VOL. 10. VALDEZ, ALA8KA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914'. NO. 306.
ARMIES EXHAUSTED BUT STILL FIGHTING
FRENCH STAKING ALL ON CRUSHING GERMAN RIGHT WING
GERMANS SLOWLY CROWDING WAY THROUGH ALLIES CENTER
RUSSIANS ARE MAKING RAPID ADVANCES TOWARD BRESLAU
DROP ROHRS ON
IHE PARISIANS
German Aviator Tries To Hit Eiffel
Tower, But Only Succeeds In Kill
ing Father and Child.
PARIS, Sept. 29.—A German aviat
or flew to this city today from the
German lines on the Aisne and tried
unsuccessfully to destroy the Eiffel
tower, one of the seven wonders of
the world. The bombs, however,
missed the big structure and hit a
father and his little child, killing
them both. Another bomb killed a
cow. The big crowd on the streets
scattered in terror when the bombs
fell.
Houses for blocks from where tho
bombs hit had windows shattered and
the inhabitants fled in terror.
French aviators immediately left
the city in pursuit of the German avi
ator, but he made good his escape in
side the German lines. The aerial
patrol of the city has been re-estab
lished to prevent, if possible, a recur
rence of the bomb dropping.
MIL ORDER MR
FUSSES M
Made Millions Since 1890 Selling Di
rect To Consumers—Pay Big
Income Tax.
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.—Robert Sears,
head and the founder of the Sears
Roebuck mail order house of this
city, died today, leaving an immense
fortune, which he has made since
the business was started in 1890.
Estimates differ as to the amount
of the estate, but all agree that
Sears is worth at least $50,000,000.
Last year he paid the largest in
come tax of any one man west of
New York City and one of the larg
est taxes paid in- the United States.
He amassed his fortune by selling by
mail receiving cash In, advance and
every sale, meant a profit.
The Sears-Roebuck stores all over
the west will be closed for the fu
neral.
CONDITIONS ARE
Canadian Pacific Will Employ 6,000
Men In Effort To Relieve Dis
tress Caused By War.
MONTREAL, Sept. 29.—The direc
tors of the Canadian Pacific railroad
today announced that 6,000 more
men would be given employment by
the road in order to relieve the dis
tress caused In Canada by the war
In Europe. The company will under
take much repair work In an effort
to relieve many needy cases.
{The financial conditions in the
dominion are growing worse because
of the closing down of many un
completed projects and because of
the loss of exports of manufacturing
output. Hundreds of steamers are
laid up at the docks at seaeoast
towns and nothing is moving except
military, supplies.
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RUMANIAN ARMY
Rome Hears That Concentration Ru
manian Forces On Austrian Bor
der Has Caused Worry.
ROME, Sept. 29.—Dispatches re
ceived here from Vienna by the Trib
una declare -hat alarm Is being ex
pressed in the Austrian capital con
cerning recent demonstrations in Ru
mania and Bulgaria in favor of Rus
sia. These two countries are believ
ed to be in favor of Great Britain,
Russia and France, the Triple En
tente, in the present war, and the
Bulgarian Consul at Budapest, Hun
gary, was removed recently by the
authorities at Sofia for iiaving deliv
ered a speech the tenor of which was
favorable to Austria.
The Vienna Tageblatt, according to
these same dispatches, aserls that
Emperor Nicholas has written to the
crown prince of Bulgaria asking tor
the aid of Bulgaria against the ene
mies of the Slavs.
Dispatches received here from Tri
este, an Austrian seaport on the Ad
riatic coast, say that mourning there
is general, as the Ninety-seventh and
Twenty-seventh Austrian infantry
regiments, which lost 4,000 men in
Galicia, were composed of Italians
fitom the Istria penjinsula.
A. Kroupenski, the Russian ambas
sador to Rome, has issued another
denial of the report again being cir
culated here that Count Witte, form
erly Premier of Russia, came to Italy
recently with a mission to induce It
aly to join with the Triple Entent.
Count Witte, according to the am
bassador's statement, simply cross
ed into Italy in order to return to
Russia by the only way left open,
via Brindisi, Constantinople and
Odessa, taking this opportunity to
visit his sister in the Turkish cap
tlal.
MILAN, Sept. 29.—The Secolo con
firms the reports of the discovery by
the Italian authorities of a plot by
German emissaries to stir up the
Mohammedans in Tripoli to a holy
war. It is said the plan was intend
ed to insure Italy’s permanent neu
trality by occupying her attention
with internal troubles in Tripoli.
