VOL 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1914. NO. 358.
RUSSIANS OVERRUNNING PRUSSIA
CZAR’S FORCES 20 MILES INSIDE EAST PRUSSIAN LINE
BOMBARDMENT OF CRACOW REPORTED FROM ITALY
GERMAN SOUTH AMERICAN FLEET CANNOT BE FOUND
ANOTHER REVOLT
DOWN 10 MEXICO
Gen. Gonzales, Former Carranza Lead
er, At Head of 8,000 Men, De
clares Self President.
WASHINGTON,, Nov. 30.—General
Gonzales, who has been one of tjie
strongest supporters of Provisional
President Carranza, today broke away
from his chief and with 8,000 men
under his command has established
a new government and announced
•himself president of Mexico.
General Gonzales has seized the
city of Pachuca, about 70 miles from
Mexico City, with its population of
40,000 people, and has made it his
capital. He is well suplpied with war
supplies and equipment sent him from
Mexico City before the evacuation of
the capital by General Blanco, who
then counted upon the aid and loy
alty of General Gonzales and his com
mand of 8,000 men.
General Villa is policing Mexico City
With an iron hand and has driven
out the bandits, who have been loot
ing stores and residences.
Provisional President Carranza has
established his capital at Vera Cruz
and is organizing an army to march
against Villa. In the event of his
defeat he will seek safety in flight
to the United States, where his fam
ily are now located.
coalIlSs
LOSE CONTESTS
Interior Department Renders Adverse
Report Upon Inlet Claims of
Detroit People.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The De
partment of the Interior on Saturday
decided against the locators of the
Detroit group of coal claims in the
Cook Inlet country. The department
holds that the claimants failed to do
the proper amount of development
work and depended upon the big out
croppings to show development.
The claimants, who are mostly De
troit business men, Will take the mat
ter to the courts if possible and will
also appeal to congress for relief.
Moose Still Sleeping.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 30.—The
Progressive Socialist, and Independ
ent Labor parties tailed to get suffi
cient votes In Minnesota at the re
cent general election to entitle them
to legal standing as political organ
izations. The Progressive guberna
torial candidate polled only 3,446
votes, as against 33,446 cast for the
party in 1912.
Russell Herman returned to Valdez
on the steamer Mariposa and has' ac
cepted a position at the Valdez Drug
Store.
Allies Resume the Offensive In Belgium—Russians Report Austrians Casualties
Number 900,000 To Date—Russians In Poland Heavily Reinforced Expect
To Crush Hindenberg’s Army—Germans Well Satisfied With Outlook of
Poland Campaign—Kaiser Joins Hindenberg and Will Direct Campaign.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.—'The war office!
admits that the Russian advance in
East Prussia continues and that the
Russians are now 20 miles in East
Prussia. It is stated, however, that
the small force of Germans are hold
ing a much superior force of Russians
and that as soon as the Poland cam
paign is ended reinforcements will be
sent to Prussia and the Russians driv
en back.
Drop Bombs On Russians Heads.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 30.—German av
iators dropped 18 bombs upon the
heads of Russians walking the main
street of Lodz and as a result a great
many non-combatants have been kill
ed. The indignation here is intense
and it is predicted that in the event
of Russian success and capture of
German towns retribution will be de
manded and German non-combatants
will suffer. To date no Russian aviat
or has been allowed to drop bombs
into German cities.
Russians Capture 30,000.
As a result of the military oper
ations near Cracow the Russians took
30,000 prisoners during the week.
'The German-Austrian force in west
ern Galicia is broken into several
parts. Most of the troops have re
treated towards the Carpathians, but
part of the force retired to Cracow,
which is strongly fortified and will
now be invested and captured.
Russians Warned Not To Believe Re
ports.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 30.—The gov
ernment has issued an official bulle
tin warning the people not to believe
the reports of an overwhelming Ger
man victory. The report states that
the kaiser’s soldiers are making a
desperate resistance but that they
have not won a victory.
Hindenberg Made Field Marshal.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.—The kaiser yes
terday made Over General Hindenberg
the commander of the Poland troops
which won such a signal victory over
the Russians on Saturday, a field mar
shal. The people are wild with de
light at the victory of Saturday and
Hindenberg is the idol of the crowds
which parade the streets cheering for
the new military genius. In mak
ing the promotion the kaiser stated
it was a tribute to the wonderful
strategy which enabled Hindenberg to
defeat superior forces of the enemy.
