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VOLUME 18 VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1915 * NO. 125
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Bulgaria Demands Explanation of
Concentration of Greece and
Rumania on Border.
ROME, Sept. 16.—Affairs in the
Balkan States have reached a crisis
and a declaration of war between
Bulgaria and Greece and Rumania is
expected to be made at any minute.
The Bulgarian government has de
manded an explanation from the gov
ernments of Greece and Rumania as
to why they have concentrated their
armies on the borders of Bulgaria.
That a declaration of war will soon
follow is the opinion of diplomats
here, as the situation is strained to
the breaking point. Bulgarian raid
ers are reported to have crossed the
border ill0 Rumania and were re
pulsed and driven back with heavy
loBse^. Tfie border patrols are also
report^ to be sniping each other
whenever an opportunity present it
self.
All the Balkan states have been
preparing for entrance in to the Eu
ropean struggle when advantageous
connections had been formed with
the great powers engaged in the
struggle for supremacy.
BRITISH ATTACK
SUBMARINE BASE
laoadon Reports Furious Bombard
ment Taking Place, But Object
of Attack Only Surmise.
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The British
fleet is believfed to be bombarding
the German positions in the neigh
borhood of Zeebruggee and Knocke,
on the coast of Belgium. Heavy
cannonading, which began at day
break, has been kept up incessantly
for hours, and it is believed that a
large fleet is engaged in an effort
to destroy the German submarine
base established at Zeebrugge.
During the* raids by British air
men on the submarine base consid
erable damage is believed to have re
sulted from the dropping of bombs,
but so extensive and solid were the
German defenses that no aerial at
tack could cause more than a tem
porary annoyance and comparatively
little damage to the fortress, which
Is constructed of concrete.
It is believed, however, that the
British fleet has been sent with its
heavy long-range guns to reduce the
submarine base. It is reported from
Flushing that the flashes of the guns
can be seen and that several vessels
are engaged.
BBIIISH SEIZE •'
AMERICAN GOODS
Cargoes of Four Norwegian Vessels
Valued at Millions of Dollars,
Have Been Confiscated.
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The British
prize court has confiscated the car
goes of four Norwegian steamers
which were loaded with American
4. cotton. The cotton shipments were
destined for German consumption,
but the owners of the cargoes assert
that' the shipments were already out
to Bea before the British order mak
ing contraband went into effect.
The loss, which will amount to
several million dollars, will fall upon
the American shippers as the German
importers pay for shipments only
when delivered. Tile vessels will be
permitted to depart after the cargoes
have been discharged, although they
have made themselves liable to be
Considered as blockade runners and
as such liable to confiscation.
RUSSIANS HAVE TAKEN OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH
PETROGRAR CLAIMS TUETONS DRIVEN BACK
PETROGRAt), Sept. 16.—The Rus
sian armies in the south and west
have taken the offensive and have
driven the Teutonic armies back a
considerable distance. The German
troops have been forced to retire
from Hartman’s and Weilerkopf, and
the towns are again in possession of
the Russians. The Russian army in
the south has been greatly reinforc
ed with the object of forcing the Ger
mans to withdraw a portion of the
forces now. with Hindenburg before
Riga.
The fighting in the western zone
in Poland during the past few days
since the Czar’s troops assumed the
offensive, has been one of the most
desperate character, the Teutonic al
lies offering a stubborn resistance to
every advance of the Russians. The
Austrian forces are numerically weak
as compared with the opposing forces
of the Czar, but are retreating in
good order, and offering a stubborn
resistance to the Russian advance.
