VOL 13 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915. NO. 17.
GERMANS STRIKE RUSSIAN REAR
HINDENBURG THREATENS RUSSIAN COMMUNICATIONS
TURKS WILL REFORM AT ERZERUM TO MEET SLAVS
GERMANS DRIVEN FROM ST. GEORGES WITH LOSSES
M JOBS FOR
THE UNEMPLOYED
Jacob Schiff Tells Industrial Relations
Committee That Government
Should Help.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Jacob Schiff,
the banker, testified today before the
government commission investigating
industrial relations and stated that
the only solution of the unemployed
question was for the government to
lend assistance to bring the jobless
man in contact with the manless job.
The banker stated that the shoit
age of men in one section of the
country could be supplied by the sur
plus of men in another section anil
that by means of a government em
ployment agency the men could be
placed where needed without great
cost to themselves or the government.
The banker insisted that every man
that was without employment con
stituted a burden upon the commun
ity and the country and that it was
the function of government to pro
vide work for such men as were will
ing and force such as did not want
to work to do so.
“The problem of the unemployed is
the greatest problem of the day and
has been the most serious problem
for centuries,” said Mr. Schiff.
HYDROAEROPLANE
10 SEARCH ARCTIC
Canadian Government Will Send
Party To Find Stefansson, Who
Is Lost In the Arctic.
- OTTAWA, Jan. 21.—It Is proposed
to outfit an expedition to go in search
of Vilbjalmar Stefansson and bit. as
sociates, who are lost in the Arctic
ocean and have not been heard from
for over a year. The plan is to out
fit hydro-aeroplanes to go in search
of the missing men, who are believed
to be far out on the floating ice of
the Arctic ocean.
The Canadian government is anx
ious that a search should be made
and will appropriate the necessary
funds for the construction of the
hydro-aeroplanes.
Most of the members of the Stef
ansson expedition were saved when
the steamer Karluk was wrecked off
Wrangell island on January 16, 1914,
but Stefansson and four companions
had been left on the shores of the
Arctic in the fall of 1913 when the
steamer Karluk drifted westward dur
ing’a storm, leaving them with but
few supplies. The marooned men.
however, were able to reach Point
Barrow, reoutfitted and Stefansson
and party started across the ice to
hunt for the missing land believed
to be in the Arctic, and has never
been heard of since. It is believed
that he reached some native village
and will work his way back to the
American coast.'
Berlin Reports Successes Along the Prussian Border—Russians Report Battle
Extending From Mlawa To Plock Now On With Successful Russian Ad
vances—Austrians South of Tarnow Are Using Big Krupp Guns To Check
Czar’s Troops Moving South Towards Hungary.
BERLIN, Jan. 21.—The Russian
army, operating against the Prussian
border, is being attacked in its rear
by a force of Germans sent from
near Warsaw. The result has been
that the Russian line of communica
tion has been threatened and the en
tire force will be compelled to retire.
The war office also announces slight
successes in the engagements on the
Prussian frontier between the oppos
ing armies. It is believed that the
Russians cannot continue the advance
into Germany with their rear threat
ened.
Terrific German Attacks.
The German assaults upon the Rus
sian rear are said to be terrific and
are meeting with success in spite of
the fact that only a small force could
be spared to strike at the Russians
between Plock and Novo Georgievsk.
The Russians, although superior in
numbers to the Germans, in many
places having three to one more men
than the kaiser’s forces, have been
pushed back in every engagement.
French Report Gains.
PARIS, Jan. 21.—The fighting along
the Yser river continues and in the
neighborhood of Nieuport the Allies
have been engaged with the Germans
for the past two days with the result
that St Georges is Again in the
hands of the Belgian arfd British
troops. The Germans have been dis
lodged from many of the first line of
trenches near the coast and monitors
have been shelling the shore batteries
of the kaiser.
German Counter Attack Fails.
The Germans have made many
counter attacks upon the Allies and
have made desperate attempts to re
take the bridge at St. Georges, but
they have so far failed to recover the j
lost ground.
Artillery Duels Continue.