Germans Start Arras Attack.
PARIS, Nov. 30.—With 700,000
troops the Germans have started the
long expected attack upon Arras. The
allies are holding strong positions and
have blocked every effort of the en
emy to advance. The assaults this
morning were made after an artillery
duel which lasted all through Satur
day night.
; Kaiser Joins Hindenberg.
LONDON, Nov. 30.—The German
emperor has joined General Hinden
berg in Poland and is assisting that
general in directing the campaign
against the Russians.
Deny Germans Captured Army Corps.
The official reports from Petrograd
contain no statement of the loss of
whole army corps by the Russians.
It is believed here that the Russian
losses were slight. Reports from Co
penhagen and Amsterdam do not con
firm the German Btatementi of an
overwhelming victory, but do report
that with the strong reinforcements
[sent to the German center, command
ed by Hindenberg, the Russians have
been stopped and can make no head
way against the enemy.
Bombardment of Cracow Starts.
MILAN, Italy, Nov. 30.—The Rus
sians have started the bombardment
of Cracow with big siege guns which
resulted in setting the city on fire
in many places. The Russian guns
cannot as yet reach the heart of the
city, but the suburbs are burning and
the Russian lines are drawing nearer
the city each day.
Austrians May Surrender City.
The Austrians may surrender the
city rather than have it destroyed by
the bombardment from the • heavy
guns. The German troops operating
with the Austrian force, however, in
sist upon the holding of the city until
the arrival of reinforcements which
they expect shortly.
Hindenberg Holding Russians.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.—General Hinden
berg still continues to hold the Rus
sians and has prevented them from
making any advance. The war office
announces that the situation from the
German standpoint is very favorable.
Germans Attacking Russian Center.
PETROGRAD. Nov. 30.—The Ger
mans are blindly attacking the Rus
sian center, making attack after at
tack and are leaving the flanks of
the array open to attack. The Rus
sians will take advantage of this op
ening as soon as reinforcements reach
the front.
Enormous Russian Reinforcements
Reach Poland.
The war department has sent enor
mous reinforcements to Poland to aid
the army operating against Hinden
berg and the utter rout of the enemy
is expected shortly.
Heavy Austrian Losses.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 30.—The total
Austrian casualties to date are 900,
000. The Russians now hold a tre
mendous number of Austrians who
have been sent to Siberia, where they
are employed on railroad construction.
The cost of feeding the prisoners in
Siberia is much less than in Europe
as the supplies are brought from
China.
Fighting All Along Line.
The fighting now extends from the
Baltic Sea to Rumania and instead
of detached battles the fighting has
become general.
Crown Prince Says War Unnecessary.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30.—The Ger
man crown prince has given an in
terview to an American correspondent
in which he stated that the action of
'the allies in jumping upon Germany
was a stupid move; that war in these
days is unnecessary and could have
been avoided, but that the allies forc
ed Germany to fight to protect her
self from being crushed by rivals,
who were jealous of the commercial
advancement of the German empire.
Allies Resume Offensive.
LONDON, Nov. 30.—The allies have
resumed the offensive in Belgium.
The strong reinforcements sent from
England and from southern France
have given the allies an opportunity
to take the offensive all along the line
and an efTort will be made to force
the German general staff to weaken
the force operating against the Rus
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CHAIRMAN IDES FAVORS CORDOVA RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Chairman
Edes of the Alaska Engineering Com
mission states that the cost of the
proposed railroad system in Alaska
which is to be built by the govern
ment will be much less than antici
pated. The chairman of the com
mission thinks favorably of the pro
posed plan to have the government
purchase the Copper River and Nor
thwestern railroad and incorporate it
in the government system.
Falcon Joslin, the president of the
EMMES
SMU GREECE
ATHENS, Nov. 30.—Hundreds of
people were killed yesterday In west
ern Greece as the result of the many
earthquake shocks which shook the
earth and tumbled a number of build
ings into ruins. The shocks still con
tinue but with less force. The gov
ernment has sent troops to aid the
people in the quake zone.
