—--—- " VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1915. NO. 3.
VOL. 13. _ _ _
ITALY PREPARING TO JOIN ALLIES
1,000,000 ITALIANS UNDER ARMS DEMANDING WAR
GERMANS TRYING DIRECTASSAULT TAKE WARSAW
AUSTRIANS REPORT RUSSIAN DEFEAT WEST GALICIA
CANAL PAGEANT
MAT BE DROPPED
Col. Goethals Says Slides May Pre
vent Parade—Belligerents
Cannot Send Ships.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 —Col. Goe
thals, governor of the Panama Canal
zone, now in this city, stated tod^y
that it was possible that the slides
in the canal might prevent the big
naval pageant which had been plan
ned for the spring.
The certainty that the nation’s en
gaged in the war cannot send ves
sels to America to take part in the
parade and also the fear that
the neutral nations of Europe
dare not at this time send
any of their ships into foreign waters
makes it sure that the parade would
consist almost entirely of American
warships and vesels from the Latin
American republics.
The plan to have President Wilson
go through the canal on a warship
'may also be abandoned.
BRITISH INSIST OH
, RIGHT OF SEARCH
Secretary Grey Will Reply To Wilson
Last of Week—France and Italy
Are With England.
LONDON, Jan. 5—The British cab
inet will reply to the note from Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson demanding
that American shipping go unsearcli
ed when plying between neutral ports.
The reply will be made the latter
part of the week. Secretary Orey
of the foreign office has held sever
al conferences with the ambassadors
from Prance and Italy and all three
countries will insist that the United
States government shall inspect all
cargoes leaving America and guaran
tee that the manifests are correct
and further that no contraband of
war is hidden on the ships.
The three nations will insist upon
the above conditions or will continue
to hold up American ships and search
them for contraband which has often
Been found under general cargo and
billed as a non-contraband article.
The government is determined to
maintain its position that contraband
cannot be sent to Germany through,
neutral countries but is willing to
‘■Concede that if the American govern
ment will prevent contraband from
going on board American ships then
the ships will not be molested.
H. Ober is in town from the Teik
hell country. He reports the govern
ment road in fine condition.
Ed: Wood, the freighter, has his
outfit at Beaver Dam and is making
good time. I
German Aviator Drops Bombs Into Ammunition Warehouse At Dunkirk Ex
ploding Magazine, Killing One Hundred Soldiers—French Are Within 30
Miles of the German Rhine—Germans Sink Four British Ships At Canary
Islands—Russians Attempting Another Advance Upon Cracow.
ROME, Jan. 5—Within 24 hours
Italy will be engaged in the present
war as an ally of Great Britain and
France. The government can no long
er withstand the pressure brought by
the people, who are demanding war.
and unless the government joins with
the Allies civil war is certain. One
million troops are under arms at
present and 1,000,000 more can be
had within a few weeks. Commit
tees are enlisting and equipping
troops in the provinces. The army
of 600,000 held at the northern bord
er is ready at a moment’s notice. The
Austrians have a force of 300,000 men
watching and peparing for trouble.
The German ambassador, Count von
Bulow, is striving by every means to
delay the declaration of war and is
hoping to prevent it. The government
has been active in suppressing dem
onstrations, but since the death of
Lieut. Gabraldi in France a few days
ago the populace has got beyond the
control of the police.
Greece and Rumania To Join Also.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The re
ports from Rome indicate that the
Italian government will soon be ar
rayed against Germany and Austria.
Diplomats here say that as soon as
Italy enters the conflict Greece an;l
Rumania are certain to join, while
Bulgaria may likewise turn upon the
Germans in an effort to secure pait
of what possessions remain to Turkey
in Europe.
Four British Ships Sunk.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.—The admiralty
announces that |a German warship
had destroyed four British merchant
vessels near the Canary Islands. The
name of the warship is not announ
ced.
Russians Again Advance Towards
Cracow.
The Russians are attempting anoth
er advance towards Cracow. Severe
fighting is reported along the Denajoc
river. The Germans have checked the
Russian advance.
Fighting At Bolimow.
