V0L 13 VALDEZ, ALASKA, [TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1915. < NO. 108.
CHINKS KSK1
MSI JAPAN
Appeal Is Made To Pres. Wilson and
- "Also To British Government
Japan Aggressive.
WASHINGTON, April 27—The Chi
nese government has wired to Presi
dent Wilson requesting the aid of
the United States in the present con
flict with Japan. The president of the
Chinese republic has also appealed
to the British government asking for
aid in resisting the demands upon
China, which would make all of nor
thern China a province of Japan and
would also force the government ma
chinery of the republic to be sub
servient to and under the control of
the Japanese.
It is pointed out by the Chinese
ambassador that ii Japan is success
ful in its present demands the open
door in China will be a thing of
the past and all of its trade will fall
into the hands of the Japanese.
It is expected that President Wil
son will direct the State Department
to inquire of the Japanese govern
ment its intentions towards China.
Some friction has developed be
tween England, Russia and the Un
ited States on one side, and the Ja
panese government on the other, be
cause of the false statement given
those governments by the Japanese
foreign department, when the first
demand was made on China.
PERSIANS KILLED
BY IRE HUNDREDS
Turkish Regular Troops Now In Uru
miah Are Establishing Order—
Many Flee for Safety.
DILMAN, Persia, April 27—The con
ditions in Urumiah have been inves
tigated and reports confirm the first
news of the massacre of Christians
by the Turks., The regular Turkish
troops now on the scene- have estab
lished order, driving away or killing
the Irregulars who have caused the
trouble. Fully 1,600 men, women and
children were killed in cold blood;
2.000 died as a result of disease, and
20.000 flet from the country seeking
safety.
Order has now been established and
the refugees are slowly returning to
their homes.
TRIED TO KILL
-TURKISH CABINET
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 27.—An
attempt was made today to kill the
entire Turkish cabinet by the explo
sion of a powerful bomb, which was
to have been set off by a clock, the
ticking of which, however, caused an
investigation and led to the finding
of the big bomb, which was power
ful enough to have torn the building
to pieces and to have killed every
member of the cabinet who attended
the session. A dozen arrests have
been made of the leaders of the op
position to the war and the Young
Turks, who control the government
and forced the Sultan into war as an
ally of Germany and Austria.
Fresh Vegetables On Evans.
Lettuce cucumbers, radishes, par
sley, rhubarb, carrots, asparagus,
grape fruit, oranges, bananas and
sweet cider. Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Something new lh piece goods, al
so summer hats for ladies and chil
dren received on last boat at 'B.
Winter’s. tf
Offices to rent over Valdez Drug Co.
OUTCOME OF BATTLE IN FLANDERS IN DOUBT
LONDON, April 27—The battle at
Ypres continues and has spread un
til the entire line from Reims to the
Channel is in action and every man
available to the opposing command
ers has been thrown into the fight
in order to win the victory. Reports
reaching here indicate that the loss
es will stagger humanity. The fight
ing continues day and night without
let-up. New and fresh men are con
stantly being thrown into the fight in
the supreme effort to crush the en
emy. Reserves are known to have
been sent from England to reinforce
the troops commanded by Gen. French
and this fact alone indicates how des
perate the fighting has been, as the
war department has heretofore given
the new troops more than a month in
northern France before they were
sent to the trenches and then only
a few at a time have been allowed
under fire until all become accustom
ed to the roar of artillery and the
danger of battle.
London Admits Lost Ground.
The war office admits that some
ground has been lost because the of
ficial report issued today states that
the Canadian troops have won the
admiration of the army by the dar
ing assault .upon the Germans and
the recapture of part of the ground
lost by them <since last Saturday.
Four guns lost Sunday were recap
tured today and the Canadians are
proud of the feat of taking their own
RIGGS III SEATTLE
SOON GOME NORTH
Says Hardly Expects To Be Able To
Build To Matanuska This Season
—Lack Ready Funds.
