VOL 13 VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1915. NO. 16.
ZEPPELINS RAID ENGLISH CITIES
DROP BOMBS ON MANY TOWNS- FIVE PEOPLE KILLED
RUSSIAN DEFEAT AT THORN MAY BE DISASTROUS
PETROGRAD SAYS RUSSIANS HAVE CROSSED VISTULA
IMS BILL
PUSSES HOUSE
Carries Appropriation of $34,000,000
for Work On the Rivers
and Harbors.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—The Riv
ers and Harbors bill passed the House
of Representatives yesterday and
will go to the Senate today for con
sideraltion by the upper chamber.
The bill as passed by the lower
House provides for the expenditure
of $34,000,000 on river and harbor
work.
It is expected that members of the
upper House of the national congress
will object to the appropriation be
cause of the lack of money in the
treasury. The senators from interior
states are always opposed to the
Rivers and Harbors bill because it
does not directly aid the states from
which they come.
FIGHTING SHIP
PURCHASE BILL
Administration Leaders Find Fight Is
y Harder Than Expected But
Hope for Success.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—The fight
upon the administration bill to ap
propriate $50,000,000 for the purchase
of ships to b operated by the gov
ernment to transport freight from the
United States to, Europe is more bit
ter than anticipated. The adminis
tration leaders are still hopeful 3f
crowding the measure through the
Senate, but the Republican members
Of the upper House intend to filibus
ter and delay the bill with the ex
pectation of forcing the Democrats
to abandon the bill and push through
the regular appropriation measures.
Senator Burton spoke all day yester
day against the bill.
President Wilson and Segretary
McAdoo are insistent tha't the bill
pass and are confident that a gov
ernment owned merchant marine is
the only means of building up a large
trade, besides which the demand for
cotton from the United States to Ger
many is growing but can be shipped
only in American bottoms, of which
the number is so small that the crop
cannot be moved.
Several ships of the Hamburg
•Amerlcan Steamship line have been
sold to Americans and will be op
erated in the trade between America
and Germany, provided England and
Fran/e do not seize the ships.
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George Cristo arrived in town yes
terday from across the bay.
Al. Dubeck is in town from down
the Sound, where he has been pros
pecting.
The biggest laugh of the season in
two reels at the Orpbeum tonight.
Austrians Failed To Cross Nida To Join With German Right Wing Which Is
Hard Pressed—King and Queen of England Had Left Sandringham Palace
Two Hours Before Germans Drop Bombs-Many Cities Visited By Aircraft.
LONDON, Jan. 20.—German air
craft, Zeppelins and aeroplanes, raid
ed England last night, dropping bombs
upon the coast cities and also upon
the king’s palace at Sandringham.
King George and the Queen had left
the palace two hours previous to the
German raid and so escaped the
bombs which were intended for them.
, The war office reports indicate that
no damage was done to the palace
by the bombs dropped and further
that no lives were lost.
Dropped Bombs On Coast Towns.
The airships dropped bombs upon
the city of Yarmouth, on the coast,
upon Cromer, another North Sea coast
city, on Kingslyn" and Sheringham.
In all of the cities named some dam
age was done, but the war office
states that the damage was slight
and that only two deaths resulted.
British Fear More Raids.
It is feared that as a result of tbe
success of the German airmen who
were able to reach England and drop
bombs upon several cities and escape
without loss to themselves that the
kaiser’s airmen will repeat the per
formance.
More Searchlights for London.
LONDON, Jan. 20.—In spite of tne
already large number of search
lights installed by the military au
thorities for the detection of Zeppe
lins trying to reach this city undef
cover of darkness more are,, being
placed in postion today and the skies
.will be swept by the light beams from
darkness to dawn so that the ap
proach of the hostile ships may be
detected.
One Zeppelin Destroyed.
It is reported that one of the Ger
man Zeppelins that raided England
last night was brought down near the
coast by an English aviator. The re
port, however, lacks confirmation.
Russians Checked Near Thom.
BERLIN, Jan. 20.—The Russian of
fensive directed against the fortified
city of Thorn, on the Vistula near
the German-Poland border, has been
checked and the Russians defeated.
