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VOLUME 18 VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1915 NUMBER 2ft
ME RIDICULING
M'S Mil
Kerman Editors Say «>»* «reat Bri
tain Cannot Raise New Army
Boasted by Commander.
BERLIN, Dec. 4.—German news
papers are ridiculing the assertions
of Lord Kitchener that Great Bri
tain will have a fully equipped army
of four million men in the field next
spring and that sufficient munitions
will be supplied to Russia to enable
her to equip an army of six million
■fin for her spring campaign.
German editors are reminding
their readers that Lord Kitchener
Marly a year ago cleaimed that Bri
tain would be ready last May to deal
tike blow which would drive the Ger
man troops back upon their own bor
dersJ ut that the British force had
materialize.
Kitchener was to have saved Ser
bia yet that country is now under the
domination of the Teutonic allies, and
bis promise to the British people that
Constantinople would be captured
bad failed utterly.
It iB not believed in Germany that
Great Britain can raise the great
army of which Kitchener is boasting
without resorting to forced enlist
ments and the British government
dare not resort to conscription as it
tw»rs internal trouble.
WILL ELIMINATE
THE MIDDLEMAN
'ib-Operatlve Societies Will Be Or
ganized in Every Rural Com
munity in Country.
CHICAGO. Dec. 4.—Tile Market
ing and Farm Credits association in
annual conference here yesterday vo
ted! to organize co-operative societies
in every state in the Union for hand
ting farm products.
The association is planning a cam
paign which will extend its activities
to town and rural community
in the United States, and which it is
believed will result in eliminating
the middlemen and brokers who have
been reaping fortunes at the expense
nf both the producers and consumers.
Members of co-operative societies
m the west, especially in Minnesota
and Iowa, have realized much high
er prices for their products and have
fcmve. also enabled to secure cheaper
goods than before the co-operative
societies were established.
Co-operation on the part of the far
mers it is asserted will do more to
waive the cost of living than any so
tuUon as yet advanced, as it will
eliminate waste and keep the farm
ers better posted as to profitable
crops and where to find a ready mar
ket for their products. The associa
tion will also urge the employment
of professional agricultural experts
Iby the state governments to assist
formers In determining the kind of
nrop for which their lauds are most
suitable.
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WOUTHKRN PACIFIC WILL
FHiHT DISSOLUTION CASK.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.—The case
against the Southern Pacific railroad
company in which the United States
government is seeking to compel a
dissolution of the Southern Pacific
and Central Pacific interests under
the Sherman anti-trust law, began in
ihefederal court here today.
*£he Southern Pacific is trying to
arenent a separation of the inter
mta and asserts that it is not a com
bine hut two competing companies,
although under one management, and
'that the rates have been approved by
the Interstate Commerce commission.
It is admitted that traffic arrange
ments has existed on through freight
bat that the railroads compete for lo
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ml business.
The Southern Pacific railroad has
a mileage of 8497 miles and the
Centra) Pacific railroad 2206 miles.
LONDON REPORTS INVASION OF RULGARIA
RY RUSSIAN ARMY FROM BLACK SEA BEGINS
LONDON. Dec. 4.—Advices from
Petrograd state that the new Rus
sian army is ready for the field and
that it will be hurled against the Ger
man troops in the north with the ob
ject of breaking their lines and forc
ing the withdrawal from the posi
tions which threaten Dvinsk and
Riga, the Russian advices state that
the army is better equipped with
munitions than any force as yet
against the Teutons. The German
troops along the Drina river south
of Riga are reported in desperate
straits as the nature of the district
prevents their occupying trenches as
the country is swampy.
Italians Join Serbians.
ROME, Dec. 4.—It is officially
stated that Serbia will soon have a
new army of two hundred and fifty
ARMY OF ONE MILLION RUSSIANS ARE TO BE HURLED AGAINST
GERMAN POSITIONS ALONG RIVER BETWEEN DVINSK AND
RIGA, AS WELL AS MILLION TROOPS TO INVADE BULGARIA—
ITALIANS WILL JOIN SERBIANS IN ALBANIA—BRITISH TROOPS
MEET REVERSES IN MESOPOTAMIA AND ARE RETREATING TO
COAST—FEARED THEY MAY BE CUT OFF BY BULGARIANS.
thousand men in the held to be sent
against the Austrian invaders of
Montenegro. A force of one hun
dred thousand Italian troops are be
ing landed at Aviona, in Albania, to
intercept the march of the Bulgarian
troops to the Adriatic sea.
