VOL. 10. VALDEZ, ALA8KA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1914. NO. 318.
GERMANS WINNING AT EVERY POINT
RUSSIANS REPORTED DEFEATED AND DRIVEN FROM GALICIA
KAISER’S TROOPS TAKE GHENT AND LILLE; ARE NEAR OSTEND
BOERS START UPRISING IN BRITISH SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES
CORDOVA ROAD
IS FOR SALE
Morgan’* Offer It To the United State*
—Can Have It, or Lease It, Any
thing To Get Rid of It.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—The Mor
gan banking house, owning the Cop
per River and Northwestern railroad
operated out of Cordova to Chitina,
today offered to Secretary Lane the
railroad at any price the government
might wish to give for it; also in the
event of a refusal of the government
to buy they may then have the road
under lease and operate it.
The offer of the sale of the road
did not come as a surprise to the
Alaskans here, who have expected for
some time that the owners of the
big white elephant running from Cor
dova, which has cost a good-sized
mint to build and a small mint an
nually to keep it open and operate,
■would seek the first possible chance
to unload. :
It is generally believed that the
government will refuse to buy the
road.
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LEASING BILL
TO BE PASSED
President Wilton Gets Behind Meas
ure and New Conference Commit
tee Is Named.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—Yesterday
President Wilson brought additional
pressure to bear upon the members
of congress in order to Becure the
passage of the coal land leasing bill,
which the conference committee had
reported upon but which the Senate
refused to accept.
As a result of the president’s re
quest and urgent appeal a new con
ference committee was named and
Senator Thompson replaced Senator
Smith, while Representative La Fol
lette, of Washington, and Congress
man Taylor, of Arkansas, replaced
Lenroot and Graham.
It is believed now that the bill will
be accepted as amended by the new
conference committee.
MANNING LOST
SEVERAL MEN
Accident In Unalga Pats Causes Death
By Drowning of Surgeon Jones
and Five Others.
t
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—A wire
less report baa been received here
from the commander of the revenue
cutter Manning, which la operating In
Alaska, that a boat load of men from
the cutter were lost In Unalga pass
when the small boat was swamped.
Surgeon Jones, who was In charge
of the boat, wgs drowned, aa were
five other members of the ship’s com
pany, all of them seamen.
another electrician
ARRIVES IN VALDEZ
A baby boy was left at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Erickson this morn
ing by the stork. Both mother and
child are doing flue.
British People Greatly Worried At the Outlook and Are Urging More Strenuous Preparations For
Resistance—Martial Law Proclaimed In South Africa—Germans Sink Russian Cruiser Pallada
With Five Hundred Men—Submarine Does the Work—Capital of Belgium Is Transferred To
Havre, In France—German Aviators Drop Banners In Paris Telling of Fall of Antwerp and
Stating “Your Turn Soon”—Germans Reported Victorious In East Prussia.
WICK IS ALSO A
LETTER WRITER
The following letter was written by
the anti-Guggenheim howler when he
"longed for the fleshpots of the out
side”:
Fairbanks, Alaska, April 8, 1908.
Stephen Birch, Esq.,
Seattle, Washington.
My Dear Mr. Birch:
Your letter of March 17th has been
received and I hasten my answer that
it may catch the last mail out over
the ice.
I regret that I cannot meet you in
Seattle the latter part of this month,
because one can make one’s ideas
plainer in conversation than by writ
ing, but since the opening of the Ap
ril term of courts prevents it, I shall
briefly state the matter by letter.
I have entered upon the practice
of law here, and represent some of
the most important interests in the
territory, and the outlook for returns
is satisfactory, still I long for the
fleshpots of the “outside,” and would
accept an offer from your allied Alas
ka Interests to act as their general
counsel, but not In any subordinate
capacity. I will accept a three years
contract at $15,000 per annum with
offices in Seattle and office force and
maintenance. Upon that sort of an
arrangement I would devote my time
exclusively to their interests, and
give them the best service possible.
My opportunities here, however, are
so good that I could not afford to give
them up for less than a three years
contract with you. Please advise me
by wire if anything Is done in con
nection with this offer and it may be
thus arranged.
Remember me to Captain Jarvis.
Very truly,
JAMES WICKERSHAM.
NOTE THIS: In September, 1907,
Hasey, the hired gunman of the Gug
genheims, shot five workmen at Key
stone Canyon. James Wickersham
was then on the bench at Fairbanks.
On April 8, 1908, before Hasey had
been tried, and while the Guggs were
preparing to defend him from paying
the penalty for his crime, Wicker
sham writes to Birch for the Job at
$15,000 a year. It was worth it, Jim.