The attempt of the Russians to reach
17.rorn in the expectation that Field
i W" :hal Hindenburg would be forc
.0 stop his attacks upon Warsaw,
haj failed, and it is confidently ex
pected that the capital of Poland will
be in the hands of the Germans in
a week.
Russians Admit Repulses.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 20.—The war
office admits that minor reverses have
been reported by the commander of
the Russian troops operating against
Thorn, but insists that the general
Russian offensive north of the Vistula
and west of Warsaw continues and
will be successful in causing the Ger
mans operating in Poland to retire.
Russians Cross Vistula.
The forces north of the Vistula
have crossed that river at Plockand
are pushing south to strike at the
German communication with the fron
tier. It is expected that the rail
road running from Thorn to Warsaw
will be cut today and that the Ger
mans will then be forced to retire
towards the boundary.
Austrians Fail To Cross Nida.
The Austrians have tried in vafn
to cross the Nida river to reach the
German right, which is seriously
threatened by the Russian force op
erating from Ivangorod. Many at
tempts were made by the Austrians
to cross the river, but each time they
were driven back with great loss.
Storms Stop Western Fighting.
Heavy snow storms in Belgium and
northern France and also in the Vos
ges district have resulted in the sud
den halting of all military operations.
It will be some days before the
fighting can be renewed.
Big Poland Manoeuvres.
LONDON, Jan. 20.—Developments
in the Poland campaign are waited
here with great interest. Military
men are anxious to secure informa
tion regarding the operations of Grand
Duke Nicholas, who has started an
encricling movement against the
German central army, which is com
manded by Gen. Hindenburg and op
erating against Warsaw. The Rus
sian army near Thorn has been driv
en back. The German reports in
dicate that the Russian check was
serious and will disarrange their
plans while from Petrograd the re
ports are that it was only a minor
engagement and does not effect the
operations north of the Vistula.
Russians Cross Vistula At Plock.
At Plock the Russians have cross
ed the Vistula and are now moving
south to strike at the German trans
portation lines to their army at War
saw. This attack threatens the Ger
man left, while from the south if
Poland a Russian force is working
westward to strike at the German
right. Austrian reinforcements,
striving to reach the German right
and join with it, bave been blocked
from crossing the Nida river and if
the Russians can continue to keep the
German and Austrian forces separat
ed they can proceed with the work
of striking at the German flanks un
til Gen. Hindenburg is forced to stop
his assaults upon the Warsaw posi
tions and retire.
Przemysl Sortie Weaker.
LEMBERG, Galicia, Jan. 20.—It is
reported here that pestilence is
spreading in the city and among the
garrison -of Przemysl, which is now
almost without provisions.
Ineffectual sorties continue from
Przemysl, but they are less vigorous
ly pushed. This is due, it is thought,
to the garrison’s knowledge of the
failure of the Austrian relief forces
to break through the Russian lines.
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Invasion of Hungary Continues.
LEMBERG, Jan. 20.—The invasion
of Hungary continues. The Russians
are pouring a large number of men
throughh the captured passes of the
Carpathians and are forcing back the
Austrian troops. Up to the present
time detachments or Russian cavalry
have invaded Hungary but there has
never been an invasion in strength.
Another important development Is
the sweep by Russian troops down
through the whole length of the
crownland of Bukowina—the capital
of which, Czernowicz, has changed
hands two or three times since the
war began—and the occupation of
Suczawa, which is less than a mile
from Rumanian territory.
It has been said repeatedly by Ru
manians that Rumania is only wait
ing till spring shall have cleared the
mountain passes of snow to join with
Russia against her Austrian neighbor
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SELEGI NAME FOR
THE SAYRE BABY
President Is Asked To Wait Until
a Contest Is Held To Select
Its Name.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—President
Wilson has received scores of letters
requesting him not to name the new
Sayre baby, his first grandchild, un
til after a contest can be arranged
for the selection of a name for the
grandson.
r' Hundreds of letters have been re
ceived by the president asking to have
the child named after the letter writ
ers. Others give advice regarding the
bringing up of the Infant.
The name of the baby has not been
announced, but It is expected that
it will be named Woodrow after its
grandfather.
