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-- VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1914. NO. 357.
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SURROUND HINDENBERG’S ARMY
TEUTONS IN POLAND REPORTED SHORT OF SUPPLIES
GERMAN SUBMARINE ACTIVE OFF COAST OF FRANCE
AMERICAN PAPERS TELL BRITISH OF AUDACIOUS LOSS
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BELGIANS STARVE
AID IS WANTED
More Money Needed To Help Coun
try Now Overrun By the Kai
ser’s Troops.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Seven mil
lion Belgians are starving according
to the report issued today by the
Belgian Relief Committee. In spite
of the generous aid given by the peo
ple of the United States more money
is required at once or the loss of life
will be tremendous. The German
military force has confiscated all sup
plies of food found in Belgium, have
raided the houses and taken the sup
plies. The people are without mon
ey and without food. In some in
stances the relief committee has pur
chased from the German authorities
the food confiscated by them from
the Belgians and given it to the starv
ing inhabitants.
The committee estimate that 3,000
tons of food is required each day to
feed the people. All industries have
stopped. Mines have closed down,
manufacturing plants have been de
stroyed or are no longer operated,
while farming is impossible.
The Germans have ordered the Bel
gians to till the soil but they refuse.
The workers in the manufacturing
plants have been ordered to work but
they likewise refuse, claiming that it
is impossible to secure pay for the
work or raw material with which to
operate.
Coal is no longer used for fuel as
the supply has been taken by the
Germans and the people are burning
the partially destroyed houses and
all trees are being cut for firewood.
THE UNEMPLOYED
START NEWSPAPER
SEATTLE, Nov. 28—The unem
ployed of this city are publishing a
newspaper, in an effort to secure work.
The paper, which is a weekly, is is
sued at one of the job print shops
in town and is sold about the streets
for enough to pay the printing and
the cost of distribution. Its object
is to bring the unemployed and the
employer together.
CONGRESS SPENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—The cosl
of operating the government for this
year has been one billion dollars and
the end has not been reacljbd. Con
gress has already appropriated for
the running expenses of the govern
ment and for the Improvements or
dered by the legislators.
The records show that fifty wed
dings were performed in the Gastl
neau d’strict during the past six
months.
Petrograd Reports Indicate That Hindenberg’s Army Will Be Forced To Sur
render—Austrians Claim Russians Driven Back Through the Carpathians
But Admit That Czernowitz Has Been Evacuated—British Will Have 15
New Dreadnaughts Next Year—Kaiser Tells French Wounded at Metz Hos
pital That He Hopes Soon To See France and Germany Friends—Churchill
Says England Can Lose Battleship Every Month for Year and Then Whip
German Fleet—Final Attack Being Made By Germans In Flanders.
LONDON, Nov. 28.—The corres
pondents of London papers located
at Petrograd have wired to the pa
pers here that the details of the Rus
sian victory in Poland will astonish
the world. They insist it is the
greatest military victory since the
days of Napoleon.
Hindenberg’a Army Isolated
It is reported that Hindenberg’s
army has been isolated, cut off from
its supports, and that superior num
bers of Russians surround him.
Short of Ammunition and Supplies.
The Germans are short of ammuni
tion and food and cannot replenish
the supply, as the Cossacks are hold
ing all points between the Russian
army and the German frontier.
Facing Terrific Artillery Fire.
The Russians are pouring into the
German ranks a terrific artillery fire.
Many of the captured guns are be
ing used to destroy the kaiser’s
troops. The Russian staff has sent
strong reinforcements to Poland and
believe that the German position is
hopeless.
Hindenberg Tries To Break Through.
Hindenberg has ordered effort after
effort to be made to break through
the Russian lines but has failed. His
lack of artillery ammunition has pre
vented the use of field guns to open
the way for his troops and as a re
sult when attacking the Russian lines
the German losses have been terrific.
Wireless Calls for Help.
Wireless calls for aid from the
frontier posts have been sent from
the German general’s headquarters.
They have been intercepted by the
Russian signal officers.
German Escape Hqpeless.
It is believed in Petrograd by the
Russian military experts that the
German outlook for escape from the
present position in Poland is hopeless
and that Hindenberg’s entire com
mand of 500,000 men will be forced
to surrender.
