to
the success of some of the greatest
men of the country and with having
crushed the political ambitions of
others. It Is believed he Is making
the circle of the Pacific coast states
to ascertain the sentiment of the
country regarding the candidacy of
President Wilson as the Democratic
nominee at the next election.
GEN. MAHON WILL LEAD
ALUES INTO BOLGARIA
J
HERO OP THE MAFEKING RELIEF EXPEDITION DURING THE BOER
WAR WILL COMMAND ALLIES TROOPS IN GREECE AND SER
BIA—REPORTED THAT SERBIANS HAVE RETAKEN CITY OF US
KUP — FRENCH ENTRENCHED IN SOUTHERN SERBIA TO REIN
FORCE KING PETER’S ARMY—ITALIANS CLAIM SUCCESS IN
GENERAL OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT AGAINST AUSTRIAN TROOPS.
LONDON, Oct. 29.—Lord Kitchen-]
er, commander in chief of the British
army has announced that Gen. Ma
hon, hero of the Mafeking relief ex
pedition during the Boer war, has
been appointed head of the British
troops in Greece and Serbia.
It is believed that Lord Kitchener
is planning an invasion of Bulgaria,
and that a large army will be sent
through Salonika to wage war against
Bulgaria in relaxation for her inva
sion of Serbia.
Serbians Recapture Uskup.
BUCHAREST, Oct. 29.—It is re
ported here that the Serbians have
defeated the Bulgarians and have re
captured the railroad center of Us
kup, connecting Nish with Salonika.
The Bulgarians are said to have suf
fered heavy loss and were routed,
leaving their artillery on the battle
field.
French Aiding Serbians.
PARIS, Oct. 29.—French troops
have reinforced the Serbians and are
now entrenched from Krivolak to
Strumitza, in Bulgaria. It is report
ed that a strong Allies army is be
ing concentrated in Greece to begin
an invasion of Bulgaria and that So
fia, the Bulgarian capital is the ob
jective point.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 29.—The Rus
sian Black sea fleet again bombard
ed the Bulgarian coast cities and de
stroyed a number of the forts which
were being rebuilt, and it is believed
that a large Russian army is soon to
be landed on Bulgaria's Black sea
coast with the object of dividing the
Bulgarian forces now invading Ser
bia.
Italian Offensive Succeeding.
UDINE, Italy, Oct. 29.—The great
Italian offensive movement against
the Austrian front from the border of
Switzerland to the Adriatic sea is suc
ceeding and several important strate-1
gic positions have been captured. The
Austrian positions were captured by
charges which were preceded by a
terrific shelling of the positions which
lasted three days and completely ob
literated the trenches of the enemy.
British Casualties Half Million.
LONDON, Oct. 29.—Lord Kitchen
er, before the House of Lords today
stated that the British casualties
since the beginning of the war fif
teen months ago, had reached the
enormous total of four hundred and
ninety thousand men, of which less
than fifty per cent were able to re
turn to the ranks.
SCENES OF HORROR WITNESSED
1EN PAROCHIAL SCHOOL RURHS
SIXTY OF SEVEN HUNDRED PUPILS WERE CRUSHED TO DEATH OR
CREMATED WHEN SISTERS’ SCHOOL AT PEABODY, MASS., WAS
DESTROYED BY FIRE—SISTERS FOUGHT HEROICALLY TO PRE
VENT CHILDREN FROM HURLING THEMSELVES FROM WIN
DOWS-THIRTY CHILDREN SAVED BY BEING THROWN INTO
NETS—LACK OF FIRE ESCAPES CONTRIBUTED TO HEAVY
LOSS OF LIFE.
PEABODY, Mass., Oct. 29.—It Is
now definitely known that sixty
school children were cremated when
the St. John parochial school here was
destroyed by fire yesterday.
Seven hundred children were in
the school when the flames were dis
covered and the alarm given. When
the teachers were notified of the lire
the pupils were formed in line as in
fire drill and began marching from
the rooms but the children grew
panicky when clouds of smoke began
filling the rooms and soon they broke
from the control of the Sisters and
stampeded for the exits and win
dows.