You didn’t get the job. Possibly you
will renew your application the next
time the Guggs do some more kill
ing. They should know better -than
to refuse your kind offers to help
them.
And again when a candidate for
election to the House in 1908 and
as proving the most intimate rela
tions between the delegate and Steph
en Birch, the head of the Alaska Syn
dicate, whose money was solicited to.
finance Wick’s campaign, he wired the
following:
Fairbanks, Alaska, June 23, 1908.
Capt D. H. Jarvis,
Northwestern S. S. Co.,
Seattle, Wn.
I Intend to run for congress.
Where is Birch?
JAMES WICKERSHAM.
Reception for Rev.1 Molony.
The Woman's Oulld will give a re
ception this evening at the rectory
to Rev. Molony and family. The re
ception will start at 8 and continue
until 10:30 o’clock. All .citizens of
Valdes are expected to call and pay
their respects.
Subscribe for the Prospector, the
best dinkey little sheet In Alaska.
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LONDON, Oct. 13.—The outlook
from the seat of war is not satisfac
tory to the people of England. The
admiralty Is being criticised for Its
lack of energy In forcing the Ger
mans to tight and for failing to send
more aid to Antwerp. The Germans
after capturing that city have swept
down the coast capturing Ghent and
Lille and are now near the coast.
The people here fear a raid and ex
pect to see some of the horrors of
war In the streets of London. From
Capetown the reports indicate that
Colonel Moritz is leading a revolt
against British authority in the South
African colonies, and from Russia
come reports of the complete defeat
for the Russian troops.
People Are Becoming Aroused.
The citizens have awakened to the
realization that more men are need
ed at once to help the allies army In
France and recruits are being call
ed to the colors. Many enlistments
are now coming in and the efforts of
the government to have another.BOO,
000 men to put In the field are ex
pected to be successful.
Big Boer Uprising Starts.
CAPETOWN, S. A., Oct. 13— Mar
tial law has been declared in all parts
of South Africa because of the big
Boer uprising expected in a few days.
The authorities have arrested thou
sands of Boers who are trying to or
ganize the people while many stores
of hidden arms have been confiscat
ed.
British Troops To Remain.
The British troops now here are to
remain in South Africa to fight any
uprising and British subjects not con
nected with the army are being en
listed to fight the Boers and protect
the government.
Colonel Maritz Leads Rebels.
Colonel Maritz is the leader of the
Boer rebels and efforts are being made
to capture him at once before many
have joined his standard.
Germans Win In East Prussia.
BERLIN, Oct. 13.—The Russian
flanking movement from Poland to
attack the German force in East
Prussia was easily repulsed by a
smaller number of Germans operating
from Allensteln. The Ruslans lost
thousands of prisoners and many
guns and were driven back across the
border.
German Submarine Gets Another
■ Boat.
A German submarine yesterday sank
the Russian cruiser Fallada, causing
the death of 500 members of the crew,
while the submarine reached Kiel in
safety. The admiralty does not state
where the Russian boat was sunk.
Austrians Retake Lemberg.
VIENNA, Oct. 13.—It is reported
here that Lemberg, the capital of Ga
licia, had been retaken by the Aus
trian and German forces today and
was now occupied by them while the
Russians were in retreat northward.
Belgian Capital Moved To Havre.
BORDEAUX, Oct. 13.—The Belgian
government has been moved to Havre
as a safe place from capture by the
Germans. The administrative officers
have opened headquarters in that city
and will administer the government
affairs from the French seaport city.
The removal from Oslend was made
upon British ships.
German* Will Take Warsaw.
LONDON, Oct. 13.—Reports receiv
ed here indicate that the Germans are
rapidly marching upon Warsaw and
the fall of that city is expected at any
moment The Russian reverses has
been remarkable and It is understood
that the czar’s army Is fleeing in dis
order all along the line.
French Are Satisfied.
PARIS, Oct. 13.—The military gov
ernor announced this afternoon that
the most satisfactory condition exist
ed at the front and that the allies
were holding a strong line of defense
from the coast to Lorraine. The
French center had also pushed the ad
vantage gained yesterday by taking
a number of new positions.
Germans Moving South.
LONDON, Oct. 13.—General Bese
ler, commander of the German army
which captured Antwerp, yesterday
started the move to reinforce General
von Boehm, who is holding the posi
tions at the Junction of the Oise and
Aisne rivers and is being hard press
ed.
Allies Block His Way.
At Tournal, in Belgium, near the
French border the allies! are prepar
ed to stop his way southward and
a desperate battle is expected. Gen
eral Beseler has 260,000 men from
Antwerp and is being reinforced with
troops from Liege and Cologne.