Overestimate Russian Victory.
: LONDON, Nov. 28.—Military ex
perts here believe the Russian vic
tory is overestimated. They claim
it is not possible for Hindenberg to
have made the mistake of failing to
support his advance army with troops
from the border forts. The Russian
claim that Hindenberg is surrounded
is hardly credited here although the
people wish greatly to believe it is
true. ,
British Navy Has Ships To Spare.
Lord Churchill stated last night
that the British navy could lose a
battleship a month for a year and at
the end of that time no matter what
the increase of German ships the Brit
ish would still outnumber them two
to one and could easily destroy the
kaiser’s sea fleet if it would battle.
Germans Make Final Flanders At
tack.
PARIS, Nov. 28.—The German gen
eral staff has started the final attack
upon the allies positions in. Flanders.
It is believed here by the French
military experts that if the present
attempt fails to crush the allied arm
ies blocking the way to the coast
that the Germans will abandon the
effort and will retire towards the
German border.
British Building Dreadnoughts.
LONDON. Nov. 28.—The admiralty
announced today that fifteen new
dreadnoughts would be ready to join
the fleet early next year. The boats
are being rushed to completion as
fast as possible. The shipyards are
working day and night on all manner
of war vessels and it is believed that
a hundred submarines are being built
and as soon as crews can be drilled
will be sent to operate against the
Germans.
Cannot Find German Fleet.
Several British submarines have
made trips to Heligoland and to the
German seaport of Wilhelmshafen to
locate the kaiser’s war ships, but it
has been impossible to reach the
ships, which are all held within the
breakwater and cannot be torpedoed.
Order for Twenty Submarines.
BOSTON, Nov. 28.—An order for
the immediate construction of twen
ty submarines has been placed with
the Fore River Shipbuilding Corpor
ation of Quincy. Officials of the
plant today refused information as
to the Identity of the power for which
the submarines were intended, but
one officer of the corporation said the
order would amount to about $10,000,
000. The order came to Quincy
through the Bethlehem Steel Corpor
ation at South Bethlehem, Penn., of
which Charles M. Schwab is presi
dent The submarines are not to be
turned out as completed vessels but
as finished sections, to be assembled
afterward.
Austrians Admit Evacuate Czerno
witz.
VIENNA, Nov. 28.—The Austrians
have evacuated Czemowitz, in Buko
wina province, and have retired to
wards the Carpathians. The official
announcement was made this morn
ing. The retirement is made because
of the desire of the war office to
concentrate its forces near the Car
pathians.
German Submarines Off French
Coast.
LONDON, Nov. 28.—A German sub
marine yesterday sunk the British
steamship Malachllo Primo off the
coast of France. The crew and pas
sengers were allowed to leave the
ship before she was torpedoed and
sunk.
British Collier Sunk By Mine.
The British collier Khartoum was
sunk off Grimsby when the ship hit
a floating mine set adrift by the Ger
mans.
British Learn of Audacious Loss.
The public learned today for the
first time of the loss of the battle
HI'S CAPTAIN
HELD RESPONSIBLE
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 28.—The
commander of the steam schooner
Hanalei, which was wrecked on Dux
bery reef and 40 lives lost, has been
charged with ineglect of duty and
may be held for manslaughter. The
marine inspectors have started an in
vestigation.
PARIS BOURSE
SOON TO REOPEN
PARIS! Nov (28.—The board of
managers of the Paris Bourse (stock
exchange) have announced that the
Bourse will be re-opened on Decem
ber 8th, but that no sales on margins
will be tolerated and that all sales
must be for cash. Speculations are
not to be tolerated but the transfer
of stock Is to be facilitated by the
management and ,as conditions Im
prove the margin sales will be al
lowed, but the margin will be heav
ier than prior to the war.
MORMON LEADER
HEARING DEATH
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Nov. 28.—
Joseph Smith, president of the reor
ganized Church of Jesus Christ of
the Latter Day Saints, is dying. He
is 82 years of age. ^The church head
ed by Smith • is different from that
located at Salt Lake City, being op
posed to polygamy. '
PARLIAMENT HAS
AGmypm
LONDON, Nov. 28.—The British
parliament adjourned today until
February. More than 100 members
of parliament attended its sessions
in uniform as they are fighting with
the British army in France and came
to London on furlough.
