VALDEZ, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1914. NO. 299
VOL. 10.
GREAT BATTLE IS STILL RAGING
NEITHER SIDE HAS GAINED ANY DECIDED ADVANTAGE
GERMAN CRUISER EMBDEN SINKS BRITISH FREIGHTERS
REIMS CATHEDRAL, OLDEST IN EUROPE, IS DESTOYED
MEM REFUGEES
LEAVE VERA CRUZ
Fear To Remain After American
Troops Evacuate the City—Gov
ernment May Aid a Number.
VERA CRUZ, Sept. 21.—The Mexi
can fugitives who have been enjoy
ing safety in this city from prosecu
tion by the different political heads
of the republic are leaving in thou
sands for the_ United States. The
steamer which sailed yesterday for
New York was crowded with Mexi
can refugees, who fear to remain
when General Funston leaves the city
with the American troops.
It is expec'ed that 10,000 men and
women will leave within a week. If
they can secure transportation all
will go who have the fare, while it
is reported that the United States
govenmen* will aid a number who
are without funds, but who will cer
tainly meet instant death should they
be forced to remain after the Car
ranzo forces come into control.
The transport Kilpatrick sailed
from Colon yesterday for this port
and will be used to take the U. S.
troops from here when the word is
given. One transport will take the
refugees only.
MINERS KILLED
MINE cm
\
One Man Saved and Eleven Dead As
Result of Roof Falling Down—Res
cued Man Buried 36 Hours.
EUREKA, Utah, Sept. 21—Late last
night a miner, one of twelve caught
In a cave-in at a local mine, was
rescued by men who were working
towards the place where they expect
ed to find the twelve men. The miner
had almost worked his way to the
open when the rescue party reached
him and they then continued on to
where the other miners were buried,
but all were found to have been
crushed and suffocated under the
cave-in.
The miner who was rescued found
his wife with supper ready, although
he had been buried for thirty-six
hours, she having felt convinced that
he would escape and had kept the
meal warm.
He was standing away from the
rest of the men when the roof caved
in and was not caught under it, but
was shut off from escape until he
could work his way to the open,
which he immediately started to do.
ROAD COMMISSION IS
WORTHY OF CREDIT
The Alaska road commission, un
der the head of Col. W. P. Richard
son, is worthy of much credit for the
way it handles affairs under its juris
diction and the work it has been
able to accomplish with the limited
funds at its disposal. J. C. Hayes
has finished the island road as far
as the proposed new bridge and the
crew has been taken off and placed
elsewhere. The people of Douglas
are all very enthusiastic in their
praise of the masterly way the work
has been pushed forward and the eco
nomical way the funds were handled
which enabled the force under Mr.
Hayes to accomlish more work under
the amount allowed than would oth
erwise have been possible.—Juneau
Dispatch.
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Five Hundred Wounded Germans In Building At Time and Red Cross Flag Was
Flying—France Sends Protest To Neutral Powers—Russians Claim Another
Big Victory In Galicia and Crushes German-Austrian Army—German
Cruiser Koenigsberg Sinks British Steamer In Zanzibar Harbor, a British
Port In Southeast Africa—French Bringing Siege Guns To Shell German
Positions—Soldiers Suffer From Hail and Wind Storms.
LONDON, Sept. 21—The titanic
struggle between the allies and the
Germans, involving 2,500,000 men and
the destiny of the nations involved
still continues without any material
advantage gained by either oppo
nents. The Germans have succeeded
in retaking the heights at Brimont,
which is a strong strategic position.
The French have captured Pompelle,
taking all the German defenses, have
retaken the village of Souisan and
forced the Germans to evacuate Bri
ond.
Battle All Day Sunday.
The battle continued all through
yesterday and the German forces en
deavored to push the French center
back, but were unable to make any
gain. The losses on both sides were
tremendous because of the close
fighting.
Heavy Artillery Duel.
The Germans have brought forward
almost every available gun and have
been shelling the allies positions.
