~1._, VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915 NO. 47.
VOL. 13.
PRESIDENTS PUUf
PLEASES GERMANS
Berlin Hopes United States Will Pre
vail Upon England To Lift
Food Blockade.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—President
Wilson’s plan to provide for Great
Britain and Germany to lift the block
ades and permit of free importation
of foodstuffs to civilians of the war
ring nations has been received with
pleasure by the German nation.
President Wilson in his note urges
England and Germany to lift the
blockades and prevent the further
destruction and molestation of neu
tral shipping. He advises that +o
continue the blockade will cause the
warring nations to lose the sympa
thy of the neutral nations whose ships
are destroyed and commerce restrict
ed.
Berlin hopes that the United States
will be able to impress upon Great
Britain the advantages of abandon
ing her blockade of foodstuffs to
. Germany in return for Germany’s
Agreeing not to molest neutral nor
British ships of commerce.
ROBBERS STEAL
Arkansas Bandits Take President and
Cashier Along With Bank’s Cash
To the Hills.
HAVANA, Ark., Feb. 26. Two
masked men entered the local bank
here yesterday just before the clos
ing hour and after covering the offi
cials with revolvers locked the doors
and drew down the window blinds as
usual when the bank is closed. The
robbers then collected all the cash in
sight, amounting to $4,000.
The bandits bound, gagged and
blindfolded the bank officials and one
of the men,, leaving the other to j
stand guard, left the bank by the
side door and brought tin auto to
the entrance. The officials were
hustled into the machine and the
party started for the hills.
The lirst intimation of the holdup
reached Havana when the president
of the bank telephoned from a town
eleven miles out on the mountain i
road where he and the cashier had
been turned loose by the robbers.
The bandits had several hours’ start
in an auto and it Is feared that all
trace of them has disappeared.
PIONEER ALASKAN
DIES IN SEATTLE
Was In Destitute Circumstances But
Too Proi(d To Let His Plight
Become Known.
SEATTLE, Feb. 26—Alfred Brun
ell, aged 61 years, and a pioneer
trader of Alaska, died in destitute cir
cumstances in Seattle yesterday. He
had failed to make his plight known
to his many friends in the city, who
believed that he was in comfortable
circumstances.
Brunell has been in every camp
,in Alaska since the Circle City dig
gings were uncovered but has spent
the past few years in the Kusko
kjvim watershed, where he hunted and
prospected and at times keeping a
small trading store. The funeral will
be attended by many Alaskans now
in the city.
The Prospector office tor Job work.
FORTS GUARDING DARDANELLES ARE SILENCED
LONDON, Feb. 26.—The allied
fleets of France and Britain have
bombarded the forts guarding the
Dardanelles into silence and are re
ported to be advancing into the Sea
of Marmora to begin the attack on
Constantinople. The Russian gun
boats in the Black Sea will bombard
Constantinople from the east while
the Allies warships will operate from
Marmora Sea.
Rumored Forcing of Strait Denied.
The war office has denied the ru
mor sent out by correspondents that
the Dardanelles had been forced and
that a gunboat had passed through
the strait and into the Black Sea.
The allied fleets have silenced the
Dardanelles forts but no vessel will
attempt the passage before the fall
of Constantinople.
Constantinople Denies Fall.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26.—It is
officially denied that the Dardanelles
forts have been forced and that the
British and French warships are en
tering the Sea (off Marmora. It is
asserted that three of the attacking
cruisers were damaged by the Turk
ish fire from the forts and that the
warships were compelled to retire.
Believe Germans Plan Aggressive.
LONDON, Feb. 26.—Reports from
the battle line through northwestern
France and Belgium indicate that the
ON JANUARY FIRST
DES MOINES, la., Feb. 26.—Gov
ernor Clark today signed the bill
making Iowa a dry state. The pro
hibition law becomes effective at the
dose of the present year. The cere
mony of signing the measure was
attended by a number of temperance
workers and of women who had been
active in securing the passage of tin
measure.
INDIANS WILL
FIGHT TO DEATH
Utah Stockmen Warned "ro Seek
Safety With Herds Against the
Marauding Indians
BLUFF, Utah, Feft. 26.—A strong
force of deputies is still pursuing the
Indians who went on the war path
when the sheriff attempted to arrest
a member of the tribe who had mur
dered a white man. During the first
bat'le one deputy and five Indians
were killed and it was feared that the
ammunition of the thirty deputies
would become exhausted before aid
could reach them and that they would
fall victims to the Indians. An in
creased force of deputies reached the
scene and dislodged the* Indians from
their positions, driving them into the
mountains.
btockmen are being warned t,a drive
their herds to places of safety as the
Indians have received reinforcements
from other bands afid are pillaging
the country through which they pass.
It is feared that the trouble will
spread and that the young bucks of
other tribes will join the outlaws.
The posse which is pursuing the In
dians now numbers yearly one hun
dred men and it is believed the In
dians will fight to the death.
At the request of Judge Fred. M.