Pupils from the upper rooms jump
ed from the stairways, blocking the
swinging doors of the lower rooms,
and crushing many of the children.
The Sisters, realizing that they were
powerless to stem the stampede at
the stairways, tried to guard the
windows to prevent the children from
hurling themselves from the building
to the pavements before the nets
were spread. One of the Sisters
threw thirty of her pupils into the
nets and was herself taken from the
burning room in an unconscious con
dition by the firemen.
Many of the older pupils perform
ed heroic rescues of the smaller chil
dren, entering the burning building
time after time to drag their little
companions who had been crushed in
the stampede, to safety.
The alarm spread quickly to all
parts of the city and it was only by
placing a cordon of men around the
building that the frantic mothers were
restrained from rushing into the
flames to save the children, heart
rending scenes were witnessed as the
firemen brought the bodies of the
dean from the ruins after the fire.
The firemen state that before some
of the swinging doors that the chil
dren’s bodies were piled on top of
each other where they had fought to
escape from the flames; and believe
that many of the children lost could
have escaped had the buildings been
equipped with proper fire escapes.
ADMIRAL EVANS BEEN
DELAYED REACHING SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—The steamer
Admiral Evans, which was billed to
sail for Alaska last night did not
reach Seattle until today and will
sail for Southwestern Alaskan ports
next Sunday. She has a full cargo of
freight and will carry many passen
gers northward.
Bonds Bear 6 Per Cent Interest.
f NE^TYORK, Oct. 29.—It is report*
ed that the Anglo-French bonds re
cently sold to American investors
bear six per cent interest and that
not a single dollar of the loan was
taken from the United States.
BARON HEMPTINE IS
EXECUTED IN GHENT.
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 29.—Baron
Hemptine, who was convicted 8f con
spiracy against the German govern
ment in Belgium, has been executed
in Ghent despite the fact that Pope
Benedict and King Alphonso of
Spain, appealed to Emperor William
to grant a pardon. Baron Hemptine
is reported by the German governor
of Ghent, to have been one of the
leaders in the gigantic conspiracy
planned by Edith Cavill, the English
nurse, to release prisoners of the Al
lies in Belgium.
Subscribe for .he Prosoector.
PANAMA CANAL BE
BliOCKEI) FOR MONTHS.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 29.—
Engineers estimate that one million
cubic yards of earth is in motion at
the Gailrard cut, Panama canal and
that it will require ten months to
clear the obstruction from the chan
nel permanently. The earth is being
moved at the rate of one hundred
thousand cubic yards per month and
it is hoped to clear the waterway
for light draught vessels at an early
date, possibly by the beginning of the
new year.
PORTLAND FIS
WERE INCENDIARY
Woman Testifies Against Former
Fireman and Promises to Ex
pose the Arson Plot.
PORTLAND, Oct. 29.—Mrs. Wool
lett, who was arrested for complicity
in incendiary fires, which have caused
the loss of thousands of dollars in
this city during the past year, has
confessed and promises to disclose
the whole arson plot if promised im
munity from prosecution.
As an evidence of her good faith
concerning the promised confession
she has testified that Mordie Keeney,
who is now on trial for incendiarism,
plotted with her at a dinner party for
a series of fires which they were to
undertake.
Keeney, who was a former member
of the Portland fire department, is be
lieved by underwriters to have caused
a number of fire after arranging with
the owners or tenants of buildings to
secure his share of the insurance
money for which the companies have
been mulcted.
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PICTURE BRIDES
Uncle Sam Discovers that he Has
Been Assisting Japanese to
Carry on Traffic In Women.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29.—The
federal government is probing what
is believed to be a gigantic traffic in
women which has been carried on
under the eyes of the United States
officials and in which Uncle Sam has
been taking an unwitting part by as
sisting the men engaged in the plot
to further their nefarious schemes.