LONDON, Jan. 5.—The German at
tacks on the Russian line are concen
trated at Bolimow about ten miles
from Lowicz. The Germans have
made repeated attacks with the de
termination to reach Warsaw at all
costs. Reports from Petrograd indi
cate that the attacks have been in
vain.
Russians In Carpathians In Danger.
VIENNA, Jan. 5.—The defeat of the
Russian force at Gorlice (Gooiice), a
town 60 miles southeast of Cracow,
imperils the entire Russian army op
erating in the Carpathians. The Aus
tro-German forces on the east of the
mountains are advancing eastward
with the object of cutting off the
Russians in the passes. The Russ’ans
must retire or be surrounded. It *s
believed here that with the success
at Gorlice the fear of an invasion in
to Hungary has passed. The reports
received from Galicia indicate that
the Russians were caught between
the force sent from Cracow and that
falling back towards the mountains
and was crushed and broken, few of
the units of the army escaping. Many
prisoners were taken and several reg
iments of field artillery captured.
British Destroy German City.
LONDON, Jan. 5—A British fleet
bombarded and destroyed the city of
Dar-es-Salaam, in German East Afri
ca, and the capital of the German
province. The British fleet was as
sembled at Zanzibar off the German
coast, but which is a British port.
The city was set on fire in dozens of
places and destroyed.
New British Dreadnoughts.
The admiralty announced today
that four of the latest dreadnoughts
had been added to the British fleet
since the war was started and that
four new battle cruisers had also
joined the fleet. These ships are very
fast, the battle cruisers have a speed
of 33 knots an hour and can overhaul
the fastest commerce destroyer afloat
besides wnich they carry heavy arm
or.
Ten Dreadnoughts Building.
Ten new dreadnoughts are build
ing and will be added to the fleet
as soon as possible. The ships are
being rushed to completion in many
different yards. The guns for the big
vessels have been ready for some
weeks and can be installed as soon
as the ships are launched.
Italy and Rumania Enter War March
First.
PARIS, Jan. 5.—It is reported here
today that Italy and Rumania will
join the Allies on March 1. The two
nations will wait until the winter is
over before sending troops into the
Held.
Austrian Aeroplanes Bombard Kielce.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 5.—The Austri
an aeroplanes which bombarded Kiel
ce today did considerable damage. A
number of soldiers were killed and
also a few ndn-combatants besides
much property loss.
Weather Conditions Check Fighting.
LONDON, Jan. 5.—The weather
conditions along the fighting line
west of Alsace are such as to prevent
infantry charges and consequently
the fighting consists of long range
artillery duels.
British Ammunition Depot Destroyed.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.—German aviators
dropped bombs upon the British am
munition warehouse at Dunkirk and
destroyed the building and its con
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MORGAN’S PARTNER
AIDSJMPLOYEES
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—The will of
Temple Bowdoin, a partner of J. P.
Morgan in the banking firm of J. P.
Morgan & Co., leaves to all the em
ployees of the house a full month’s
pay. No appraisement has been made
of the Bowdoin estate, but It is said
to run into the millions of dollars.
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WORRIES ENGLAND
LONDON, Jan. B.—The problem of
caring for the Belgian refugees now
in this country has become a serious
one for the government which is al
so charged with the care of the
troops, the aid to tne allies of Great
Britain, the providing for the families
of the soldiers at the front and for
the indigent of the empire. To this
task has been added the care of 2B0.
000 Belgian refugees, almost all of
whom are penniless and consist most
ly of women and children, with a
few boys and old men among them.
An attachment was placed upon tho
stock of goods of the Owl Drug Store,
the Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. of
Seattle claiming an unpaid bill for
1400.00. The Owl Drug Company is
owned by W. H. Caswell.
RATE RAISING
Senator Cummins Insists That Raise
Was Not Necessary and Was
for Political Purposes.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Senator
Cummins of Iowa is dissatisfied with
the recent decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission granting a
raise of 5 per cent, to the railroads
of the east and the proposed raise
for the western roads. The senator
announced today that he would en
deavor to force the Senate to inves
tigate the commission, as the rates
are not justified and are added bur
dens upon the consumer. The Iowa
senator insists that the increase was
granted by the administration in an
effort to curry favor with the big
corporations.