They have also succeeded in placing
a number of heavy siege guns and
the French are now bringing up the
large pieces from the rear and are
responding to the German long range
guns and are giving shot for shot and
are preventing the German siege
guns from forcing the field guns to
give ground.
Battle In Air over Armies.
The French aviator Verdrine, one
of the most skillful airmen of the
world, yesterday succeeded in killipg
a German airman who was endeavor
ing to spy out the positions of the
allies. The air duel was watched by
the armies of the two nations and
when the Frenchman . succeeded in
killing the German aviator a tremen
dous cheer was given by the French
men, who had stopped fighting to
watch the conflict in the air.
Germans Destroy Reims Cathedral.
PARIS Sept. 21.—The Germans
last night concentrated their artillery
fire upon the cathedral at Reims,
which contained five hundred serious
ly wounded German soldiers, who
had been left in the big church
building when the Germans evacuat
ed the town, but who were not re
moved because of need for the Red
Cross surgeons here. The Red Cross
flag flew from the church towers
and because of the fact that the Ger
mans had themselves made a hospital
of it, the church was expected to be
free from bombardment. The historic
structure was set on fire and destroy
ed and because of the heavy and ter
rific artillery fire all the guns cf the
German batteries being concentrated
on the building, the wounded could
not be taken from the structure and
were cremated.
French To Protest Cathedral Loss.
BORDEAUX, Sept. 21.—The French
government will address to the neu
tral powers a note of protest against
the action of the German army in
firing upon and destroying the great
cathedral at Reims, which is the old
est historic church structure on the
continent. Its loss, the note will
point out, is a loss not only to
France but to the whole world, and
that the neutral governments should
protest to Germany against any rep
etition of the violation of the rules
of warfare laid down by The Hague.
Germans Start Assault South of Ver
dun.
BERLIN, Sept. 21.—The army of
the crown prince heavily reinforced
with troops from the Metz and Died
enhofen garrisons and by troops un
der General von Hausen, has com
menced an assault upon the allies po
sitions south of Verdun in an effort
to turn the allies right with rests up
on the forts at Toul and Epical and
Nancy, which places are expected to
fall under the . heavy attack of the
kaiser’s troops.
Would Cut French Army In Two.
If successful In driving a wedge in
to the allies position at any point
south of Verdun, the French forces
will be cut in two and its effective
ness destroyed.
Russians Claim Big Victory.
PETROGRAD, Seept. 21.—The war
office claims that the Russian troops
have won another big victory over
the Austrian-German army fighting
.along the Sam river. The Austrian
losses totaled thirty-five per cent of
the army, including many generals
captured and also a large number of
guns. The Russian losses are not
stated.
Length of Battle Aids Allies.
LONDON, Sept. 21.—The longer the
battle In northern France continues
the better are the chances for the
success of the allies, is the opinion
of the military experts here, because
constant reinforcements are being
rushed to the front by the British
and French governments as fast as
[ the men can be equipped and organ
| ized into divisions.
Germans Full Strength At Front.
The experts assert that Germany
now has every available man at the
front in one supreme effort to break
through the defenses of the allies
before the arrival of reinforcements
and cannot secure any further help
for the armies on the' battle line.
British Follow Jap Example.
The British troops have adopted a
new system of fighting against the
German positions, which was used
with success by the Japanese in the
Port Arthur campaign. They now
charge a short distance then com
mence immediately the digging of
new trenches, while from the rear
and over their heads the machine
guns and field batteries keep shelling
the German positions. As soon as
the trench is dug another advance
is made under similar conditions un
til finally enough soldiers are near
the entrenchments of the enemy to
make a dash to success.
German Attempt To Break Center
Fails.
Another determined attempt Dy the
Germans to break through the allies
center near Reims was frustrated this
morning when the attacking forces
were almost wiped out by the terri
fic artillery fire of the French, who
used their field pieces and also many
machine guns subjecting the Germans
to a terrific cross fire, the effective
ness of which was remarkable.
Hailstorm On Battlefield.