Begin Bulgarian Invasion.
ATHENS, Dec. 4.—It is reported
from Sofia that Russian troops have
been landed from transports on the
Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. It is
stated that an army believed to be
nearly one million men, has been as
sembled at Sebastopol, Odessa, and
other Black Sea ports in preparation
for the invasion.
French Steamer Sunk.
ATHENS, Dec. 4.-—It is reported
that a French steamer has been tor
pedoed and sunk in the eastern Med
iterranean sea by an Austrian sub
marine. The fate of the crew is un
known.
British Forces Retreating.
LONDON, Dec. 4.—Advices from
the far east state that the British
troops in Mesopotamia, the district
lying between the Tigris and Euphra
tes rivers and northwest of Babylon,
have met with severe reverses and
are retreating to the Gulf of Persia.
It is feared that the small army pen
etrated too far into the hostile coun
try and was unable to hold its line
of communication against the enemy.
“Come Seven! Come feleven!” a
straight talk to men by Rev. J. F.
Dunstan in the Congregational church
Sunday evening.
NEW HAVEN RAILROAD
EARNINGS SHOW INCREASE
NEW YORK. Dec. 4.—The earn
ings of the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad for the month of
October were more than one million
dollars over the earnings of the pre
vious October. The increase in the
earnings of the road is attributed
largely to renewed confidence on the
part of the traveling public in the
ability of the present management to
keep its roadbed and rolling stock up
to the standard and safeguard its
train service.
PLUCKI ENGINEER
FOILS A BANDIT
Runs His Train Past Place Where
Bandits Confederates Were
Waiting to Assist in Holdup.
MALVERN, Ark., Dec. 4.—Two
masked bandits who boarded the Iron
Mountain train last night and at
tempted to hold up the passengers,
were frustrated in their attempt by
the engineer disobeying the bandit's
orders at the risk of his life.
The holdup men boarded the en
gine when the train was leaving a
small station and ordered the engi
neer to stop at a certain point where
their confederates were waiting to
take part in the robbery.
When the robbers realized that the
engineer had run past the place where
their companions were stationed they
left the train after compelling the en
gineer to slow down. The bandits
evidently feared to attempt the hold
up alone and fled.
Immediately following the arrival
of the train here Sheriff Stanley with
a posse of citizens took up the trail of
the bandits, with bloodhounds. They
were finally round up in a patch of
timber. The battle Is still raging and
reinforcements have been sent to the
sheriff, who is reported to have been
severely wounded. It is believed the
bandits will battle to the death.
MRS. LEWIS LECTURES
AT EMPRESS SUNDAY
Much iutercst has already been
awakened ip the lecture which Mrs.
Lena Morrow Lewis is planning to
give during her visit in Valdez. The
subject for the meeting is to held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Empress theatre will be “Capitalism
and Its Contribution to Civilization.”
Mrs. Lewis will present the good
side of capitalism as well as the re
verse and will deal with the subject
from a scientific and evolutionary
viewpoint. The meeting is open to
anybody and a large audience will
undoubtedly be present to hear this
instructive and educational address.
JURY KINDS FATHER
LKSOHES WAS INSANE.
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WINONA, Minn., Dec. 4.—The
jury in the case of Father Leeches,
the Catholic priest who shot the
bishop under whom he was laboring,
has been acquitted by the trial jury
as he had been adjudged Insane.
SCHMIDT USED
ASSUMED NAME
Ex|ierts Testify that Signature on
Order for Explosives is in
Defendant's Handwriting.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4.—The fed
eral prosecution is tightening the net
around M. A. Schmidt, who is on.trial
here charged with being implicated
in the dynamite outrages for which
John and James McNamara are serv
ing sentences in the penitentiary; *»
Schmidt is charged with having
supplied the dynamite used by the
McNamaras in the destruction of the
Los Angeles Times, when nearly a
score of the newspaper’s employes
were killed and its plant destroyed.