Some time ago it was charged by
an American missionary in Japan
that many of the “picture brides”
which were wrought from Japan each
year in hundreds, and over whom
Uncle Sam assumed a guardianship
until the girls had been claimed by
husbands,/ were in reality being
brought to the United States for im
moral purposes and that few of the
brides continued to live with their
husbands.
Investigation by the federal au
thorities is reported to have disclos
ed the fact that a large percentage
of the women were immoral before
coming to America and willingly lent
themselves to any pretext which
would secure their admission into the
United States. Few of the brides
have remained with the men they
married before being permitted by
the custom’s authorities to land an
investigation has shown that many of
them have husbands living in Japan
who were agreeable that their wives
Bhould come to America in order that
they could make money.
It has also been discovered that “all
Japanese look alike” to the customs
officials and that many of the Japa
nese who claimed brides in San Fran
cisco have been claiming brides at
other ports where Japanese enter the
United States when they would again
begin the circle knowing that the offi
cials would fall to recognize them.
Notice.
Owing to a public meeting betyg
held at the Liberty Theatre tonight,
only one show will be held, starting
st 7:80 so as to end by 8:80.
REDFIELO FEARS
FOREIGN FIRMS
Will Ask Congress to Enact Laws
Preventing the Hale of Articles
llelosv Cost of Manufacture.
WASHINGTON, oct. -o.—Follow
ing a conference with President WIN
son at the White House yesterday
afternoon Secretary Keunc.u, of the
department of commerce, stated that
they had under contemplation a meas
ure which congress will be asked to
pass, providing punishment for for
eign firms selling articles in the Uni
ted States below the cost of produc
tion.
It Is feared that following the Eu
ropean war the United States will
.e flooded with goods manufactured
by cheap labor which it is believed
will prevail in the European coun
tries after the war.
Secretary Redfieid believes that the
European manufacturers may at
tempt to stifle American competition
,y selling shipments of goods under
the cost of production in order to
create a monopoly after the Ameri
can manufacturers have been forced
from the field
MURDERED MAN
TO SAVE HONOR
Coroner’s Jury Exonerated San Fran
cisco Woman Who Killed Man
Who Threatened Happiness.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29.—Mrs.
Mary Tamaiss, who killed a crippled
admirer when he had followed her to
her home and threatened to murder
her because of her refusal to elope
with him, has been exonearted by the
coroner’s jury which held that the
woman had acted to save her honor.
Mrs. Tamaiss, a bride of but eight
months, during the Inquest talked"
freely of her early life before com
ing to the San Francisco. She charg
ed that the dead man had ruined her
when a young girl and that she had
come to the coast to escape from him.
The man had met her at the exposi
tion grounds and had followed her
to her home, and when she refused
to elope he had threatened to send
letters she had written to him years
ago to her husband. He had also de
clared that he would rather see her
dead than another’s wife and had at
tempted to strangle her. In the fight
which ensued she had stabbed him to
death and fearing her husband had
dismembered the body and concealed
it in their sleeping room.
The woman’s testimony was a flat
contradiction of the confession report
ed to have been made to the police,
who claimed that they had discover
ed letters showing that the woman
had lured her admirer across the con
tinent to secure the letters which
might destroy her happiness.
COST OF EUROPE'S WAR
TWENTY-FOUR BILLIONS.
PARIS, Oct. 29.—The statement
was made before the French cham
ber of deputies yesterday that the
war had cost the four great nations
which had entered the struggle in
1914 the enormous sum of twenty
four billion dollars. England had
spent six billion. France four, Rus
sia five, and Germany seven billion.
Italy, having entered the war during
the present year, had also spent more
than one billion. It was asserted that
the costs charged against Germany
had included the financial aid ex
tended to Turkey and the Balkan
states.
Mariposa Patched Up.
Captain Livingston, of the steamer 1
Dolphin, reported at Juneau last :
week that thWwrecked steamer Marl- ‘
posa, near Bella Bella, has been all ‘
patched up, and that the wrecking
crew in charge of the raising of the ]
vessel had hopes of getting her off the j
reef on one of the high tidea in the \
near future.
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