Brown the Valdez Civic League has
undertaken to collect clothing for the
natives to the westward. The natives
are in need of clothing of all kinds,
and a few toys will be very accept
able. The league asks the people of
Valdez to send what they have to
Mrs. E. G. Ames, where it will be
packed and sent under Judge Brown’s
directions.
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BRITISH WAR OFFICE DENIES WARSHIPS HAVE PASSED INTO SEA
OF MARMORA BUT STATE CONSTANTINOPLE SOON BE BOM
BARDED FROM EAST AND WEST—ALLIES PREPARING FOR
GERMAN OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT ON WESTERN LINE—HINDEN
BURG PLANNING CAPTURE OF WARSAW FROM NORTH—RUS
SIANS HAVE THREE STRONG LINES OF DEFENSE—TURKISH
DESTROYER SUNK IN THE ADRIATIC.
Germans are planning an extensive
aggressive movement in the west.
Troop trains are reported by aviat
ors to have brought strong rein
forcements through Belgium from
Cologne.
Allies Are Prepared.
Advices from the front in France
state that the French and British
forces have been strengthened in an
ticipation of the blow which it is be
lieved the Germans are soon to make
to break through to the French coast.
The Aliies are reported to be in much
better condition to resist an attack
than when they held the Germans
back two months ago.
To Attack Warsaw From North.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 26—The ex
tensive movement of the Germans
from Prezasnysz is believed to be
General Hindenburg’s new plan for
the capture of Warsaw by attacking
from the north. The Russians have
three strong defense lines between
the Germans and Warsaw.
Russians Holding Austrians.
Advices from the southern battle
zone state that the Russian forces
have held their positions in Galicia,
along the Carpathians and in the pro
vince of Bukowina. In Russian Po
land, near Skiernlewice, the Russians
repulsed a German attack.
French Destroyer Lost.
PARIS, Feb. 26.—A French torpe
do boat destroyer encountered an
Austrian floating mine in the Adriat
ic Sea and sank before reaching
shore. Forty of the boat’s crew were
drowned.
Sea of Marmora Mined.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26.—
BLOCKED BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON
NORTH DAKOTA REPRESENTATIVE IS HUFFY BECAUSE ALASKANS
DECIDED ON SITE AND NAME OF COLLEGE BEFORE ASK
ING CONGESS—FAVORS FEDERAL COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—Uepresen-1
tativo Norton, of North Dakota, has |
blocked the Alaska educational bill j
introduced by Delegate Wtckershani!
of Alaska. The measure provided for |
the creation of an Alaskan school ;
fund by the reservation of sections j
sixteen and thirty-six in eaclt town- ;
ship as school sections. The Hill al
so provided for the reservation of i
four sections of land at Fairbanks!
to bo reserved as a site for the pro- j
posed Fairbanks Agricultural College i
and School of Mines. The tract j
would include the land now occupied |
by the agricultural station at Fail-1
banks.
The North Dakota representative
objected to the measure, because, lie !
assorted, the Alaska legislature dur-1
ing its first session at Juneau had i
selected Fairbanks us the site for llmj
college and schools and had attempt-1
ed to usurp the congressional right j
of deciding where the buildings should j
be located and the names by which j
they would be designated.
It is understood that Norton favors |
the appointment of a federal com- 1
mission to visit Alaska to look over
the territory with a view of ascer
taining if a better site for the co)
lege and school cannot lie found.
REPORTED FIND
ON WILSON GREEK
Efforts of Prospectors In ChisanaTo
Locate Paystreak Reported
Successful.
A repotr has reached Valdez that
pay has been located on Wilson
creek in the Chisana district by
Adolph Herman. The extent of the
paystreak is as yet unknown, but it
is stated to be sufficient to have
started all the other claimowners on
the creek to begin active operations.
Miners who have recently returned
from the Chisana express no surprise
over the finding of a paystreak on
Wilson creek and are Inclined to
place trust in the report. They state
that Herman had his shaft down to
a considerable depth before they left
the district and that he had been able
to raise colors in his pannings. If
the news of the find Is confirmed by
letters which should be received by
next mail from miners now in Chis
ana It Is very probable that a num
ber of men will leave Valdez as they
are interested in the district, having
come out last fall.
BIG FIGHT BEEN
DECLARED OFF
Big Smoke Feared To Go To Juarez
To Meet Willard Fearing Ex
tradition To the U. S.
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 26.—It Is as
serted that the Johnson-Willard fight,
which was to have taken place at
Juarez, Mexico, has been called oft
owing to Jack Johnson’s being un
able to reach Juarez without endan
gering himself to arrest and extradi
tion from Mexico by the United
States authorities for white slavery.
It is announced by the fight pro
moters that the contest will probably
be pulled off at Havana if the Cuban
authorities will guarantee not to per
mit of Johnson’s extradition from
tliaft place to America. The hun
dreds of sporting men who have
come to witness the contest are dis
gusted and are returning to their
homes.
Willard’s backers profess to believe
that the colored champion Is afraid
to meet the white hope and will ask
that Johnson’s posted money be for
feited.