The men of both armies were put
to much suffering today because of
the sudden hailstorm which swept the
battlefield. They are unable to
sleep as no tents have been provid
ed, the trenches are filled with wa
ter and the temperature is extremely
low, especially for the men from the
south. A high wind also swept the
battlefields.
German Cruiser Makes Haul.
The admiralty announced todny
that the German cruiser Koenigsberg
had entered Zanzabar harbor, a Brit
SUNSET EDITOR
CHARGED TREASON
For Publishing the Plans of Forti
fications Guarding the Pana
ma Canal.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21—Fol
lowing the hearing held by the feder
al authorities, the editor of the Sun
set Magazine and those connected
with him in publishing the article
showing the fortifications guarding
the Panama canal and which were
published in violation of the law, the
men were held to await the action
of the federal grand jury, which will
probably find indictments.
The publication by the Sunset three*
months ago of the plans of the Unit
ed States government for protecting
the canal also i showing photographs
of the work already done, which was
photographed by Aviator Fowler, who
flew across the canal, caused a stir
in military circles, where it was
instantly realized that something had
gone wrong, as the maps were of
inestimable value to all foreign pow
ers, who would willingly have paid
hundreds of thousands of dollars for
the information contained in the
Sunset Magazine, all of which they
were able to secure for ten cents.
Charges were Immediately made
against the editor, manager and oth
ers who issue the periodical and
they were charged with treason. All
assert that they meant no harm and
did not know they were committing
a wrong. Aviator Fowler insisted
that he had permission from Colonel
Goethals to make the trip and se
cure the photos, but this the army
officer denies.
ANOTHER REVOLT
MEXICAN COAST
General Villa Sends 5,000 Troops To
Quell the Insurrectos—Has Plen
ty of Ammunition.
JUAREZ, Sept. 21.—General Villa
today dispatched 5,000 of his troops
to Lower California to quell a revolt
In that state against the present gov
ernment., The expedition will be
transported across the Gulf of Cali
fornia and will attack the rebels In
their strongholds.
Since the president’s embargo on
arms and ammunition has been lift
ed thousands of rounds of cartridges
and many rifles and machine guns
have been brought across the border
and General Villa is now better equip
ped than at any time during the re
volt against Huerta.
IGLOO RESOLUTIONS
IN SEATTLE PAPERS
SEATTLE, Sept. 21.—The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer and The Times
both printed, yesterday the resolu
tions passed by the Valdez Igloo
of Pioneers regarding the death of
Captain Moore, who went down with
the Admiral Sampson when his ves
sel was struck by the Princess Vic
toria last month. The resolutions
were printed in full.
Charles Sealey :has' received a let
ter from his sister In Toronto, Can
ada, saying that 36,000 men are now
being drilled at the camp near that
city and that several millions of
dollars have been raised for the Red
Cross work of the Canadians.
ish port off German Kast Africa and
had disabled her, killing thirty of
the crew and wounding eighty. The
Kocnigsberg then left the ha.-hor,
Wh cL is unprotected
Germans Make Capture In Indian Sea
The admiralty also admits that the
German cruiser Embden has captured
six British freighters, of which she
sunk five afteir taking from them
the supplies and coal, which were
needed by the German ship. The cap
tures were made in Bengal Sea, near
India, which was supposed to have
been free from German warships and
safe for British. Cruisers have been
sent to India from French China to
destroy the German vessels and the
British are searching for the Koenigs
, berg.
Many Spies Shot.
LONDON, Sept. 21.—Many German
Austrian spies have been shot in
France and a number in England
during the past two weeks, as they
were caught with maps of the roads
and bridges and with the memoran
dum of the movements of troops,
number of seacoast ports, where
the war munitions are stored and
other valuable information. Most of
ihe spies have been shot on the spot,
although a number have been given
trials and then ordered executed.