HE NEW KING
FOR Wi
Son of Mohammed V. of Turkey Se
cures the Job—William of Wied
Found Too Heavy.
DURAZZO, Albania, Sept. 29.—The
senate of Albania yesterday elected
Prince Edln, son of Abdul Hamid,
the Sultan of Turkey, to be King of
Albania. A new revolution Is ex
pected in Albania, as many of the
people living here, a large percent
age! of whom ere Catholic, others
belonging to the Greek church and
the remainder are worshipers of
Mohammed.
It to expected here that Italian In
fluence will prevent the Monteneg
rins and Servians from endeavoring
to take any of Albania during the
present war, but will be unable to
prevent the fermenting of revolutions.
This Greeks are also desirous of se
curing part of Albania, which borders
upon Greece and In which many
Greeks live.
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Italy Is Expected To Join Fight As Allies Have Told Her
She Can Have No Territory From Austria Unless She
Fights For It—Ruminia Also Told To Do Likewise—
Half Million Killed To Date In All Armies—Pestilence
Spreads—British Fearful of Result—Germans Cannot
Care for Wounded—Two Million Russians Headed for
Breslau—Germans Resume Verdun and Nancy Attack.
LONDON, Sept. 29—The two ex
hausted armies battling in northern
France still continue to fight as best
they can. The lighting has developed
no new weak spots in the allies line
up, nor has any great gain been made
by the Germans who are still trying
to force their way through the al
lies center at St. Michael. The Paris
war office admits that at Reims the
Germans have made some slight gain,
taking a number of positions of ad
vantage, but asserting that the loss
in the center has been more than
made good by the continued encirc
ling movement on the allies left,
where von Kluck still holds, bu‘ is
being hard pressed. The reports
from the eastern border of Germany,
where the Russians are fighting the
Germans and Austrians, are excep
tionally good. The Russians contin
ue to advance against Cracow and
have reached Tarnow on the main
line of railroad and only forty miles
from Cracow. Przemysl is now en
tirely surrounded and one more fort
has been taken by the Russians and
it is soon expected that the fortifi
cations can be taken by assault.
British Expect Italians In Fight Soon.
The belief is general here that the
Italian government cannot long re
main out of the war. Both Kngland
and Russia have notified Italy that
under no circumstances will she be
allowed to have the Adriatic prov
inces' of Austria unless she fights for
them and aids in the present fight.
It is pointed out to the Italian min
ister that the expense of the present
war Is enormous and that unless the
Italians join with the allies and
themselves share the loss of men and
money in tiie fight against the Ger
mun-Austrian empires she cannot
have any of the spoils of war. It
is understood here that Rumania
has also received a similar notifi
cation, the object being to force in‘o
the figh*ing all the powers possible
so that the war can be brought to
a speedy conclusion and Germany
and Austria overwhelmed by weight
of numbers. That Austria will be
disni mbered is certain and British
statements are inclined to believe it
would be better that the small Bal
kan states each receive a part of it
than that it should all go to Russia,
which can be recompensed by the
provinces of Galicia and German Po
land.
Fear Parti lence In Armleq.
Because of the fact that many men
in all the armies at the front have
perished from disease and especial
ly because of the spread of cholera
among Germans, French and Eng
lish, besides the Austrians and Ser
vians, the medical authorities of
Great Britain are greatly worried
and will take steps to prevent its
spread. Pestilence hospitals have
been established in France to care
for the stricken troops and the civil
ians who may contract the disease.
French Are Still Hopeful.
PARIS, Sept. 29.—General Galler
al, military commander of Paris, an
nounced to the public today that the
conditions at the front were excep
tionally hopeful. The Germans, in
spite of attack after attack upon the
French positions, were unable to
make any decided gain. The French
are, however, unable because of the
exhausted condition of the troops to
make any counter attacks until the
arrival of the fresh troops being
sent north from the southern mobil
ization camps. The Germans have
resumed the attacks upon Verdun,
Toul and Nancy, but as the guns of
the forts have so far been able to
outshoot the German I'rupp siege
guns no danger is expected from
the allies right. On the allies left
General Galleral states much gain
has resulted because of the assaults
of the allies armies upon General
von Kluck and they have been push
ing his force back upon Its line of
communications.
Russians Want Breslau.
PETROGGRAD, Sept. 29—The main
objective or the Russian advance
through Galicia is Breslau. The
Russians merely Intend bottling up
the Austrians at Cracow and will
continue the march on Breslau ac
cording to the war ofTice, the ob
jective being to have the Russian
army invading Germany from Poland
reinforced by the Russian army from
Galicia and togetner they will num
ber fully 2,000,000 men. Grand Duke
Nicholas Nikalaivitch will command
the united armies and as he has com
manded in the Galicia campaign his
continued success is expected.