SEATTLE, April 27.—Thomas
Riggs, a member of the Alaska en
gineering commission, arrived in this
city yesterday from Washington and
will leave for Anchorage on May 3rd.
“It is doubtful if the 75-mile branch
from Anchorage to the Matanuska
coal fields can be built this year,”
said Mr. Riggs, “as the commision
is greatly handicapped by the fact
that the $2,000,000 appropriated by
congress at its' last session is not
available until, June 30th, and the
work the confmtssion will do up to
that time will be carried on with the
half million dollars saved from the
first appropriation of $1,000,000 for
survey work.
“The commission is anxious to
reach the coal fields as soon as possi
ble and, the efforts of the engineers
will be directed towards the accom
plishment of that object.”
Commissioner Edes is still in the
east and is expected to arrive in Se
attle on May 10th. He will remain
in the city but a short time and will
then go to Anchorage, where he will
have charge of the headquarters of
the commission.
The applications for positions with
the commission continue and the
number increases in spite of the often
published statement that this season
the commission will employ but a
limited number of men and when the
work is started it will be by the unit
system of contracting and the men
going north must seek employment
from contractors or must themselves
take contracts.
The commercial bodies of the west
are aiding the commission in trying
to prevent a rush of men to the north,
especially men who have no funds
and expect to secure work in order
to live and who without work would
become a burden on the communities
of the north and force the govern
ment to send them back to the states.
Mr. Higgs also stated that all po
sitions with the commission had been
filled and 45,000 applications were on
file on the waiting list. The appli
cants are located In all parts of the
United States. Many women are
among the applicants for positions.
The Prospector office for Job work.
LONDON MILITARY EXPERTS SAY IT WILL BE DAYS BEFORE RE
SULT IS KNOWN—CANADIAN TROOPS RECOVER SOME OF LOST
GROUND BY DESPERATE ASSAULTS—THE GERMANS CONTINUE
TO RECEIVE REINFORCEMEN TS—LIZERNE NOW HELD BY THE
BRITISH—FIGHTING IS CONS TANT DAY AND NIGHT—BRITISH
ADMIT LOSS OF GROUND NE AR YSER—MORE SHIPS SUBMA
RINED IN NORTH SEA.
guns from the kaiser’s infantry.
Battle Last Many Days.
Military experts here who have
knowledge of the conditions at the
front and are in constant consulta
tion at the war office admit that the
outcome of the battle will not be
known for several* days, as the fight
ing now has brought on the long ex
pected general engagement over a
ITALIAN DIPLOMATS RECALLED
TO HOLD CONFERENCE IN ROME
DECLARATION OF WAR WILL WAIT FOR CONFERENCE OF MEN
NOW AT DIFFERENT CAPITALS IN EUROPE—WASHINGTON DIP
LOMATS BELIEVE ITALY PLAYING TO HAVE HER REPRESEN.
TATIVES GET OUT OF GERMANIC COUNTRIES WHILE THE GO
ING IS GOOD AND THAT AS SOON AS THEY ARE FREE WAR WILL
FOLLOW. f
ROME, April 27.—The king has
called the Italian ambassadors now
at Beriln, Vienna, London and Paris
for a conference in this cityy regard
ing the situation in Europe and the
advisability of the government taking
an active part in the present war.
The men have been ordered to leave
their respective stations at once and
travel with all haste to this city. It
is expected it will be several days be
fore they can reach Rome, and un
til the conference is held nothing will
be done by the nation in the mat
ter of intervening in the war for the
purpose of securing the provinces now
a part of Austria, and which are
wanted by the Italian nation be
cause of the fact that many Italians
are living in them.
The work of preparing the army
and navy for the war, should it In*
volve Italy, continues. The troops
are being concentrated, drilled and
equipped. The government makes no
effort to conceal the concentration
and mobilization, an, act which a year
ago would have been kept the most
profound secret and would have caus
ed a declaration of war from Austria
when it became known to that coun
try.