The artillery duels continue all
along the line. The Germans have
brought forward more of the new
heavy Krupp guns, which have been
shelling the Allies’ trenches. The
French and British siege guns are
equal to the new gun and the field
pieces of the French are the superior
of all the field pieces being used by
any of the armies engaged in the
present war.
Turkish Army Reforminfl.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 21.—The
Turkish army which has been defeat
ed in Russia near the Caucasus reg
ion is fleeing towards Erzerum, in
Turkey, where it will reform. Reports
received here indicate that the Rus
sian pursuit has been abandoned and
that the rear guard actions of the
Turkish force has resulted in delay
ing the enemy and allowing for the
time to reform and reorganize. New
troops have been sent to aid the
army. A general engagement will be
fought at Erzerum in a short time
and preparations are going to con
centrate a large force of troops in
that section.
Germans On Defensive.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 21.—On a bat
tle line of sixty miles from Mlawa
to within twelve miles of Plock, the
Russian troops have forced the kai
ser’s men upon the defensive and the
greatest battle of the Poland cam
paign is now being fought. The gen
eral engagement started yesterday
and continued throughout the night.
Reports from Warsaw indicate that
thousands of wounded are arriving at
[ that city for treatment. The slaugh
ter was frightful.
Germans Making Stiff Resistance.
The Germans are making a determ
ined effort to block the Russian ad
vance which threatens the German
line of communication. So far they
have been able to check the south
ward movement but have lost con
siderable ground and the assaults con
tinue.
Fighting South of Tarnow.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 21.—South of
Tarnow, in western Galicia, the Aus
trians are using the big German 12
centimetre guns in an effort to stop
the Russian advance southward. The
Austrians, however, have been un
able to check the Russians, who are
moving slowly towards the Carpath
ians, ready to start the invasion of
Hungary through the western passes.
Germans Short of Suspenders.
BERLIN, Jan. 21.—A shortage of
suspenders is reported by the mili
tary authorities and the people have
been asked to donate extra suspend
ers if they have them. The news
papers are calling upon all to aid the
war department in securing enough
suspenders for the men at the fron*.
Only 30 Miles From Rhine:
LONDON, Jan. 21.—Great interest
attaches to the operations of the
French in upper Alsace. The cap
ture of Steinbach was accomplished
after almost superhuman efforts, as
the Germans had strenuously en
trenched themselves. Now the
French are attempting to force their
way through to Cernay (Sennheim),
the possession of which would open
a path to Mulhausen, which the
French occupied for a short time at
the beginning of the war.
The French for£e in this region is
today less than thirty miles from the
River Rhine. Besides holding Stein
bach, they occupy the heights to the
southeast of the village.
Information of a new French cam
paign in Alsace is given in the
French official bulletin, which tells
of the capture of Creux d’Argent, a
little west of Orey. The latter town,
twenty-two miles north of Cernay, is
about nine miles northeast of Colmar,
which is undoubtedly the objective
of this new movement into German
territory.
Archangel Port Kept Open.
LONDON, Jan. 21.—One of the les
sons the war has taught Russia is1
that the port of Archangel, the only
large seaport on the north coast of
the Russian empire, and the most
northerly point In the railway system
of Europe, can be kept open, if not
all winter, at least for the greater
part of it, with the aid of ice. break
ers. Archangel is generally frozen in
for months, but it has been kept open
thus far, and war supplies are being
regularly shipped to Russia, while in
return Russia sends out provisions.
Steals Away With Supplies.
RIOJANEIRO, Jan. 21.—The Ger
man steamer Holger having secretly
left the harbor of Pernambuco, pre
sumably with supplies for the German
warships still at large in South Amer
ican waters, the federal government
has removed from office the authori
ties who should have guarded against
such a breach of neutrality. In addi
tion, the responsible officials have
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WHITE HOUSE BABY
BE NAMED FRANCIS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—The Sayre
baby, grandson, of President Wilson,
has been named Francis after his
father. Many people have written the
president suggesting a contest to se
lect a name for his first grandson, but
the president refused to entertain any
suggestions along that line and the
baby was named by its mother after
its father.
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FOUUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE, Jan. 21.—The an
nouncement was made today by the
authorities that the capital of Aus
tralia would be moved Immediately
from this city to Sidney. Just why
the change is being made no one in
authority will state. All manner of
speculation as to the cause is being
made by the people and the papers,
but none seem to be able to reach
the real solution of the transfer.