Germans -Near Ostend.
The capture of Ostend is consid
ered of far greater value to the Ger
mans than Antwerp can be because
Ostend can be used as a base of op
erations against England, while it is
doubted here if Antwerp is good for
anything to the Germans excepting
for whatever money can be raised to
ransom it.
Refugees In Holland.
More than COO,000 refugees from Bel
gium are now in Holland seeking
safety in the Netherlands from the
Germans. The capacity of the Hol
landers to care for the refugees has
been taxed to the utmost and many
are being sent to England.
Germans Spring Another Surprise.
LONDON, Oct. 13.—The German
Krupp works have sprung another
surprise and with a new airgun for
use against aeroplanes have success
fully prevented aviators from work
ing below 6,000 feet, at which alti
tude observations of nny importance
cannot be made.
Using New Bombs.
The new Krupp gun llres a bomb
whidi explodes, leaving a cloud of
smoke, giving to the gunners a sure
indication of the range. Several aero
planes have been hit and brought to
the ground, resulting in orders being
issued to aviators to fly high.
Russians Abandon Attack On Prze
mysl.
VIENNA, Oct. 13—The Russian
siege of Przemysl has been abandon
ed by the Russian force, which has
been fighting nbout that city for the
past three weeks. The Austrian flank
ing movement became so dangerous to
the Russian army that it withdrew in
haste, leaving many tons of supplies.
Germans Lost Heavily At Antwerp.
THE HAGUE, Oct. 13.—The Bel
gians claim that the German loss at
Antwerp in the eleven days fighting
totals 45,000 killed and wounded,
while the Belgian losses are said to
be about half that number.
Prisoners Looted Antwerp.
Ths many prisoners in the Antwerp
Jails, who were released after the mil
itary authorities left the city, were
uncontrollable and looted the city.
Germans Take Ghent.
LONDON, Oct. 13.—The German ad
vance has reached Ghent and the Ger
mans now occupy that city. They are
aiso nearing Ostend, where the Brit
ish are waiting to give them a warm
reception.
British and Belgian Troops Interned.
The rear guard of Belgian and Brit
(Contlnued on page 4.)
BOSTON NATIONALS WIN SERIES
BOSTON, Oct. 13.—Boston won the
game here today from the Philadel
phia team by a score of 3 to 1 and
thus made It four straight, taking the
championship series for 1914. The
Boston team outplayed the Mackmen
at every point in the game and Ru
dolph pitched an elusive slow hall
SEWARD JURY
WONT INDICT
SEWARD, Oct. 13.—The grand Jury
Ignores the Goss rape case and re
fused to Indict.' The Sellers case, of
the same nature also, and from the
Attu Islands, has not been determin
ed as yet by the grand Jury, wfal£h
Is still In session. Many of the Val
des witnesses will leave here on the
Alameda for their homes.
which the Athletics were unable to
find.
The Boston team made six hits and
no errors and the Philadelphia team
made seven hits and no errors.
Boston made one run In the last
half of the fourth, when Schmidt sac
rificed Evers, who had reached'third,
was able to beat the ball home.
In the first half of the fifth the
Mackmen made one run. Barry se
cured an infield hit, making first; then
he reached second fin Scbang’a drive.
Schange, however, going down at
first and Shawkey, next to bat, sent
In a two-bagger to the left field fence
and Barry scampered home with the
score tied, but in the last half of the
fifth the local team made two runs,
sewing up the game. Evers singled,
scoring Rudolph and Moran, who were
on third afid secfind when he made
a hard crack at die hail, sending It
Just over the second baseman's head.
Fenneck replaced Shawkey la the
sixth and finished the game Kudolph
pitched the entire nine innings for
the local team.
Batteries: Philadelphia—Sliawkey,
Pennock, with Schang catching. Bos
ton—Rudolph, with Gowdy catching.
The score by innings:
, 123466789
Philadelphia .. .0 0001000 0—1
Boston.0 0012000 0—3
TflAIH OF WOUNDED
GOES INTO RIVER
NEW YORK. Oct. 13.—An unconBor
ed letter was received here today
from France telling of the loss of a
train load of French wounded sol
diers. The train was ditched in the
Marne river by running off the bridge.
Which had been tampered with, and
the entire train load of. wounded
French soldiers were drowned.
DELEGATE TALKS
TO VALDEZ PEOPLE
Delegate Wickersham talked last
night at Kagle hall and paid his com
pliments to a few of those who op
pose him. He also told the' people
of the things which had been done
for Alaska during the past four years
under the Taft and Wilson adminis
trations, claiming for himself the en
tire credit for the good and finding
some one to blame for the bad mis
takes in legislation.