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WASHINGTON, April 27.—Diplo
mats here were advised by press dis
patches that the Italian government
has recalled its ambassadors at Ber
lin and Vienna predicted that war was
now inevitable and that the Italian
foreign office was endeavoring to
have its diplomats out of the Ger
manic countries before the war could
break, this action being necessary be
cause of the intense feeling in Ger
many and Austria against the Ital
ians, and the diplomats might not re
ceive the necessary protection. The
recalling of the ambassadors at Lon
don and Paris is being made for the
purpose of covering the withdrawals
from Berlin and Vienna. The action
that will be taken by Germany will
be watched with interest. It is hard
ly expected, however, that the Ger
mans will withdraw the ambassador
at Rome until the official declaration
of war, as the Germans continue to
play for time, because they had It
In their power to have called a halt
to the Italian mobilization at any
time had they so desired, but will
ing to go to war had the ultimatum
been disregarded.
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PROBE ASYLUM
Alaska Insane Not Being Treated
Right At Morningside Is Charg
ed At Juneau.
JUNEAU, April 27—The joint
memorial asking congress to make an
investigation into the conditions un
der which the Insane of Alaska are
kept at the Morningside asylum for
insane, to which institution the in
sane patients from Alaska are sent
for medical treatment under a con
tract with the owners of the asylum
and the government, was passed this
morning.
The members of the legislature in
sist that the treatment accorded the
Insane patients is bad and that they
are not treated as they should be
and desire an investigation into the
conditions at the asylum which is
near Portland. The same memorial
also asks congress to establish a hos
pital for Alaska Insane in Alaska, as
It Is claimed they can be better and
more cheaply attended to in the
north.
NINETY MILLION
FROM INCOME TAX
Government Expected Only $80,000,000
But Good Times and Fear of
Punishment Aids Treasury.
WASHINGTON, April 27.—The esti
mate by the treasury officials of a
return of $80,000,000 on incomes in
the United States will be exceeded
by $10,000,000 according to treasury
officials who are working on the re
turns. The 300 special agents em
ployed by the government to seek out
tax dodgers resulted in a larger in
crease, as many who last year beat
the tax are coming to the front this
year and better business conditions
are also responsible for some of the
Increase. . •
The income tax Is all' that saves
the government ■fro’fri a deficit. The
Income from the tariff Is almost nlll
as imports have stopped and what is
Imported pay only a small duty.
The special agents of the Treas
ury Department are still hunting for
men and women who try tp avoid
paying the tax.
battlefield spread from the border of
Switzerland to the forts that line the
English Channel and a gain at one
point is often offset by a loss at some
other important position in the line
and not until the battle ends and the
new line is formed can the army
•chiefs tell of the result.
Germans Get More Troops.
AMSTERDAM, April 27.—The Ger
man military railroads are sending
towards the Belgium-French border
thousands of new troops gathered
from points in the interior of Ger
many and from the eastern line, which
has been inactive for several days
and which because of the recent rains
and the spring thaw will remain in
active for several weeks longer. The
troop trains continue to go west day
and night, which supply trains fol
low them and the wounded are be
ing brought back to the base hospitals
as fast as possible so that they may
secure proper medical treatment.
More Ships Submarined.
LONDON, April 27.—One British
trawler and a Swedish passenger
steamer was torpedoed today by the
German submarines operating in the
North sea. The fate of the crew is
unknown.
English Lose At Julien.
LONDON, April 27.—The Germans
have crossed the Yser canal and oc
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GERMANS INTERN
ANOTHER RAIDER
Kronprinz Wilhelm Is Turned Over
''To the U. S. Authorities To
Keep Until End of War.
NEWPORT NEWS, April 27.—
Captain Thierfelder, commanding the
German converted cruiser Kronprinz
Wilhelm, which reached the port on
April 12th, notified Collector of Cus
toms Hamilton this morning that he
wished to intern his vessel. The
boat will be sent to the navy yard
and laid up beside the converted
cruiser Eitel Friedrich, which intern
ed on April 10th. The crew will be
held as prisoners until the end of the
war, but will be given a limited
amount of shore leave under patrol
which must be given not only by the
captains of the two ships but also
by the officers, so that both will be
responsible for the failure to return
to quarters of any of the officers.
