VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914. NO. 284.
VOL. 10.
GERMANS 30 MILES FRO# PARIS
' STILL FORCEING ALLIES BACK ON FRENCH CAPITAL
GERMAN TROOPS RUSHED TO THE RUSSIAN BORDER
FRENCH CAPITAL MOVED FROM PARIS TO BORDEAUX
SERVIAN INVADERS DEFEAT AUSTRIANS IN BOSNIA
I
10 BE OPENED
Seattle Commercial Club Takes Up
Matter With Congressmen—Ca
nadian Mines To Be Closed. •
SEATTLE, Sept. 3.—The Seattle
Commercial Club has sent a petition
to congress asking that the coal
lands in Alaska be opened at once
because of the threat from Van
couver that the British government
would confiscate all coal from the
British Columbia mines for the use
of the British navy.
The Commercial Club has sent to
every congressman an urgent appeal
for legislation regarding the Alaska
coal lands and has urged speedy leg
islation not only because it means
much to Alaska but is an imperative
necessity for the people living on the
Pacific coast of the United States,
whose supply will be shut off by the
closing down of the Canadian mines.
TO RENOMINATE
PRES. WILSON
Vice-president Marshall Says That
Party Will Have Same Stand
ard Bearer In 1916.
WASHIGTON, Sept. 3.—Vice-pres
ident Marshall stated in an address
last night that the Democratic party
would place President Woodrow Wil
son at the head of their ticket at
the next presidential election. The
wonderful record of achievement of
the present administration, the se
curing of the passage of the new
trust legislation, the enactment of
the new banking law and the new
tariff bill, the carrying out of all
the promises of the party made by
the convention at Baltimore has caus
ed such a tremendous demand for the
re-election of the president that no
thing can prevent his renomination
and election.
“The leadership of the president
has been constructive and has been
wonderfully successful and the peo
ple will make no change next fall,”
said the vice-president.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3—President
Wilson when interviewed today by
the correspondents refused to com
ment upon the statement made by
Vice-president Marshall that he would
be the candidate of the party at the
next election, nor would the executive
issue a denial of the statement that
he would run.
The Baltmore platform contained a
plank pledging the president to but
one term, though It is believed that
this plank will be forgotten and that
President Wilson will be the candi
date of the party in 1916.
Lieut. Kunzig, secretary of the
Alaska road commission, and Lieut.
Mears, of the Alaska engineering
commission, were at Beaver Dam at
noon and as Lieut. Mears is anxious
to catch the Mariposa, which sails
south in the morning, it is expected
the machine will come straight
through tonight. Commissioner Tom
Riggs left the car at Tazllna tad Is
making the trip to the Matanuska
and will come out via the Cook Inlet
country.
Allies Fighting Every Inch of the Way and for a Time Checked the German
March On Paris Forcing Them To Turn To Westward—Kaiser’s Troops
Not To Attack Belfort As Army Is Needed Stop Russians—Battle In Air
Over Paris—Reports of Russian Atrocities To Germans In Poland—Battle
In Galicia Was Bloodiest In History—Fourteen Thousand Austrian Dead
Buried By Slavs—Germans Trying Keep Belgian Army at Antwerp Plant
Rupid Fire Guns—Servians Defeat Austrian Army.
LONDON, Sept. 3.—The German
troops have pushed their way to
within thirty miles of Paris by re
peated rushes upon the entrench
ments of the allies and are still
pounding away at the line of the
allies, hoping to find a weak spot
through which they can push their
way into Paris.
Paris War Office Confident.
The Paris war office, however, is
confident that they can hold the
Germans out of Paris and that they
cannot advance any nearer to the
city.
Germans Still Hold Koenigsburg.
The Germans still hold Koenigs
burg according to the advices receiv
ed here, although the Russians have
endeavored to take the city and have
secured many ports of advantage in
the city itself, but the forts still hold
against the Russian attack.
Russians Have Been Stopped.
The Russian advance into Germany
through Poland has been stopped and
the Germans are now holding the
Russians back and in many places
forcing them to retreat. The Rus
sian advance was stopped fifty miles
from the fire line of forts according
to Berlin advices.
PETROGAD (St. Petersburg) Sept.
3.—The Austrian rout is complete.
The Austrian army is fleeing from
Galicia, abandoning supplies of every
description. Thousands of the flee
ing soldiers of Franz Joseph threw
away their guns in the mad rush
for shelter.
French Cabinet Leaves Paris.
PARIS, Sept. 3.—-President Poin
care and the members of the cabinet
left today for Bordeaux, where anew
PBESIDEMT TO
READ MESSAGE
Will Deal With Needed Legislation
Because of War and Outline
America’s Position.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3—President
Wilson will read a special message
to both houses of congress in a day
or two, according to an announce
ment made today. The president is
working on the message at present
and it will deal with the conditions
in the United States and abroad and
the duty of the United States to
wards the belligerents, besides which
the president will outline needed
legislation for the securing of funds
with which to carry on the «vork of
the government, as the Imports have
fallen ptf and means must soon be
found to replenish the treasury.