The Kagle hall was crowded to the
doors. Many of the citizens have
known the delegate for ten years and
as he is a speaker of more than ordi
nary ability, he was honored by a
large crowd.
The delegate started out his speech
by trying to show that he had done
much for the dike bill. He failed,
however, to comply with the Pros
pector's suggestion that he show doc
umentary proof that he raised his
voice for the bill. It Is true that
one year before the bill did pass the
delegate wired to a political repre
sentative in Valdez stating the bill
had passed. Wickersham did noth
ing for the dike bill, but secretly op
posed it because of his dislike of Col
onel Richardson.
The delegate also denounced the
fisheries, but failed to tell the peo
ple that in his home rule bill the Alas
ka legislature is directly forbidden
from passing any legislation regard
ing the fisheries. Why the people
of Alaska were not to be allowed to
legislate against the fish robbers of
the territory, the men who are steal
ing millions of dollars worth of fish
each year, destroying as much more
and paying not one red cent in tax
es, is more than the average voter
can understand.
, The delegate stated that he could
not understand bow an American with
one drop of red blood in his veins
could oppose self-government for
Alaska, yet the delegate himself op
posed it before he was a candidate
for election and then, realizing its
potency as a vote getter, he jumped
into the band wagon.
He also landed upon Colonel Rich
ardson, but the big road builder
needs no defense by his friends. He
has done more constructive work in
the territory, secured more appropri
ations from, congress for road work
and dike building, has made more
friends and fewer enemies for the
northland among Washington states
men than the politician who plays to
the galleries for votes.
The Socialists were passed up by the
delegate, who claimed they were half
a vote for the Ouggenhelms, and were
as so many white checks in the
game. He appealed to them for their
votes, claiming to have had passed a
miners’ lien bill, forgetting to tell the
audience that every labor organlation
in the north has denounced his law
because it favored the banker and the
big merchant and did not protect the
miner.
"I am in favor of the Australian
ballot for Alaska,” said the delegate.
Yet the Wickers ham votes In the first
Alaska legislature defeated the Ml
lard-Ingrami bill for that purpose. ■
The Pi ospector compliments the
delegate upon being the best bunco
artist in the north, who has fed at the
public crib for ten years, drawing
down in that time over $100,000 of
public money, always ready to sup
port the Interests that will beat pay
him. The Ouggenhelma were well
satisfied with Jim Wickers ham on the
(Continued on page 4).
GOLD OOIPOI
FOR MJISIIII
735,000 Ounces Mined In the North
During 1913—Alaska Third Larg
est Producer.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 —The Geo
logical Survey has issued a statement
today giving the output of gold for
1913 as 4,300,000 ounces, with a val
ue of nearly $900,000,000. This is $4,
000,000 less than the output of 1912.
California led the first of producers
with an output of 974,000 ounces; Col
orado had an output of 870,000 ounces,
while Alaska came third, sending
736,000 ounces to the government as
say offices.
Alaskans in Washington believe
that a large part of the gold mined
in Alaska is never credited to the
north, because it is carried from the
territory by miners, who take it East
or to California, where it is sold to
banks and credited to that state.
HEAVY PENSIONS
MUST BE PAID
Total of $170,000,000 Paid Last Year
To Veterans Who Fought the
Country’s Battles.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—The pen
sions to be paid by the United States
government to the soldiers who
fought In the wars of the United
Suites and to the widows and depend
ents of the men killed or disabled,
totaled I170.0U0.000.
The pension bureau expects a slight
falling off for this year, but it will
be many years before those now
drawing pensions will have passed
away. A large number of special bills
to reinstate deserters were passed by
bongreas, giving the men full pen
sions for the time they have been off
the rolls.
NODE TROUBLE
III MEXICO cm
Carranza Take* Charge of 8treet Rail
ways In Mexico and the Men
Are Now On 8trlke.
MEXICO CITY. Oct. 13.—Because
of 'the riots in this city following the
strike of the men employed upon the
street railway system. Provisional
President Carranza today seized all
the street railways in the city and
will operate them with troops.
The rioting has not ceased and
more trouble is expected. The peo
ple who had expected that the over
throw of Huerta would bring prosper
ity find that today many are starv
ing and as a result a new revolution
is expected in this city within a few
weeks.
Weather Report
Valdez. Oct. 12. 1914.
Barometric pressure .29,257
Temperature at 7 p. m.47
Maximum temperature .53
Minimum temperature .30
Mean temperature .411-2
Partly cloudy, light wind northeast
tweleve miles.