The Sesnon company of Nome have
announced that they will operate the
Seward Peninsula railroad next sum
mer if sufficient business is promised
it by the operators served by the line.
shin Audacious, one of the finest of
the navy. The arrival here of news
papers published in America, telling
of the loss of the ship, which sunk
on October 27th after striking amine
in the North Channel between Ire
land and Scotland, was the first news
of the accident the public received.
Kaiser Wants French Friendship.
PARIS, Nov. 28.—Kaiser Wilhelm
visited the hospital at Metz yester
day in which the French wounded
soldiers are being cared for by the
Germans. The kaiser said that he
hoped soon to see Germany and
France friends and that the end of
the forty-year nightmare would soon
come. The German emperor spoke
in high terms of the valor of the
French soldiers and of the general
ship displayed by their commanders
and seemed to wish to secure the
friendship of the French. The emper
or appeared greatly worried and has
aged much during the past three
months.
Germans Drive Long Tunnel.
The Germans were caught driving
a long tunnel to reach the French
trenches. The snappers were discov
ered and killed. Spies in the Ger
man camp keep the French and Brit
ish well informed of every move.
30,000 British Enlistments Weekly.
LONDON, Nov. 28.—Lloyd George
In the House of Commons last night
in speaking for the government stat
ed that 30,000 enlistments per week
were reported as the average since
the war started. These include those
in the colonies but only of such
forces as are available for duty out
side of England and do not include
home guards.
The World Owes Britain.
The speaker, who is Chancellor of
the Exchequer, stated to the Com
mons that the world owes England.
The United States alone owes at this
time 81,000,000,000, while almost ev
ery nation on the globe was in debt
>to England and what was worse was
the fact that all refused to pay. The
United States, the richest nation in
the world, could not be collected
from in the present condition of the
world’s markets and England was
bearing the financial burden of the
war not only for herself and allies,
but for the neutrals who are also
hit by reason of the conflict.
Austrians Announce Victor.
VIENNA, Nov. 28.—The war office
in its official bulletin issued this
morning announces that the Russians
who have been pouring into Hungary
through the Carpathian passes have
been driven back by the army and
are now seeking shelter on the Ga
lician side of the passes.
Call for More Men Issued By Belgium
LONDON, Nov. 28.—Another call to
the colors has been issued by the
Belgian government to all nationals.
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Former President Taft, In Montclair
Speech, Says It Would Violate
Monroe Doctrine.
MONTCLAIR, N. J., Nov. 28.—
Former President William H. Taft,
in a speech here last night, stated
that a German invasion of Canada
and the levying of a heavy indemnity
upon captured c'ties would not be a
violation of the Monroe doctrine, but
that keeping the country after the
war was over and peace terms set
tled would be a violation of the in
tent of the doctrine and would mean
that we must abandon the stand tak
en by the United States almost a
century ago or else fight.
The German ambassador at Wash
ington has frequently hinted at an
invasion of Canada and the press of
the country has been filled with
stories of armies of German reserv
ists arming in the United States and
ready to cross the border to take
Canada.
Robert McIntosh has started the
work of moving the big generator of
the Alaska Water, Light and Tele
phone Company from the plant in
Valdez to the hydroelectric plant in
Solomon basin. The generator, add
ed to the one now in operation in
the basin plant, will give the com
pany one of the largest plants in
Alaska.
HEAVY RAINS STOP
(WEST FIRES
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 28.—The
forest fires which swept across the
southern section of this state and
across the line into Louisiana have
been checked by heavy rains which
fell yesterday afternoon and all
through the night. The fire fighters
are still at work and with the aid
of the rain expect to prevent the
fires spreading. A dozen people are
believed to have been cremated in
the fires.
PRESIDENT WILL
PROBE STRIKE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—President
Wilson has started an investigation
into the causes of the strike in the
coal mines in Arkansas. Secretary
of Labor Wilson has been ordered to
send agents to the strike zone and
get a first hand report for the pres
ident.
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Austrians Save Library.
ROME, Nov. 28.—The great library
of the University of Cracow, num
bering 350,000 volumes, together with
noted works of art, has been brought
to Vienna in anticipation of the
bombardment of Cracow by the Rus
sians,