THINKS FAVORABLY OF GUGGENHEIM SYSTEM AS PART OF GOV
ERNMENT OWNED LINE—COMMISSION WILL ASK FOR $5,000,000
FOR NEXT YEAR’S WORK—COST ROAD OVERESTIMATED.
Tanana Mines Railroad Company, op
erating from Fairbanks to the creeks,
held a long conference with Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane
regarding the possibility of the gov
ernment wishing to acquire part of
his right of way.
Congress will probably be asked to
appropriate only $5,000,000 for con
struction work next year with a larg
er appropriation in 1916.
The owners of the Copper River
and Northwestern railroad have been
trying for several years to unload the
road upon the government. J. P. Mor
gan, the head of the New York bank
ing house of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
called upon Secretary Lane a month
ago and offered the Cordova road to
the government at any price that
would be satisfactory and on any
terms agreeable to the head of the
Interior department. Many members
of congress hava also approved the
plan to purchase the Cordova and
Seward roads and incorporate them
into the government system, claim
ing that it is not the purpose of the
government to destroy the privately
owned roads in Alaska nor to build
parallel lines.
It is well known that the Cordova
road has never paid and that the
outlook for a dividend is poor yet,
owning the Bonanza mine, the Morgan
Guggenhelm syndicate wish to have
the road continued, but at the ex
pense of the government, which they
Insist should bear the burden of the
operations which tend to open and
develop the territory.
The report from Washington indi
cates only the opinion of Chairman
Edes. It is possible that Lieut.
Mears and Commissioner Riggs, also
members of the commission, concur
in this opinion, in which event it is
probable that President Wilson will
accept as final the report of the en
gineers, but it is almost certain that
the fight in congress against the pur
chase of the Morgan-Guggenheim road
will be enough to prevent the pass
age of the appropriation at the next
session as the Democratic majority
is small and the Republicans have an
nounced it their intention to block ap
propriations for public improvements
while a direct tax is put on the peo
ple.
STEAMER ALAMEDA
REACHESSEATTLE
SEATTLE), Nov. iSO.—'The steam
er Alameda reached here Saturday
afternoon from Alaska and will sail
north tomorrow evening. The Alame
da will take the inside passage on
this trip and will not go outside to
Queen Charlotte Sound, as she did
last trip.
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WILL ARBITRATE
Federal Board Meets In Chicago To
Settle Differences On West
ern Railroads.
CHICAGO, Nov. 30.—The effort of
the federal arbitrators to settle the
differences between the railroad em
ployees and the management of the
western roads started here today.
Both sides are bound to abide by the
decision of the federal commissioners.
The men are demanding more wages,
claiming that they are underpaid:
that the firemen, brakemen and en
gineers of the eastern roads receive
better pay, that the work on the west
ern roads is harder than in the east,
as roadbeds are not as good and they
insist that the cost of living has gone
upward until the traces now paid
them does not allow them a good liv
ing and an opportunity to properly
provide for their families.
The railroad managers on the oth
er hand insist that with rates lower
ed by the Interstate Commerce Com
'i.ission and wages raised by the un
ions that the railroads tye headed for
financial ruin. Both sides are repre
sented by able attorneys and the
board of arbitration will set for sev
eral weeks.
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NO UNLOADING
N. Y. EXCHANGE
Bonds Sell for More Than On
Day Exchange Was Closed
Last July.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—The expect
ed unloading of bonds did not mater
ialize on Saturday when the exchange
reopened after having been closed
since last July. Brokers feared that
foreign owners of American bonds
listed on the exchange would take the
opportunity to sell. The board of di
rectors refused to allow sales of
stocks, but did not open the exchange
to the holders of bonds but few for
eign sales were recorded.
That many foreigners owning stock
and bonds in American companies
would like to sell is undoubted and
that they will avail themselves of the
first opportunity is expected, but as
the money market in this city is now
easy the sales will be absorbed by
the American investors.
The bonds of the American Steel
company and those of several other
corporations sold for higher prices
Saturday than they did when the ex
change closed on July 30th, when the
war clouds were low, and the ex
change was closed.
The steel bonds lead the list in
number of sales.
Almost all clearing house certifi
cates issued by the banks of this city
have been redeemed by the banks of
issue and are rapidly disappearing.