During her eight months’ raiding
cruise the German converted cruiser
Kronprinz Wilhelm sent fourteen
merchantmen, nine British, four
French and one neutral ship, a Nor
wegian wheat carrier, to the bottom.
Took a total of 960 prisoners and
destroyed property valued at $7,000,
000; also captured two 4-inch guns
from a British steamer which lacked
ammunition to fire the weapons.
Ran the gauntlet of allied warships,
passing so close that It is declared
she heard the wireless from them
sputtering
And was forced into port when her
provisions for her crew of 500 ran
down to almost nothing; when there
was only 25 tons of coal on board,
and when medical aid was imperative
for sixty-six of the crew and prison
ers ill of Beriberfi.
The German commander was pre
paring to coal his steamer when he
received instructions from the ad
miralty at Berlin to intern his ship.
The necessary repairs to make the
boat seaworthy had already been
made and it was thought that Cap
tain Thierfelder would try to make
a dash for the sea. The inability of
the Germans to secure fuel while on
the high seas caused them to seek a
harbor.
As far as is known the Karlsruhe
is the only German ship still at large,
but reports that the boat has been
wrecked and sent to the bottom have
been constant and are now believed
to be true.
TREAT ROOSEVELT
He Is Forced To Answer Questions
About Political Deals He Made
To Gain Power.
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ April 27.—Theo
dore Roosevelt is still on the stand
In the case of William Barnes against
him for libel. Ivens, Wolff and Hou
get, the New York firm of attorneys,
continue to force the ex-autocrat of
the White House to answer questions
regarding his relations with the big
Republican bosses during the days
when he sought and obtained polit
ical preferences and was backed with
considerable money by the big busi
ness interests, which he now assails
and roasts in order to secure the sup
port of the people.
Bowers and Sand, representing
Roosevelt, have tried in vain to save
their client from being forced to re
veal his dealings with party leaders.
"Roosevelt has been forced to answer
most of the questions asked, Barnes
having prepared the questions which
the attorneys ask the defendant. New
York City, state and national poli
tics, in which Roosevelt figured in
days gone by, are being aired in
court to the amusement and educa
tion of the people. Political skeletons
that have been locked in closets for
years are brought out also for the
education of the people.
GAN STILL HANG
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Senate Fails To Pass Anti-hanging
Bill Over the Veto of Gov
ernor Strong
JUNEAU, April 27.—The Alaska
senate today voted to sustain the
veto by Governor J. F. A. Strong ot
the bill which would have abolishec
capital punishment in the north. Th*
present federal statute which allow*
juries to hear the evidence In eacl
case to decide upon the punishmen
that shall be given the murderer, t|
the extent of capital punishment or;
a term of Imprisonment, will remai
In force.
Four senators voted for the retelj
tlon of capital punisment. They were;
Tanner, Millard, Gustad and Hubbar<
Senator Aldrich was absent and Sui
zer, McGann and Sutherland vote'
to pass the bill over the veto of til
governor. |
PEACE DELEGATES
AflyELEASE
LONDON, April 27.—The Brit
admiralty today ordered the Holla:
American liner Noordam released
the naval authorities because of
fact that the boat carried thirty c
egates from America to the suf:
gette peace congress to be held
The Hague. The boat had been s
ed under the blockade order issued
the government to offset the Qeri
submarine blockade.
Miss Serene Helen Blue, aged
paid the government ten cents
the deed to the smallest homes
in the United States. It is loc
at Turtle Lake, Minn., and is
189 feet by 38 feet in dimension,
will farm it Intensively.
C. H. Dunlap, watchmaker and
clan, at the Owl Drug Store. <
nometers and complicated watcl
specialty. All work guaranteed.
A new line of Valdes and A
pennants and pillow tops at th<
dec Drug Co.