Among the many arrests and also
among those shot have been a num
ber of women and girls, who have
taken desperate chances to aid theif
countries. It is charged that many
pt the German spies in France and
Belgium use the uniform of one of
the allies and thus have been able
to operate with immunity in sec
tions where only one of the allies
were working, as they claim to be
(long to some other branch of the al
lies army and thus passed through
the lines without being detected.
Swiss Neutrality Safe.
(BASLE, Sept. 21—Switzerland feels
sure that after the lesson given the
Germans by Belgium, Germany will
not dare to violate Swiss nuetrallty
while her strong army of 250,000 lines
the frontiers. The Swiss government
is allowing the Landsturm to return
to their homes gradually and probab
ly the Landwehr also.
Switzerland is losing $300,000 a day
by its general mobilization, as she
cannot look forward to any war in
demnity, and the financial sacrifice
for such a small nation is very heavy.
Both the United States and England
have indirectly promised to aid the
Alpine republic later by facilitating
Swiss loans in these countries.
Old Prospector Dies.
A. W. Hewitt was found d^ad ‘his
morning in his apartments at the Os
land hotel, death resulting from heart
failure. Mr. Hewitt was formerly In
dian agent in North Dakota and was
a member of the Masonic fraternity.
His home lodge at Mandan, S. D.,
has been notified and instructions re
quested regarding the disposition of
the remains.
Some idea of the labor involved in
reporting the European war and the
great expense it has entailed on the
American newspapers may be gain
ed from the fact that in the month
of August The New York Times re
ceived cable from European points
to the immense number of 309,018
words. In the same month the As
sociated Press received 298,842 words
by cable, making a total of 607,860
words, mostly relating to the mili
tary operations and the actions of
the various governments involved in
the war, set before the readers of this
newspaper from day to day.—New
York TimeB.
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BRITISH BUY
MANY SADDLES
St. Louis Firm Gets Order for Imme
diate Shipment of 10,000 and Same
Number Sets of Harness.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21.—One firm of
harness manufacturers of this city
received an order Saturday for 10,
000 army saddles, which are sup
posed to be for the British army and
will be shipped via Canada to the
continent. The same firm was also
commisioned to make 10,000 sets of
harness and the factory will be run
day and night, as the order is a rush
one and a bonus is to be given for
prompt shipment.
A large number of horses have
been brought here during the past
month, presumably for the French
and British cavalry, as the loss of
horses in the armies have been tre
mer ' .us because of the fast move
ments of the troops, who have kept
the artillery horses and the cavalry
divisions always on the run.
| This city will be the center of the
buying, as it was during the Boer
war when thousands of mules and
horses and much war munitions were
purchased from St. Bonis manufac
turers.
OH GIGARETTS
FOR IRE UNWARY
Chinese Den Is Raided In Chicago—
Circulars Tell Agents How To Get
Unwary Started Use Dope.
CHICAGO. Sept. 21—The police
yesterday raided a Chinese opium
den, arresting a dozen members of
a gang which has been manufactur
ing opium cigarettes for the use of
the men and women who have ac
quired the habit and who are unable
to secure the “pills” because of the
stringent laws against its sale. The
police found a number of circulars
for the agents, who were instructed
how to spread the habit among the
unwitting. The entire layout was
confiscated and will be used as evi
dence against the men.
When the police raided the den
they found the men at work manu
facturing the cigarettes, placing a
small amount of the drug in each one.
The federal authorities have been
watching the place for some time
and assisted the police when the raid
was made after the men had been
seen to go in to commence work.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Pete Hanson arrived from Ellamar
this morning.
Louis Bauman arrived from Ella
mar this morning.
Judge J. L. Reed left on the Ad
miral Evans to spend a few months
In the Spirit City.
from Ship Creek today. He was with
from Ship Creek today. eH was with
the Deyo party all summer.
Fred Fish returned on the Admiral
Evans from Ship Creek after spend
ing the summer with the Deyo sur
vey party.
General Murray and Colonel Swift,
, who made the trip to Ship Creek to
investigate the conditions at that
point, passed through on the Admir
al Evans en route to San Francisco.