Detectives have discovered the source
from which the explosives were ob
tained and the prosecution has estab
lished the fact that Schmidt was the
man who purchased explosives da few
days before the Los Angeles tragedy.
The powder company had required
unknown customers to sign orders
for explosives and agree not to ship
them on trains or boats contrary to
the law governing trans-shipments of
explosives.
Handwriting experts of national
fame, whose testimony has secured
the conviction of many forgers be
fore the courts during recent years,
testified during the trail yesterday
that Schmidt undoubtedly had sign
ed the order for the explosives un
der an assumed name.
FIFTY-SIX LABOR
LEADERS INDICTED
V
Organized Strikes Among Workmen
and Demanded Cash for Set
tlement of Labor Strikes.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—Fifty-six la
bor leaders who are prominent offi
cials in local labor unions in Chicago,
have been indicted by the federal
grand jury called to investigate the
charges that manufacturers and con
tractors had been mulcted of thou
sands of dollars by strong-arm meth
ods employed by the union officials.
Evidence was submitted to the
grand jury showing that the leaders
of the Plate Glass Union had compell
ed its members to quit work and that
the officials had then demanded (600
from the Cbntractor for settlement of
the strike. The sluggers had threat
ened to dynamite the building occu
pied by (he factory if their demands
were not granted.
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Pictures developed at the Valde*
Drug Cqjjfpany. tf.
I Bargains at the Emporium: open
| from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. *
CAPTAIN BOY-ED
ADMITS CHARGES
Was Acting Under Instructions of
German Government in Aiding
tiie German Warships.
WASHINGTON, !>. C„ Dec. 4.—
Secretary Lansing has formally ask
ed the German ambassy for the recall
of Captain Boy-Ed and Major von Pa
pen, naval and military attaches to
'the German embassy, owing to their
having been involved in the conspir
acy to violate American neutrality by
sending supplies from the United
States to German raiders of com
merce.
Captain Boy-Ed has admitted his
connection with the chartering of sev
eral American steamers by the offi
cials of the Hamburg-American com
pany to carry supplies to the war
ships and openly declares he was act
ing under instructions from his gov
ernment.
The German officer has entered a
denial through Ambassador Bern
storff to the charge that he was one
of the instigators of the alleged mu
nition conspiracies which planned the
destruction of factories in the United
States having contracts from the Al
lies. It is stated the Teutonic offi
cers will leave for Europe on one of
the first steamships, as Secretary
L&nsing’s note intimates that their
presence is no longer desirable in the
country.
Mexicnu Federal* Kqui|i|>ed with Mu
nition* in Order to Protect
American Mining: Interest*.
DOUGLAS, Dec. 4.—General Fun
ston, commanding the United States
troops along the Mexican border, has
loaned the Mexican federal soldiers
guns and munitions to protect the
American mining Interests in Sonora
which are being attacked by roving
bands of outlaws.
It is also reported that a large
shipment of munitions has been sent
by Gen. Funston to Mexico City to
equip the federal troops to repulse
the rebels now marching against the
capital.
Recent arrivals here from Chihua
hua state that the oitisens are starv
ing, as the food supply from the south
has been cut off by the Federal
troops and the' rebels are unable to
purchase food in the northern statea
Fancy Stationery at the Valdei
Drug Store. •
Subscribe for the Prospector.
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GERMAN MONEY HAS
DEPRECIATED IN l\ S.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.- The German
mark, which was equal to twenty
three and four-fifths cents of Ameri
can money before the beginning of
the European war, has dropped to
nineteen and five-eighths cents, the
lowest point reached in history. The
cause of the depression of the Ger
man coin is puzzling American bank
ers and it is believed to be due to the
influence of the London money mar
ket.
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STILL A MYSTERY
Commission which Investigated De
struction of Packing Plant
enable to Find Cause.
WILMINGTON, Dec. 4. A search
ing investigation by the commission
appointed by the governor and the of
ficials of the Dupont Powder com
pany, has failed to show that any out
side agency was responsible for the
explosion which destroyed the pack
ing house here, causing the deaths of
thirty persons.
The Dupont Works here employ
nearly eight hundred men and had
the accident occurred in one of the
other buildings the death list would
have numbered hundreds.