The southern Russian army, un
der command of the Russian Grand
Duke, has also been successful in
driving the Austrians back. Dis
patches indicate that many prisoners
PETROGRAD REPORTS THAT GRAND DUKE’S ARMY HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN SOUTH AND GERMANS ARE BEING DRIVEN IN
TO SWAMPS—GERMANS CAPTURE FORTIFIED TOWN OF PINSK
AND TAKE MANY PRISONERS—RUSSIA CALLS TERRITORIAL
RESERVES TO COLORS—AUSTRIAN DESTROYERS SUNK IN THE
ADRIATIC BY ITALIAN SUBMARINE—LONDON EXPECTS BAL
KAN HOSTILITIES TO BEGIN AT ANY TIME WITH BULGARIA
FIGHTING WITH THE TEUTONIC ALLIES.
have been taken as well as vast quan
tities of munitions and guns. The
Austrian forces in Galicia were weak
ened by the necessity of Austria send
ing troops to oppose the Italian in
vaders and the Russians are regain
ing the ground lost several weeks
ago when their supply of ammunition
failed to materialize from Japan.
Russian Resistance Stiffening.
LONDON, Sept. 16.—Reports from
Petrograd indicate that the Russian
opposition to the advance of the vic
torious German army under General
Hindenburg in the neighborhood in
Riga is stiffening and that the Teu
tons are making slow progress. That
the Russians are gradually being
forced to retire to new positions is
indicated by the positions of the
troops.
Germans Capture Pinsk.
BERLIN, Sept. 16.—The German
army in Central Russia continues to
advance and has driven the Russians
from the fortress at Pinsk, more than
two hundred miles east of Warsaw.
Pinsk was strongly fortified by the
retreating Slavs, but. the defenses
were quickly overcome by the Ger
man siege guns. Advices from the
Riga region indicate that the Rus
sian defensive is stiffening and that
General Hindenburg is meeting with
stronger opposition but is steadily
advancing.
Russia Calls More Reserves.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 16.—The ter
ritorial reserves of Russia have been
called for service in the new army
being organized by the war depart
ment. The men will go into train
ing and will not be sent to the front
before next spring, when the new
army will be thoroughly equipped and
sent against the Teutons. The call
ing of the reserves is meeting with
opposition as dissension and dissatis
faction is widespread among the peo
ple of Russia, who realize that they
are bearing the brunt of the fight
ing while their allies are apparently
making no effort to force the Ger
mans in the west with the object of
forcing them to withdraw troops
from Russia.
Germans Reported Retreating.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 16.—The Rus
sians are reported to have won a bril
liant victory in the neighborhood of
Pripet marshes. Dispatches state
that the Teutons are retreating into
the ^wamps, but they are being pur
sued by the Russians and many pris
oners have been taken.
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ITALY BARS STRONG DRINK.
Licenses Are Revoked and all Sa
loons in Milan Close.
MILAN, Sept. 16.—The authori
ties today withdrew 1,800 licenses to
sell alcoholic drinks, Initiating a cam
paign against alcoholism.
Many bars, inns, saloons and re
freshment houses have closed, as U
has been found that the efficiency of
the army has been greatly lowered
by Indulgence in drink.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdes
Drug Store. *
ARREST GERMAN
RESERVIST AS SPY
Was Found to Be In Possession of
Photographs and Papers Valu
able to Germany.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1«.—The Bu
reau of Investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice is keeping a sharp
watch for violations of the neutral
ity laws of the United States. Nu
merous arrests have been made of
passengers about to sail for Euro
pean ports and in many case papers
incriminating the bearers have been
found. In each such case the per
son is placed under arrest until his
papers can be thoroughly searched
and his record investigated to learn
if he has been affiliated with any of
of the numerous societies organized
to help the Germans or Allies cause.
A German reservist, who was re
cently arrested on a charge of es
poinage was found to have a mass
of photographs and papers which
would be valuable to the German
war office in case of trouble between
the United States and Germany. Ef
forts are being made to connect the
German with other spies who are
known to have been active in Amer
ica.
OWL DRUG STORE IS
TAPPED FOR JEWELRY.