Belgian Railways Working.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 20.—The Germans
have placed the entire Belgian rail
road system in operation and are em
ploying about 8,000 railroad men, of
whom 1,100 are Bavarians. Many of
these men have Just been brought
into Belgium;
C aSg employees
Miss Tarbell Tells Industrial Rela
tions Commission Conditions
Are Crowing Better.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20.—Ida TarbeU,
the writer and social worker, told
the members of the Industrial Rela
tions Commission now investigating
the charitable associations of this
City that the condition of the work
ing people has been greatly improved
during the past ten years and that
the corporations take better care of
their employees than formerly.
Miss Tarbell Insisted that the new
laws for compensation for injuries
were exceptionally good and that her
investigations had demonstrated that
the law as now operative in New
York provided for the families of
those injured with promptness and
sufficiency. The long delays under
the old method of suing to recover
damages and the fact that most of
the cases were taken by lawyers up
on a basis of half the damages col
lected, resulted in a very small
amount of compensation for the fami
lies of those Injured.
HIKE HOMESTEADS
OF 040 OHS
Congressman Fergusson, of New Mex
ico, Says It Will Solve the High
Cost of Living.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—Represen
tative H. B. Fergusson, of New Mex
ico, has introduced a bill in the
House to provide for the location of
ranches of 640 acres upon the pub
lic domain. Congressman Fergusson
Insists that if the larger claims are
allowed that it will result in the es
tablishment of thousands of small
cattle ranches in the west and that
consequently the price of meat will
be reduced as the number of cattle
raised and placed on the market will
be much greater than under the pres
ent method.
The bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Public Lands.
Woman’* Guild Meet* Thursday.
The Woman’s Guild of the Church
of the Epiphany will meet on Thurs
day at the rectory at 2:30 in the af
ternoon. All ladies are requested to
be present.
POLICE IGNORANT
ON CITY LAWS
Los Angeles Policemen Lack Knowl
edge On When To and When
Not To Make Arrests.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.—A law
school for policemen has been open
ed here by the city authorities. It
is planned that every man on the
force shall attend the school and
pass an examination because it has
been discovered that many of the uni
formed force do not know when they
have the right to make an arrest and
when not. They also lack a knowl
edge of the laws of the city and
state which they are expected to en
force.
It is proposed that the men take
lessons at once to overcome this de
fect in their knowledge.
J. Gross arrived In town from down
the bay today, where he has been do
ing assessment work.
Pour Signal Corps boys left this
morning for their stations along the
trail.
BRITISH REJECT
OUR VICE CONSUL
Appointment Made By President Wil
son Not Satisfactory and Ne
braska Man Returns.
NOTTINGHAM, Eng., Jan. 20—John
Outright, appointed by President Wil
son to be vice-consul for the United
States at this point, has been re
fused recognition by the British au
thorities because of his pro-German
feelings as indicated in an article he
wrote for the Nebraska paper when
he was vice-consul at Coburg, Ger
many. Outright has sailed for the
United States because of the feeling
against him here.
Outright, while living in Germany,
had taken an active part in publish
ing articles in American papers re
lating *o German-American affairs
and in these articles indicated a
strong pro-German feeling and an an
imosity towards Englishmen and the
British government.
WANT THAW BACK
IN NEW YORK
State Officials Start Proceedings To
Force His Return To State
Insane Asylum.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Proceedings
have beQn commenced to enforce the
decision of the United States Su
preme Court for the return of Harry
Thaw to this state for trial on the
charge of conspiracy to escape from
the Mattewan asylum for the crim
inal insane.
It is expected that a long drawn
out legal battle will result. Efforts
will be made to have a habeas cor
pus swore out in Massachusetts
when the officers of New York state
attempt to pass through that state
from New Hampshire.
It is also expected that Thaw will
endeavor to prove his sanity in the
courts of New York if he is tried
for the indictment on which he is
to be brought) here. Thaw would
willingly plead guilty to the charge if
by so doing he can establish his san
ity. An insane person cannot com
mit a crime and should the court ac
cept his plea of guilty to the con
spiracy charge it would vacate the
commitment by Justice Dowling to
the insane asylum and the worst
Thaw could get would be one year
In jail and a fine of $600, with free
dom at the end of his term.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jan. 19, 1915.
Barometric pressure .30,411
Temperature at 7 p. m. 14
Maximum temperature.35
Minimum temperature. 9
Mean temperature . 22
Precipitation ..02
Clear, light wind northeast 12 miles.
Snowed at night.