Oriental matters may also be tak
en up, but this Is doubted by the
friends of the administration, who are
confident that the question will not
be touched upon even If, as many
assert, the open door In China Is
threatened by Japanese aggression.
capital will be established. The
French people will fight the present
war to a finish and even if Paris
falls will continue to fight against
the Germans, hoping in the end to
defeat the Kaiser and his army.
Servians Whip Austrians.
NISH, Sept. 3.—The Servian army
has inflicted, a terrible defeat upon
200,000 Austrians, of whom 140,000
were placed hors de combat when
the battle was over. The Servian
force was outnumbered by 50,000 men
but by superior dash and courage
soon had the Austrians on the run
and sent them flying for safety to
wards the Dinaric mountains.
Servians Now Marching On Serajevo.
The Servian army is now march
ing on Serajevo, the capital of Bos
nia, and expect to take the city in
a few days, as the Austrians have
no forces between the victorious Ser
vians and the capital.
Austrians Suffer Frightful Loss.
The losses to the Austrians were
frightful. Regiments and divisions
were wiped out by the terrible
charges of the Servians, who took
the positions by storm, putting the
Austrians to the bayonets and driv
ing them from one position to anoth
er in utter rout. But few prisoners
were taken.
Many Guns Captured.
Forty field pieces were captured by
the Servians and vast supplies of mu
nitions.
Zeppelin Drops Bomb* In Antwerp. '
ANTWERP, Sept. 3.—A German
Zeppelin, under cover of darkness,
last night dropped bombs into the
residence section of Antwerp, wound
ing a number of people. The Belgians
attempted to bring the big gas air
ship down by using the new aero
plane guns, but were unsuccessful,
the German ship returning to the
German positions twenty miles from
the town.
Germans Plant Rapid Fire Guns
Because of the terrible revenge
the Belgians from this city have been
taking during the sorties fo the past
two weeks, striking the Germans in
the rear, inflicting a heavy loss in
lives and with many prisoners, the
German commander has placed a
hundred rapid Are guns in the near
by villages to stop the Belgian army
from making the raids on the Ger
mans.
German Advance Stopped.
LONDON, Sept. |3.—The German
advance on Paris was stopped yester
day by the allies. The Kaiser’s
troops assaulted the French forts and
trenches time after time in vain and
were finally driven back with terrific
loss.
French Artillery superior.
The work of the French artillery
was superb, the marksmanship of the
gunners was wonderful, the Germans
losing brigade after brigade, but new
regiments would be sent against the
positions to take them, only to suffer
the same unmerciful defeat and loss
of life.
1,000 Field Guns In Action.
The French had more than 1,000
field guns In action yesterday playing
upon the German lines with telling
effect.
Germans Showing Fatigue.
The terrific march of the German
troops, which has carried them from
Belgium to within fifty miles of Paris
is finally telling upon the men and
when taken prisoners they collapse
from fatigue.
Russians Bury Austrian Dead.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3.—The
war office has announced that the
Russian army in Galicia had buried
14,000 dead Austrians after the bat
tle of Lemburg and that the Austri
an losses were appalling.
Grand Duke Says Bloodiest Battle
Ever.
Grand Duke Nicholas, commanding
the Russian army on the Austrian
frontier, and who led the forces
which penetrated into the Austrian
center, causing the rout of the enemy,
said that the battle just completed
was the bloodiest in history, 60,000
i wounded being left by the Austrians
on the battlefield when they fled.
Entire Austrian Brigades Wiped Out.
Entire Austrian brigades were wip
ed out by the artillery of the Rus
sians and the charges of the Cos
sacks, who displayed wonderful cour
age in charging into the Austrian
ranks.
Russian Armies To Combine.
The Grand Duke also states that
the Russian army In Austria and the
one in German Poland will combine
as soon as the Austrians have been
disposed of and that the Germans
cannot withstand the Russian ad
vance when the two huge armies Join
forces.
Berlin Hears of Russian Atrocities.
BERLIN. Sept. 3.—The Berlin
press Is filled with blood curdling ac
counts of the atrocities practiced by
the half savages of the Russian army
of invasion into Germany. Men, wo
men and children have been reported
as being murdered in cold blood, wo
men and girls taken to become the
prey of the Cossacks, houses burn
ed and the inhabitants forced to flee
into the woods and all manner of
crimes against decent warfare are
charged.
German Anger Aroused
The anger of the German people
In this city has been aroused by the
stories and the hatred of the people
has been turned towards the Rus
sians and the demand for the pro
tection of the eastern border has be
come imperative, causing the govern
ment to send more troops eastward.
Germans Turn To the West.