Some miscreant forcibly entered
the Owl drug store Monday night by
breaking the lock of the rear en
trance. The party had evidently been
scared away before he had time to
make a cleanup, but he secured sev
eral watches and other pieces of jew
elry. This is the first offense of the
kind to be reported to the police for
many months, and the officers are hot
after the offenders, and promise to
make an object lesson of them if cap
tured.
Pictures developed at the Valdes
Drug Company. tf.
SECRETARY LANE WILL ASK CONGRESS
FOR $10,000,000 FOR NEXT YEAR
STATES THAT BUILDING OF ALASKA RAILROAD IS PROGRESSING
SATISFACTORILY AND DECLINES TO FAVOR ISSUING BONDS
FOR THE BALANCE OF APPROPRIATION—WILL RELY ON
CONGRESS TO SUPPLY MONEY.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 16.—
Secretary Franklin K. Lane has made
the announcement that he will ask
the next session of congress to ap
propriate eight or ten million dollars
to prosecute the work of building
the government railroad in Alaska
during the coming year. He states
that he will be guided in the amount
for which congress will be asked to
appropriate by the report of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, in
charge of the work of building the
railroad.
Secretary Lane in an interview to
the press stated that the reports of
the commission showed that wonder
ful progress had been made during
the present summer and that the
work was advancing in a very satis
factory manner. The rails would be
laid for a considerable distance out
of Anchorage toward the Matanuska
coal fields, before winter closed
down all except rock work, which
would probably be continued all win
ter.
The government has made the first
payment of the purchase price of the
Alaska Northern railroad and the
roadbed was now being repaired and
made ready for transportation of
freight to desired points where heavy
work will be necessary.
Efforts have been made to have the
administration finance the Alaska
railroad in the same manner as the
Panama Canal, by means of bond is
sues. Many prominent Democrats
have urged Secretary Lane to favor
issuing bonds for the balance of the
congressional appropriation, amount
ing to $33,000,000, but Secretary
Lane has declined to favor the propo
sition, and expresses the belief that
congress may safely be relied upon
to advance the money as required.
PROCEEDINGS IN
DISTRICT COURT
Testimony in the Fish Cases for Lib
by, McNeil & Libby, Being Pre
sented this Afternoon.
The attention of the federal court
was occupied this afternoon in hear
ing the testimony for the defense in
the case of Libby, McNeil & Libby vs.
the U. S. government, in which the
packers are charged with having
caused a waste of food fish by per
mitting fish to remain in nets.
The grand jury returned a true bill
against Julius Hale, who was bound
over by Commissioner Love, for en
gaging in a stabbing affray in the red
light district here several months
ago. Hale will enter his plea tomor
row.
Frank Baney and Frank Lewis,
bound over to grand jury by the com
missioner at Cordova, were discharg
ed today the grand jury returning
no indictments in their cases.
There is a long list of cases on the
docket, including several Important
criminal cases, and it is expected that
the term of court will last for several
weeks.
PACKERS SUFFER
HEAVY LOSSES
British Prize Court Ruling Will
Cause Americans to Suffer
Enormous Losses.
CHICAGO, Sept, lo.—The decision
of the British prize court to consider
as contraband the shipments of
American goods which have been
seized by the British admiralty, will
cause the packers of this city to lose
millions of dollars.
Scores of steamers have been seized
since the war began and their ship
ments taken to British ports pending
the decision of the prize court. Many
of the vessels were loaded with can
ned meats consigned to Norwegian,
Swedish and Danish merchants, but
ultimately destined to And their way
into Germany.
Nearly every packing house in
America has been hit by the order of
the prize court and it is expected
that the packers will appeal to the
government to secure payment for
the goods from the British govern
ment.
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LEWIS AND BANEY
GIVEN THEIR LIBERTY.
The grand jury reported no indict
ments in the cases of Frank Baney
and Frank Lewis, who were arrested
in Cordova last winter on the charge
of larceny and bound over. The men
were strangers in Cordova, having
come from the interior and were in
the railroad town only a few days
when they were apprehended on the
charge of having taken a sum of mon
ey from a guest at the Rainier-Grand
hotel.
