"-- VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12,1914. NO. 344.
VOL. 10. _
GERMANS CAPTURE DIXMUNDE
SINK BRITISH GUNBOAT NIGER IN HARBOR AT DEAL
RUSSIAN VICTORY IN EAST PRUSSIA; CAPTURE 20,000
CZAR’S TROOPS INVEST PRZEMYSL; NEARING CRACOW
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NO FUR SALE
FOR SEATTLE
Efforts To Have Seal Skins Sold In
the Spirit City Fails—St.
Louis Gets Sale. (
SEATTLE, Nov. 12.—In spite of the
efforts of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce and the Commercial Club
the sale of the seal skins, fox skins
and other furs from the government
preserve of Pribilof islands 'will be
held in St. Louis, and not in this
city.
The fur experts claim that the gov
ernment will realize but very little for
the 1914 catch, as the market is over
crowded with the finest furs and the
demand is small owing to the Euro
pean waT, which has closed the Brit
ish and Russian markets.'
The commercial organizations will
continue the fight to have the fur sales
of the government held in Seattle,
which is the first port of call for the
boats bringing the catch.
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TRY BANKER
Ten Farmer* On Siegel Jury In New
York State—Working Girl* Lost
By the Failure.
GENESEO. N. Y., Nov. 12.—The
jury to try Henry Siegel, the banker,
has been completed. Ten farmers
were secured on the jury and two la
borers from this city -Siegel is charg
ed with having accepted deposits in
his private bank when he knew it
was insolvent. The indictment also
charges that he took the funds of thej
bank to use in an effort to put his
former wife in English society.
Thousands of poor working girls and
men lost the savings of years when
.the bank went down with the dry
goods stores of Siegel, Cooper & Co.
The case will take several weeks to
try.
BANDIT SUSPECT
IS IDENTIFIED
SEDRO-WOOLEY, Wash., Nov. 12.
—The cashier of the Sedro-Wooley
National bank, which was held up and
robbed by five desperadoes last month,
today identified an Armenian suspect
who had been captured in this city
by the Seattle police. The Armenian
had considerable money in his pos
session when arrested and the bills
were of the same denomination as
those taken from the bank. The
bandit will be charged with murder,
as one boy lbst his life during the
battle which followed the holdup.
Immense Russian Hosts Cannot Be Stopped—Cruiser Niger Sunk In Deal Har
bor While Thousands of Britishers Look On In Helpless Rage—People De
mand Resignation of Churchill—German Crown Prince Takes Command
of Troops Along Russian Border—Austrians Claim They Will Crush Servia
Before Russian Aid Reaches Them—Russian Army Is Nearing Cracow.
LONDON, Nov. 12.—Dixmunde has
fallen. The news caused a sensation
here, as the city was expected to hold
out for weeks. The huge German
force commanded by the kaiser in
person is crushing its way to the
coast and the British people are pan
ic-stricken. Many other towns about
Dixmunde have also been taken by
the Germans and a new line of de
fense is being quickly prepared by the
allies.
Look To Russia for Aid.
The people are praying for Russian
successes to continue so that the kai
ser may be forced to weaken his force
in Belgium and give the hard pressed
allies a chance to bring up reinforce
ments. The war department has wir
ed to Petrograd strongly urging that
the Russian campaign in East Prus
sia and in Silesia be pushed with
great vigor, fearing that the German
general staff may otherwise send
more troops to the western battle
field. The news of a Russian victory
in East Prussia is the only ray of sun
shine for the people of London.
Servians Claim Victory.
NISH, Servia, Nov. 12.—The Ser
vian army annihilated six Austrian
battalions in a battle near Belgrade.
Each battalion consists of 1,000 men.
American Consulate Hit By German
Bomb.
PARIS, Nov. 12.—A bomb dropped
by a German aviator struck the Amer
ican consulate in Rheims this morn
ing. The aviator secured a position
over the city in the early dawn and
dropped several bombs. Nobody was
injured in the American consulate,
as the consul and his family were
sleeping in the cellar.
King Opens British Parliament.
LONDON, Nov. 12.—The British
parliament met last night. King
forge made the opening address and
urged a large war appropriation so
that the fight for the British empire
might be waged with unrelenting vig
or and brought to a speedy conclusion.
Jap Mine Sweeper Sunk.
TOKIO, Nov. 12.—A Japanese mine
sweeper clearing up the anchored
mines in Kiao Chau bay was sunk yes
terday when one of the mines explod
ed.