PARIS, Sept. 3.—The German ad
vance on Paris which came from
Nancy and Cambroi has been block
ed and the German commander has
turned his army westward with the
expectation of forcing his way down
the valley of the Oise river to its
junction with the Seine below Paris.
French Are Ready.
The French troops have been so
placed as to block the new plans of
the Germans and will attempt to
force them to retire towards the Bel
gium border.
Alsace Troop* Near Servia.
NISH, Sept. 3.—The Servian gov
ernment has announced that among
the prisoners taken in the recent
fighting on the Servian border be
tween the Servian and Austrian
troops many Alsaclan prisoners were
taken and that the Germans have
changed regiments with the Austri
ans, sending the German troops of
Alsace to the Servian border and the
Austrians sending Slav troops to fight
the French. It is added that many
of these troops have deserted to the
Servians.
French Ask Kind Treatment for
Them.
The French government has re
quested the kindest possible treat
ment for the Alsace troops and they
are kept separate from the other Aus
trian prisoners.
To Favor Polish Captives.
PARIS, Sept. 3.—It was announced
officially this afternoon that Russia
would treat with special considera
tion any prisoners from the German
provinces of Alsace and Lorraine who
might be captured by her forces.
France, on her part, will show equal
consideration toward any Polish pris
oners she may make. The two coun
tries have reached an understand
ing to this effect.
Czar To the Jews.
LONDON, Sept. 3.—The Paris cor
respondent of the Exchange Tele
graph Company learns that the Rus
sian emperor will sign a proclama
[ tion at an early date giving the Jews
in his dominions equal civil and po
litical rights with his other subjects.
French Government Leaves Paris.
PARIS. Sept. 3.—The seat of the
French government has been moved
from this city to Bordeaux, In South
ern France, on the bay of Biscay for
safety. A proclamation was issued
to the people reassuring them and
stating that the removal was only
temporary.
Germans Are Weakening.
The German attacks are weakening
and the French are holding their own
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SACRED COLLEGE
ELECTS NEW POPE
On Ninth Ballot Cardinal Della Chie
sa Is Elected to Succeed Pius
X., Deceased.
ROME, Sept. 3.—Cardinal Della
Chiesa, Archbishop of Bologna, was
elected Pope of Rome this morning
on the ninth ballot. The new Pope
immediately announced that he would
take .the name of Benedictus XV.
The selection of Cardinal Della
Chiesa as the new Pope indicates
that the policy of Pope Plus X. will
be followed opposing modernism.
Bendlctus XV. was made a cardi
nal last May and Is sixty years old.
'Only fifty-seven members of the
Sacred College were present at the
election, seven members of the Col
lege falling <o arrive. None of the
American cardinals reached Rome la
time, although all had started Imme
diately upon receipt of news of the
death of Pope Pius being received.
They are now nearing this city.
Cardinal Della Chiesa whs first as
sistant secretary of state under Sec
retary Merry del Vel. .
NEW TRUST BILL
NAS BEEN PASSED
Administration Measure Goes Through
the Senate and Has Already
Passed the House.
.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3—The Sen
ate today passed the Clayton trust
bill, the last of the administration
measures dealing with the trusts
and the last of the program planned
for this session with the exception
of the Alaska coal legislation, which
tne president is urging with all his
power. The bill has already passed
the House and will now go to the
conference committee for settlement.
It had been expected that with the
passage of the trust bills congress
would adjourn but because of needed
legislation to care for the change in
commercial business since the war,
it is expected that congress will re
main in session for several more
months.
HAVE STARTED
WAR INSURANCE
Government Will Pay for Losses In
curred By Reason of Capture
or Accident.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3—President
Wilson yesterday signed the bill es
tablishing a government marine in
surance bureau. The purpose of the
bill is to secure the re-establishment
of the shipping to Europe because
of the fact that many shipowners re
fuse to take the chance of being cap
tured by the nations at war or sunk
by floating mines and against this
loss the government will guarantee
them at all cost. The rates of the
marine underwriters have been so
high that the shipowners who have
operated have been demanding a re
duction in the rates.
The administration is determined
to re-open the shipping business be
tween this country and Europe so
that the grain and other foodstuffs
may be sent across the ocean for
gold, which will be needed in Amer
ica to care for the American securi
ties now being unloaded upon our
stock markets by foreign owners and
who are disposing of American
stocks at a sacrifice.
The Bureau of Marine Insurance
has been organized in the Treasury
department and the first risks were
written today.
Large Decrease .In Immigration.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—War’s
effect upon the tide of immigration
into the United States was indicated
today by official figures showing a
decrease of more than fifty per cent,
in the number of aliens coming in
during the first half of August, com
pared with the same days last year.
From August 1 to 14 the Immigrants
numbered 20,986, compared with 56,
470 last year.
Joe Domenzle is an arrival in the
city from the Port Wells district.
Mark Thompson is in town from
Cordova and will return on the next
boat