Russians Reach Tarnow.
The Russian advance nas reached
Tarnow, where the Austrian garri
son is greatly outnumbered and the
fall of the city is expected within
twenty-four hours, as the assaults
have already started. The Austri
ans, however, are fighting desperate
ly and have Inflicted considerable
losses upon the Russians.
Berlin Hears of German Victories In
East Prussia.
BERLIN, Sept. 29.—The unconflrm
ed report 1ms been circulated here
thal the Russians have been checked
at the border in East Prussia and
have failed in every effort to cross
the line. As the full German
strength has not yet reached the
battlefield the news has greatly en
couraged the people here, who fear
ed the Russian invasion might he
successful.
Expect Victory In France.
In spite of the long silence by
the w;^r department regarding the
movements in France the people be
lieve the prediction of military men
that the exhausted French armies
must break within a week and that
in point of endurance the German
soldiers have the best of it over the
small Englishmen and the impulsive
Frenchmen. It is admit'ed now that
the battle has resolved itself into
a question of the endurance of the
>wo opposing forces.
German Wounded Sacrificed.
The scarcity of doctors has caused
the military operators to abandon the
gathering up of the seriously wound
ed, who are now sacrificed and no
attention is given them. The great
number of wounded has taxed the
capacity of the medical staff to its
limit tmd but few physicians are left
in interor Germany, all havng been
forced to go to the hospitals at the
from or those :n central Germany,
where the sick are cared for.
Ready To Bombard Antwerp.
ROTTERDAM. Poland. Sept. 29.—
The Germans are gathering seige
equipment to again lay siege to Ant
werp. The small siege guns only
will be used because of the fear that
the dikes will again be opened by
the Belgians and the guns left. The
guns are to be mounted upon boats
and taken through canals.
German Sailors Reach Brussels.
Fully 20,000 German naval reserv
es have reached Brussels and may
be used to man an improvised fleet
of steamers should Antwerp fall.
The reserves will be used in the
military operations against Antwerp.
Mons Is Burning.
OSTEND. Sept. 29.—The city of
Mons is burning and the Franco-Brit
ish troops are endeavoring to dis
lodge the German troops commanded
by General von Boehm, who com
mands the northwest corner of the
German hollow square. The attack
will force the Germans to bring south
all possible reinforcements from Bel
gium, as the sudden attack of the
new army on the Germans will com
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PRES. CARRANZA GIVES WAY TO GEN. VILLA
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 29.—It Is re
ported here today that Provisional
President Carranza has acquiesced to
the demands made by Oeneral Villa
and will step down as provisional
president. Oeneral Villa has also
agreed not to be a candidate for
election to the presidency, but has
no objection to Carranza's candidacy.
The Villa proposals are as follows:
That a convention of the delegates
of the army be called to arrange the
date of the flection for congress,
president and vice-president.
That no military man be a can
didate for president or vice-president
or governor of any state.
That a civilian take charge of the
provisional government to hold elec
tions.
That a general amnesty be declar
ed, except as to those who comml'
ted the crime or participated in the
assassination of Madero and Suarez.
That the officers of the old Fed
eral army who can show clean rec
ords shall be taken Into the new na
tional army.
That all reforms shall be put
through In an energetic manner, but
on a legal and constitutional basis..
General Carranza ’ already has com
piled with the first proposal by call
ing a general convention for October
1 to select a provisional president.
Under the Mexican constitution the
provisional president cpnnot be a
candidate In elections conducted un
der his administration. General Car
ranza, therefore. If desirous of be
coming provisional president, will not
be In office longer than the period
necessary to conduct an election. If
he resigns as First Chief In favor
of the new provisional president he
may enter the presidential race, as
his friends say he Is not a “military
man” In the accepted sense in Mex
ico, even though he has held the ti
tle of "General" in the Constitution
alist army.
The belief prevails here that Car
ranza will resign in favor of a civ
ilian as proposed by Villa and that
he then will wage an active political
campaign for the presidency. It is
fully expected that Villa will not sup
port Carranza at the polls, but he has
not revealed the identity of his can
didate.
It is generally understood here that
while formal recognition may be ex
tended to the new provisional presi
dent, American forces will not be
withdrawn from Vera Cruz until the
blection for permanent president is
actually held.