Germans Announced Losses.
BERLIN, Nov. 12.—The German
war office officially announces that the
German casualties to date are 500,000.
The Austrian losses are almost as
heavy, as many army corps from Aus
tria have been fighting in Prance and
others with the German army in Po
land.
Crown Prince Commands In Poland.
LONDON, Nov. 12.—The German
Crown Prince, who commanded the
army of the Meuse and was slightly
wounded-during an engagement sev
eral weeks ago, has recovered and Is
now In supreme command of the Ger
man-Austrian forces In the eastern
fighting zone. The Crown Prince has
'taken command and Is endeavoring to
stop the continued advance of the
Russian troops under General Ruzsky,
who is now in command of the entire
Russian line from the Baltic Sea to
the border of Roumania.
Kaiser Commands In West.
Emperor Wilhelm is commanding
in person in Belgium, where he is
^endeavoring to break down the allies’
line of defense so that he can reach
the coast.
Germans Capture Dixmunde.
The Germans have succeeded in
capturing the city of Dixmunde, in
Belgium. The allies retired to a sec
ond line of defense. The losses at
Dixmunde to the Germans are esti
mated at fully 20,000 killed and
wounded. The allies also lost heavily,
10,000 men being killed, wounded or
captured.
Russians Are Near Cracow.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 12.—The Rus
sian army is now near Cracow, a for
tified city in western Galicia. Its cap
ture will leave the way into the heart
of Germany and Austria open to the
czar’s armies. The troops were 20
miles from the city yesterday and are
expected to reach the first line of for
tifications today. The Austrian army
which was entrenched on the San
river has sought safety in the Car
pathians, where they are building
field forts.
Japanese Celebrate.
TOKIO, Nov. 12.—The celebration
here in honor of the victory of the
Japanese troops at Kiao Chau contin
ues. The people are war crazy and
are anxious that a Japanese army be
sent to France to demonstrate to the
powers of the world that the Japan
ese as soldiers are the equal of any
In the world.
German Governor Keeps Sword.
The German governor, who surren
dered Tsing Tau, has been allowed to
keep his sword. The prisoners will
be brought to this city and held un
til the end of the war. Many reserv
ists are among the number captured,
as they all went to Tsing Tau when
hostilities were announced.
Austrians Busy Crushing Servia.
VIENNA, Nov. 12—The Austrian
army is busy crushing the Servian
troops before the Russian forces can
arrive and rescue them from the po
sition in which they have been driv
en. The Austrian forces outnumber
ing the Servians two to one are break
ing up the resistance of the little na
tion which has caused the present
trouble for the people of the world.
The Servians are to be made to feel
the woe and sorrow of war. Towns
and villages are being destroyed and
the inhabitants driven into the hills.
Austria will have a terrible revenge
upon the Servians, who have for
years been plotting the overthrow of
the Dual monarchy and the building
up of a Slav nation. The Austrian
forces are now far into Servia.
Broughton Straits Mined.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Nov. 12.—The
admiralty have closed Broughton
Straits at the north end of Vancouver
island. The straits are being mined
and prepared to preyent the German
cruisers now on the Pacific from en
Peace Convention Rejects Carranza’s
Conditional Surrender, and
Armies Move.
CALIENTES, Mex., Nov. 12.—After
an all night session the Mexican
peace convention, which claims to be
the governing body of the republic,
decided that the conditional resigna
tion of Provisional President Carran
za upon terms which Jie insisted must
first J>e carried out, should not be ac
cepted and that the government of
Provisional President Guiterez take
immediate steps to carr out the de
sires of the convention.
The new civil war In Mexico then
—*if>d and the troops are marching
south from here. Where the first bat
tle will be fought is not known. The
department of the north, which is con
trolled by Villa and his followers, will
endeavor to destroy the army of the
south, commanded by General Carran
za. General Villa is in command of
the army of the north.
LABOR DELEGATES
FOB SIX HOUR DAY
Philadelphia Convention of American
Labor Federation for Shorter
Day’s Work.
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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12.—The
convention here of labor delegates
from all parts of the United States
passed resolutions yesterday in favor
of a six-hour day for all organized
labor. It is urged in support of the
resolution that the service will be
better and the men more efficient,
while they say industrial conditions
will be greatly improved.
The Federation of Labor has also
gone on record favoring many im
provements for workingmen and a
greater amount of protection by law
against the aggression of capital.
Northwestern In the Morning.