ALIEN LAND LAW
10 HER COURT
Arizona Attorney General Starts Ap
peal To Supreme Court—Fight
Alien Labor
TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 21.—The at
torney general for this state today
filed notice of an appeal from the de
cision of the federal ‘district court,
which decision held that the state law
prohibiting the employment of large
numbers of aliens was unconstitution
al.
Because of the large number of Ja
panese and other foreigners employed
in the state it was proposed to allow
only 20 per cent, of the employees
of one concern to be aliens and re
quire that all the rest should be
American citizens.
The federal court held it unconsti
tutional and the case will now go up
on an appeal to the Supreme Court.
If yon want all the news all the
time read the Daily Prospector.
BOILER MILKERS
FOR CLOSED SHOP
Tulsa Oil Tank Makers Go Out
When Demands for Closed
Shop Are Refused.
TULSA, Okla., Jan. 21.—One thou
sand boiler tank makers employed in
the oil fields here have gone out on
strike following the refusal of the
management of the different compan
ies to sign the agreement providing
that only union men shall be employ
ed on the work.
The fight for a closed shop will
be made with the unions strongly sup
ported by the American Federation of
Labor, with which it is affiliated.
The sheriff has sent special depu
ties to the property of the companies
with orders to protect the property
against violence and at the first sign
of disorders the militia will be call
ed out to police the oil fields.
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
FOREIGN ORDERS
FOR OUR LUMBER
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21.—Con
tracts have been entered by local lum
ber dealers with foreign buyers where
by 28,000,000 feet of Oregon lumber
will be shipped from this port in a
few weeks. Chinese contractors have
placed orders for 11,000,000 feet <5r
lumber, while buyers from Great
Britain have contracted for 16,000,000
feet of lumber.
RUSSIANS BUY
AMERICAN CARS
SEATTLE, Jan. 21.—A contract for
the Trans-Siberian railroad will prob
ably be awarded to local builders.
The contract will total fully $10,000,
000.
A 6% pound boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Bysted this morning at the
Valdez hospittal. Both mother and
child are reported as doing nicely.
KILLED STRIKER
POLICE ARRESTED
Twenty-two Deputies Are Charged
With Manslaughter for Death
of Striker.
ROOSEVELT. N. Y., Jan. 21—Twen
ty-two deputy sheriffs have been ar
rested here charged with manslaugh
ter for firing upon the strikers Tfles
day when the union men attempted to
stop the train load of strikebreakers
which was headed for the factory dl
the American Agricultural Chemical
Company to reopen the plant after
the former employees had gone on a
strike.
In the fighting wli^gh resulted the
deputies succeeded in killing one of
the strikers. Both sides used revolv
ers and several deputies were hit,
besides a number of the strikebreak
ers.
The deputies are blamed for open
ing fire on the strikers while they in
sist that the strikebreakers were in
danger and that th°y had been in
structed to protect them from as
saults by the strikers and intended
to do so, but did not believe it would
be necessary to fire into the crowd
and therefore had opened fire over
the heads of the mob, but were final
ly forced to shoot t'o kill to protect
themselves and the men on the train.
STOPliis
IN INDIANA STATE
Bill Abolishing Capital Punishment
In That State Is Passed By
the Senate.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 21.—The hill
abolishing capital punishment in this
state tyas passed the Senate and it
is thought that it will also pass the
House. The figllt against the bill
is made by many prominent peopla
who insist that the death penalty is
necessary for the protection of so
ciety against the criminal, who is
more afraid of death than of a long
term in the penitentiary.
The prison reformers, however, Jn
sist that the death penalty is bar
barous and should be abolished, as it
■is the purpose of government to cor
rect faults and not to punish them
except in as much as such punishment
is necessary as a part of the system
of correction.
It is expected that the governor
will sign the bill if it passes the
■House.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jan. 20, 1915.
Barometric pressure .30,210
Temperature at 7 p. m. 14
Maximum temperature . 20
Minimum temperature . 4
Mean temporature . 12
Clear, light wrInd northeast 9 miles.
The Prospector office for job work.