SERIOUS RIOTS IN
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
Duma Has Refused to Adjourn and
Is Demanding More Liberal
Legislative Powers.
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 16.—Serious
rioting is reported to have occurred
at Petrograd, owing to the Duma’s
refusal to adjourn when instructed to
do so by the Czar. The Russian min
istry recently resigned in a body
when charges of graft had been pre
ferred against several members of the
ministry.
The selections of the czar to fill
the vacancies have met with opposi
tion from the Duma, and every effort
is being made by the Socialist mem
bers to discredit the ministry and
force the government to ask for
peace.
That the feeling of dissatisfaction
with conditions in Russia is general
is indicated by newspapers, several
of which have been suppressed for
their utterances regarding the con
tinuance of the war. Troops were
required to restore order as the pop
ulace are almost unanimous in their
support of the Duma in demanding
more liberal control of the country’s
affairs.
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JAPAN TO MAKE MORE -SHELLS.
Special Factories to be Put Up—En
tente Envoys See Okuma.
TOKYO, Sept. 16.—The establish
ment of special factories for the man
ufacture of shells will be a part of
the increased assistance which Japan
has decided to give her allies in the
war, it is declared.
Details of the plans for carrying
on the work of increasing Japan’s
munition supplies hare been discuss
ed by the ambassadors of the Enten
te powers with Premier Okuma, the
diplomats going In a body from the
Summer embassies at Shuzenji to
Nikko for the purpose following the
Premier’s recent audience with the
Emperor.
SOULE KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
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Went Outside for Treatment and
Suffered Fatal Injuries Going
to Doctor to Consult.
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SEATTLE. Sept. 1G.—William
Soule, of Kent, died in a Tacoma hos
pital on Tuesday from injuries sus
tained in an automobile accident,
while going to Tacoma for treatment
for lung trouble. The car which
Soule was driving was overturned,
pinning him under the heavy frame.
He sustained a broken collar bone,
several ribs broken and was hurt in
ternally.
The above message is believed to
refer to William Soule, who was con
nected with the Alaska Road com
mission office in Valdez for the past
several years. He left Valdez sev
eral months ago, a victim of white
plague, and had relatives living near
Seattle. Letters received from him
by Valdez people stated that he had
recovered greatly from the disease
after reaching home, but that he had
failed to regain his strength and was
consulting specialists in Tacoma.
Soule was popular among his asso
ciates in Valdez and the announce
ment of his tragic death will be deep
ly regretted.
FOR SUBMARINES
Germans Had Created Apparently
Safe Retreat for Submarines
Near Belgium Coast.
ROTTERDAM, Sept. 16.—The Ger
mans are believed to have establish
ed underground depots for subma
rines defending the coast of Bel
gium. The depots are reported to be
under the high banks of the Zee
brugge canai, leaving the top of the
dike as the roof for the submarine
retreat. Nothing of the retreat is
visible to the army aviators, who
visit the neighborhood, and they
would scarcely think of dropping a
bomb upon the apparently innocent
dike.
The naval raid which took place
on the coast of Belgium, on August
23, is reported to have revealed one
submarine base when the British
shells dropped along the canal. That
the British admiralty had been in
formed of the submarine base is ap
parent from the fact that shells were
dropped all along the canal for sev
eral miles. It is not known whether
any undersea craft were in the base
when bombarded by the British fleet.
EASTERN STATES
Three Persons Died from Sunstroke
In Philadelphia, and Three In
Pittsburg Yesterday.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.—A
terrific heat wave has swept over the
eastern states for the past forty
eight hours, causing untold misery
among the residents of the tenement
districts. Three deaths were report
ed to the health office yesterday in
this city from sunstroke.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.—The
heat wave continues in this section
and the weather bureau promisee no
immediate relief. Three deaths were
reported to the police yesterday.
Mrs. Merchant, Milliner.
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