The steamer Northwestern is ex
pected to reach Valdez tomorrow
morning at 6 o’clock and will sail for
the south an hour later.
[tering the inside waters of Vancouver
island and shelling the ports in Brit
ish Columbia.
German Defeat In East Prussia.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 12.—The Rus
sian forces in East Prussia have in
flicted! a decisive defeat upon the Ger
man troops. Twenty thousand pris
oners were taken. The Germans en
deavored to block the advance of the
czar’s soldiers, who, however, could
not be stayed and swept into the
German lines, forcing them to fly for
safety. General Rennenkamff com
mands the northern wing of the Rus
sian force operating in East Prussia.
Cossacks Pursue Germans.
Cossacks are pursuing the Germans
and are trying to cut the railroad be
hind them and force the kaiser’s
troops to fight under favorable con
ditions.
British Warship Sunk By Submarine.
DOVER, Nov. 12.—A German sub
marine entered the harbor of Deal 10
miles north of here and sunk the Brit
ish gunboat Niger while thousands
of spectators watched in helpless
rage. The gunboat was unable to
protect itself, as the submarine came
up without notice, fired a torpedo
•which caused the British ship to sink
.in less than five minutes. All of the
crew were rescued by boats from oth
er steamers. One hundred merchant
vessels were at anchor in the harbor
but the German boat immediately dis
appeared and made its escape without
trying to sink any of the merchant
ships.
British People Demand Churchill’s
Resignation.
LONDON, Nov. 12.—The people are
clamoring for the resignation of Lord
Churchill, head of the admiralty,
claiming that he is responsible for
the poor showing made by the navy
of Great Britain, upon which the
hopes of the empire are based for
protection from invasion.
Uneasiness In Germany.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 12.—The mil
itary correspondent of the Berlin
Tageblatt hints that there is a cer
tain amount of anxiety about the sit
uation manifesting itself in Germany.
He explains, though, that a decisive
victory is likely to come "like a thief
in the night,” and that it will more
probably be on the east front rath
er than in the west.
“While fresh masses of troops can
be brought without hindrance over
seas,” he says, "they constitute an
awkward adversary. Although the
unity of their handling (if they invad
ed Germany) was to be doubted, Ger
many has still a somewhat hard task,
which must not be forgotten in wait
ing for the decision.” Chancellor
Bethmann-Hollweg. according to The
Tageblatt, is being attacked in cer
tain influential circles as responsible
for the war.
London Predicts Short War.
• LONDON, Nov. 12—The military
experts predict that the war in Eu
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ALASKA STEAMERS
MUST 60 OUTSIDE
British Waters Are Mined—May Go
Via Dixon’s Entrance—Brough
ton Strait Mined.
SEATTLE, Nov. 12.—A re-routing
of the steamship lines from this city
to Alaska must be made immediate
ly, as the British authorities have
■closed the Broughton Straits at the
north end of Vancouver island and
have thus shut off the inside passage
to steamers engaged in the northern
trade.
All the lines will be forced to run
ships on the outside of Vancouver is
land. and it is possible that the boats
will leave the inside passage at Dix
on’s entrance.
Steamship managers are now work
ing out a schedule. The official no
tice of the mining of Broughton
Straits came here today and the in
land waters are closed except to the
British boats, which will be taken
past the mines by pilots.
SEVERAL CITIES
East St. Louis and Omaha Free From
Cattle Disease—Fifty New Cases
At Chicago.
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CIHCAGO, Nov. 12.—The quaran
tine established by the government
upon cattle has been lifted at East
St. Louis and at the Omaha packing
houses. The expqrts of the Depart
ment of Agriculture have found no
cases at the two towns named.
Fifty new cases were discovered
here today among the prize cattle
brought to Chicago for the Cattle
Breeders’ Exhibit. All the valuable
animals have been killed and the
bodies burned.
The quarantine is so strict that it
is believed the trouble will be con
trolled. The packing interests are
giving every aid possible to the au
thorities in stamping out the disease.
ARCTIC BROTHERS
MEET III SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 12.—The Grand
Camp of the Arctic Brotherhood met
here today with Vice Arctic Chief
Taylor, of Iditarod, presiding. The
same bitter tight of previous years
will come up for discussion. Many
of the camps insist that the meet
ings of the order should be held In
Alaska or the Yukon Territory and
that the holding of meetings in Seat
tle, Tacoma and Vancouver, B. C., is
against the spirit of the A. B.
But scribe for the Prospector.