Guards who were on duty when the
explosion occurred assert that no
strangers were admitted to the plant
during the day, nor did any apply.
An investigation of the entire plant
and the methods of safe-guarding the
lives of employes against death by
explosions has been ordered by the
governor.
THK NORTHWESTERN
IS COMING NORTHWARD
SEATTLE, Dec. 4.—The steamer
Northwestern, of tb<> Alaska Steam
snip company’s fleet, sailed for Val
dez and other Southwestern Alaska
points last night with William Moon
ey and Chris Peterson as cabin pas
sengers for Valdez. The passengers
for Latouche are Rodney Dobson and
J. Pape.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT TO
LEAVE SEATTLE TUESDAY
SEATTLE, Dec. 4.—The steamer
Admiral Farragut of the Pacific Alas
ka Navigation Company's fleet, has
reported by wireless that she will
reach Seattle on Sunday. The steam
er is scheduled to sail again for the
north on Tuesday evening next’.
MOB OF MASKED
MEN LYNCH NEGRO.
FOREST CITY, Ark.. Dec. 4.—A
negro prisoner, who had murdered a
Forest City merchant while trying
to, rob the store, was taken from the
local Jail last night by a mob of one
hundred masked men and hanged to
a telegraph pole.
INSURANCE AGENT !
IS UNDER ARREST
Accountants Working on Hooks o
Commission Have Found He
Made False Entries.
OLYMPIA, Dec. 4.—Claims Agen
Gillies, of the Washington State In
dustrlal Insurance commission, wh<
was dismissed from office for allege*
complicity in the looting of the fundi
to the extent of $20,000, has beer
arrested for falsifying the records
He has been allowed his liberty on
£10,000 bonds.
The frauds were perpetrated bj
means of forged warrants which had
been stolen from the office of the
commission, and were cashed in sa
loons where gambling is believed- to
be carried on. A warrant for $3500
was cashed by Dave Blake, the well
known Alaska gambler of pioneer
days.
Expert accountants who have been
checking Gillies accounts report a
shortage but the amount of the defi
cit has not been made public as the
books are still in the hands of the
auditors.
Gillies is defiant and asserts that
when the case comes to trial he will
show that an effort is being made to
! make him the goat for officials high
ler up who are implicated in the loot
ing of the funds of the commission.
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BROADWAY IS
GIVEN THRILL
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| Bandit Shoots Bank Messenger and
is in Turn instantly Killed
by Policeman
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NEW' YORK, Dec 4. -One of the
i most daring holdups in the history
[of New York was perpetrated last
I night when George Brosa attempted
to rob a bank messenger in the sub
way while it was crowded with hun
dreds of people.
Brosa had evidently followed the
messenger from the bank and was
prepared for emergencies as he was
a walking arsenal. He was wearing
two suits of heavy clothing carried
three revolvers and two hundred
rounds of cartridges. „
The bandit, who was evidently
a novice at the holdup business,
carried a revolver in each hand and
opened Are upon the messenger as
soon as he came within shooting
distance. When the messenger drop
ped mortally wounded the bandit
dropped one of his revolvers to seize
the satchel which contained four
thousand dollars.
The wounded bank messenger
seized the revolver which the ban
dit had dropped and opened Are on
Brosa two bullets taking effect, but
failed to stop his Aight.
When the bandit emerged from the
subway on Broadway he hastily dis
carded his extra suit of slothing and
attempted to evade his pursuers. A
policeman, who had been attracted
by the sight of a man discarding a
suit of clothes in the street, ordered
Brosa to stop, and when he ran the
officer opened Are, killing him in
stantly.
The police believe that Brosa must
have had information from inside
sources as to the movements of ttie
bank messenger and are trying to es
tablish intimacy between some of the
clerks which employed the messenger
and the bandit.
Y. P. 8. C. E.
The Young People's Society of
Christian Endeavor will hold a meet
ing in the Congregational lecture
room Sunday evening at 6:30. Lead
er, Earl Wathey/ All young people
are cordially invited.
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Holiday goods, wearing apparel,
household utenaUs and articles of ev
eryday needs timing on every boat,
and sold at a bargain. There will be
half or one-third off after the Holi
days at the Emporium. •