Fearing that the Dardanelles will be
forced the Turkish admiralty has
caused the Marmora Sea to be strewn
with mines.
Killed At Peace Meeting.
GENOA, Italy, Feb. 26.—One man
was killed at a meeting which was
held yesterday to urge the govern
ment to maintain strict neutrality.
Rioting of a serious nature followed
the meeting. The government officials
are declared to have been won over
by the German ambassador on the
latter’s promise that the Italian pro
vinces now under Austria’s rule would
be restored to Italy after the close
of the war in return for Italy’s neu
trality.
Britain Will Blockade Africa.
LONDON, Feb. 26.—It is asserted
by reliable authority that instead of
lifting the embargo against import
ing foodstuffs to Germany that Great
Britain is preparing to tighten the
lines so as to close evSby possible
avenue from which Germany might
receive assistance. The government
has officially announced that after
February 28th a blockade will be es
tablished along the coast of German
East Africa and that no vessels will
b'e permitted to enter the German
harbors. It is also reported that *he
Mediterranean Sea is to be closed to
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WILL SELL THE
STEAMER DORA
SEATTLE, Feb. 26.—The steamer
Dora, belonging to the Alaska Steam
ship company, has arrived from Alas
ka, her place on tin* westward run
from Seward having been taken by
the steamer Santa Ana. The Dora
1ms been in the Alaskan service for !
many years but will now be sold.
It is rumored that the steamer will
be bought by a local company for
: use as a cannerv tender.
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victed of Murder of Girl Fac
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tory Worker.
WASHING!ON, Feb. 26.—The ap
peal case of Leo Frank for a new
trial for the murder of Mary Pha
gan, a girl worker in a pencil fac
tory of which Frank was foreman, is
being considered by the United States
Supreme Court today.
Frank was sentenced to be elec
trocuted but the execution was stay
ed by the governor when new tes
timony was submitted in the form
of an affidavit by the colored janitor
of the factory that he had offered
false testimony at the trial when
Frank was convicted.
The accused is represented by the
most brilliant array of legal talent
to be found in the country. The
friends of Frank, who is a Jew, as
sert that he has been made the vic
tim of race prejudice and have come
*o his assistance to secure him a
fair trial before an impartial court
If possible.
PIONEER ALASKAN
SICK AJJELDOVIA
Passengers on the Admiral Evans
last night from the westward state
that Adam Block, a pioneer Alaskan,
and a resident of Seldovla, Is very
sick. He has been confined to his
bed for more than six weeks.
WANTS MONET TO
CONTINUE WAR
Caranza Levies Taxes On All Prop
erty In Mexico City—Foreigners
Are Interested.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 26.—General
Obregon. commanding the Carranza
forces in Mexico City, has imposed
millions of dollars In taxes on the
large business houses of this city as
well as upon the representatives of
foreign capital Invested in the min
ing and oil well regions.
Provisional President Carranza has
nullified the, currency issued by Gen.
Villa and many of the largest stores
and banks were forced to close their
doors as Villa had forced the circula
tion of his currency in large amounts
while in possession of the city.
Flour and grain are getting scarce
in the city as Gen. Carranza has been
steadily drawing on the supplies to
stock Vera Cruz since the railroad
between Mexico City and Vera Cruz
was repaired. Gen. Obregon declares
that the proper'y of foreigners will
be sold by Persldent Carranza if the
tax demanded is not forthcoming.
SAYS COLORADO
MINERS ARE HAPPY
President of Colorado Fuel & Iron
Co. Says Strike Cost Company
$1,260,000.
XPW YORK. Feb. 20. Jesse F.
Wolhorn, president of the Colorado
Fuel A: Iron company, one of the
Rockefeller subsidaries. stated in an
interview hero today that the recent,
strike of the company's employes had
cost the company more than $1,250,
(too. The company had been unable
to till several large contracts in ad
dition to the general demoralization
of the business which had resulted
from the mines ami plants of the
company being idle.
Welborn asserts that the otineisatv
now conti nted and that no further
trouble is anticipated. He declares
that the strikers who failed to return
to work are few and that they were
largely responsible for the strike be
ing called. The settlement was
brought about through the efforts of
the federal commission appointed by
President Wilson af*er several months
negotiations which for a time threat
ened to utterly fail.
RESISTED ROBBER
AND WAS KILLED
Bandits Hold Up Colorado Bank, Kill
Cashier and Are In Turn Kill
ed By Citizens.
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HUXTON, Colo., Feb. 26.—Desper
aodes visited Huxton yesterday af
ternoon and in holding up the local
■bank killed John Brunke, assistant
cashier, who attempted to resist. The
bandits secured $5,000 of the bank's
■funds and after shooting up the town
■in wild west fashion escaped to the
hills on horses.
A strong posse immediately organ
ized under the guidance of the sheriff
and went in pursuit of the bandits,
who had indulged liberally in liquors
confiscated from tne saloons in the
town. The posse overtook the rob
bers a few miles from town and a
general battle ensued during which
one of the gang was killed and the
rest captured.