Administration senators are repou
ed as inclined to allow the investiga
tion as they insist that Senator Cum
mins cannot prove his charges. They
insist that the commission granted
the Increase following an investiga
tion which was public and open to
all and the roads showed that un
less they were allowed to raise rates
the service would suffer and many of,
the roads would be forced Into bank
ruptcy courts.
FIGHTING SHIP
PURCHASE BILL
Republican* Hold Conference and An
nounce Bitter Opposition To
President’s Plan.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—After a
caucus of the Republican senators it
was announced today that the party
would fight President Wilson’s ship
purchase bill. The spokesman of the
minority party insisted that the gov
ernment will only involve itself into
endless trouble by operating steamers
at this time when the belligerents are
constantly stopping and searching
vessels and that should one of the
warring nations stop a government
owned ship it meant war, more es
pecially if some cheap politician and
grafter should succeed in loading the
vessel with contraband of war be
cause he received a good price for so
doing.
The Republicans also oppose the
bill because they insist that the gov
ernment should not enter the trans
portation business but should confine
its operations to regulations that
would build up a big merchant ma
rine and at the same time provide
tor proper freight charges.
The Prospector office for job work.
WILSON TO mo
RURAL CREDITS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—President
Wilson announced today that the
rural credit system i'ould be taken
up at once and pushed through con
gress. The financial conditions are
greatly improved and with the re
serve banks in operation the rural
credits can be taken up and handled.
LISCUM DUNCE
TOMORROW NICUT
The dance to be given by the Fort
Liscum Social Club will take place
tomorrow night in the big gymnasium
building at the fort. The launch Don
aldson will leave the city dock at 8:15
p. m. and returning will leave Fort
Liscum at 1:30 a. m. The club will
provide a lunch for the guests. The
lunch served at the last dance was
exceptionally fine. The admission to
the dance will be 50 cents and ladies
free.
Tony Boss, Ted Johnson, Nels Ulan
der and Ed. Spearstead, the contract
ors on the Honey Boy group of
claims, returned to town this morn
ing from the claims, having complet
ed the contract of 200 feet in 52
shifts.
VIENNA EDITOR
IS EXECUTED
Printed Seditious Articles—Consider
able Unrest Reported In the
Dual Empire.
ROME, Jan. 5.—The military auth
orities of Vienna today executed an
' editor of a small paper issued in this
city charging that the editor had cir
culated seditious articles. More ex
ecutions are threatened unless the
tone of the press changes and the
editors work in common with the
military authorities. Considerable
unrest is reported from all parts of
the empire following the terrible de
feat of the Austrian army command
ed by Gen. Potiorek which operated
in Servia but was driven from the lit
tle empire with great loss of life.
The police are preventing demon
strations as much as possible. The
war office announces that the Ger
mans have sent six army corps to aid
the Hungarians, who are holding the
Russians in the Carpathians and pre
venting the invasion of Hungary.
SENATE TO PROBE
APPOINTMENTS
Senate To Fight Appointments
When Not Made With Advice
of Senators.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The fight
is on between the president and the
Senate over patronage. The Senate
has rejected a number of appoint
ments made by President Wilson
without the consent of the Senate.
The Judiciary today further compli
cated the affair by directing that an
inquiry be started to determine the
right of the president to make reces3
appoinments of men rejected by the
Senate.
The groundwork for a situation ap
proximating the sensational quarrel
between President Garfield and Sen
ators Roscoe Conkling and Thomas
C. Platt of New York has been laid
and it started in the appointment by
President Wilson of John R. Lynn of
Rochester, N. Y., as federal attorney
of western New York, without th»
consent and advice of Senator O’Gor
man of the Empire state.
There was not a dissenting vote
when the objection was made and the
traditional “senatorial courtesy” won
over the president.
The president has since made sev
eral other appointments but without
the consent and advice of the sena
tors of the state in which the appoint
ees were to hold office and all of
them have been rejected.
Phil Wilson arrived from the in
terior yesterday with a team.
The launch B. P. M. returns Thurs
day morning to the Granite mine.