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WHITMAN NAMED
FOR GOVERNOR
Beats Hlnman and Glynn Led Demo
crats—Sulzer Defeated By Daven
port for Progressive Nomination.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—The re
turns from the upstate missing pre
cincts have given Davenport, the
Roosevelt nominee, a slight advan
tage over Sulzer and his nomination
Is conceded by the Sulzer party, who
expect, however, to name Sulzer by
tiling a petition with the state au
thorities and he will run independ
ent.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—The Dem
ocratic state primaries yesterday
were carried by Governor Glynn, the
present incumbent, who succeeded
Ex-Governor Sulzer, who was im
peached by the state legislature.
District Attorney Charles S. Whit
man walked away with the Repub
lican nomination, having a large ma
jority over Ex-Senator Harvey Hin
man. It is also believed that Assem
blyman William Sulzer has the Pro
gressive nomination by a very slight
majority, although a number of up
state districts are still to be heard
from.
Sulzer’s nomination will undoubt
edly mean the end of the Progressive
party as now organized, as Colonel
Roosevelt and the other Progressive
leaders who have been bossing the
party for the past two years were
against Sulzer and fought his nomi
nation and the Progressive conven
tion refused to consider his name,
yet he apparently won the nomina
tion against the Progressive organiz
ation candidate.
Franklin K. Roosevelt, a nephew
of Colonel Roosevelt, and a Demo
crat, who contested for the nomina
tion as senator with Ambassador
James W. Gerard of Germany, was
defeated and the ambassador to Ber
lin received the nomination.
Mariposa Reaches Seattle.
SEATTLE, Sept 29.—The steamer
Mariposa reached Seattle yesterday
afternoon and will sail north on Wed
nesday.
SHOW ME SENATOR I
FOR TRUST BILL
Says Clayton Measure la Not8trong
Enough- and Would Punish Di
rectors for Price Fixing.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 29.—All day
yesterday Senator Reed, of Missouri,
denounced the Clayton anti-trust bill,
declaring that because of the remov
al of the penalties for price dis
crimination the bill had degenerated
from a roaring lion to a toothless
tabby and would be of no use to
the people, and less to the Demo
cratic party.
The Missouri Democrat urged up
on the majority party that It keep
Its pledges to the people by the pass
age of a trust law that would protect
the consumers by making the direct
ors of the big trusts directly and
personally liable for price discrim
ination and providing for prison sen
tences for those who violate the laws.
The debate continues today, many
other senators opposing taking the
prison sentences from the hill and
insist upon personal responsibility
for the directors and managers of
corporations.
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SEND WIRELESS
TO GERMANY
Administration Will Allow Saville Sta
tion To Reopen—Charges Dollar
Word To Germany.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—At the ear
nest solicitation of the German am
bassador the administration has grant
ed to the German wireless station at
Saville, L. I., a permit to operate
until January 1. The German am
bassador pointed out to the govern
ment the fact that the only means
of receiving uncensored news from
Germany was through the wireless
station of the German company,
which is located near Berlin and
which is powerful enough to reach
the Long Island station.
The station must, however, be used
as a commercial station and accept
any messages offered. The charges to
Germany are placed at $1.00 a word
and It often takes a day to send
messages because of the long dis
tance and necessary favorable condi
tion required.
Ill TEN DAYS
Lawmaker* Have Held One of Long
ect Section* Ever Held By Con
grett—Are Glad To Quit.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29—Adminis
tration leaders predict that the pres
ent session of congress will end with
in ten days unless some unexpected
serious developments in Mexico or
Europe should require the continua
tion of the law body in session.
The administration bills for the re
plenishing of the treasury and the
Alaska coal land law have been pass
ed; the administration measures to
stop monopolies extorting from ex
torting the money of the people by
oppressive methods have been pass
ed and President Wilson is satisfied
with the result.
Congress was called in session Ap
ril 7, 1913, and has been in session
ever since.
MILL LEST FOR
nLE 6IMIT ORE
Seven And Half Ton* Mined and Sack
ed To Be Brought To Crawford
Mill In a Few Days.
Seven and a half tons of high grade
ore from the Little Giant property
on Mineral creek, which has been
mined and sacked, will be brought
to the Crawford stamp mill in a few
days and crushed. The ore has been
mined the last few weeks and will
be run through the mill so that the
owners of the property may secure
an idea of the values from a mill test
and prepare for the winter’s work
with a full knowledge of the values.
A building will be erected on the
property Immediately and mining op
erations continued all winter.
John Conley, of the Seward Com
mercial Company, passed through
Valdes on the steamer Alameda.