__ VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915 NUMBER 178
VOLUME 18
BRITISH FORCIBLY SEARCH
AMERICAN SHIP ZELANDIA
STEAMER BOARDED BY BRITISH OFFICERS WHILE LYING IN
PROGRESSO, MEXICO, HARBOR, IN VIOLATION OF MEXICAN
NEUTRALITY AND EXCEEDING RIGHTS «Y SEARCHING AMER
ICAN SHIP IN NEUTRAL HARBOR — AMERICAN CONSUL RE
PORTS THAT CRUISER IS WAITING OUTSIDE HARBOR TO
SIEZE SHIP WHIC H SHE BELIEVES TO BE CARRYING MUNI
TIONS FOR TEUTONS.
WASHINGTON, D. Cl., Nov. 11.—
The American steamship Zealandia
was forcibly searched by a party of
officers from a British cruiser while
the steamer was lying at Port Pro
gresso, Mexico. The British were
searching for munitions of war which
was believed were on the Zealan
dia. The American consul reports
that the British cruiser is waiting
outshtt? the harbor with the evident
intention of seizing the steamer when
she leaves the protection of the Mex
ican harbor.
On the face of the report sent from
Progresso by the American consul,
although incomplete and possibly ex
aggerated, the official conclusion here
is that the British naval authorities
not only violated the neutrality of
Mexico but exceeded their rights by
searching an American ship while in
* neutral port.
Private advices state that the Brit
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ish suspected the steamship ZeSfcan
dia of carrying copper, rosin and
other articles used in the manufac
ture of munitions, for the Teutons, as
there is no ostensible use for the ar
ticles in question in Mexico.
Zelandia Disguised.
The following item taken from the
columns of the St. Paul Pioneer
Press of October 24, will throw some
light on the seizure of the Zelandia:
“The American ship Zealandia left
Pensacola, Florida, suddenly last
night with a large stock of provisions
on board for Tampico, Mexico, and
with a large number of Germans in
its crew. The arrival of the vessel at
Tampico has been reported where an
investigation will be made. The
American flag originally painted on
the side of the vessel has been paint
ed out. It is claimed the vessel flew
the German flag at sea but this has
been denied by the owners.”
RUSSIA HAS LOST
BEST PROVINCES
Germans and Austrians have Captur
ed 133,000 Square Miles with
a Population of 2,500,000.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 11.—The bud
get prepared by the Russian govern
ment for 1916, which the Duma will
he asked to approve at the coming
Bession. shows that the government
contemplates the expenditure of one
billion, six hundred million dollars.
It is pointed out that the Austro
have seized the richest in
dustrial provinces of the Russian Em
ph-e. The provinces now under Teu
ton control amount to 133,000 square
miles with a population of two mil
lion, five hundred thousand Russian
subjects. The territory also includes
five thousand, three hundred thir
ty-three miles of railroad, as well as
numerous factories and other indus
tries which the Russians have partly
destroyed when forced to retreat be
fore the overwhelming forces of the
Teutons.
The Russian government is con
structing a double-track railroad to
Ekatrina harbor in the Arctic cir
cle. from Petrograd. This will give
the empire an all the year open port.
The work is being rushed under
American railroad engineers as it is
believed the road, consisting of 1200
miles of trackage, will be completed
during the coming year.
RUSSIA’S NATIONAL
DEBT MOUNTING UP.
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PETROGRAD, Nov. 11.—It is of
ficially announced that the Russian
■ational debt which was four and
•ne-half billion dollars when war was
declared sixteen months ago, will be
increased to eight and one-half bil
lion dollars before the close of the
present year.
ATTORNEY TOM WEST
AGAIN ON THE STREET.
vTom West, the San Francisco at
torney, who has been a patient in the
Valdez hospital for some time, has
bb Anciently recovered to be able to
leave the hospital and will continue
his journey to his home in San Fran
cisco on one of the next steamers.
Mr. West came north as counsel for
the stockholders of the Alaska Nor
thern railroad in their suit to recov
er title to a part of the Seward town
site from John E. Ballaine. which
was decided by the district court in
lavor of the defendant.
AT PHESIDEAI
Does Not Believe He Should Follow
in Footsteps of Roosevelt in
, Quoting the Scriptures.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 11.—
William Jennings Bryan in a state
ment issued yesterday says that Pres
ident Wilson’s recent biblical quota
tion was first used in modern times
in the United States by Col. Roose
velt.
Col. Bryan says he is not surprised
that Roosevelt should consult the
old testament rather than the new,
because he classes Christ with the
mollycoddles. But why President
Wilson, who is an elder in the Pres
byterian church, should pass over the
new gospel in which love of Christ is
the cornerstone and build his defense
upon a passage in the old testament
written at a time when the children
of Israel were surrounded by ene
mies, is a mystery.
Bryan says it is all right for Col.
Roosevelt to sound the trumpet, be
cause all colors are red to him and
that he sees armies marching upon
the United States from every direc
tion, but that President Wilson is a
man of peace and he is in a position
to know that fio nation is threaten
ing to attack the United States.
ROEBIJNG’B NEW WIRE
MILL IS DESTROYED.
TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 11.—The
big rope mill owned by John Roeb
ling’s Sons here was destroyed by
fire last night, causing a loss of more
than one million dollars. The mill
had recently been completed and was
equipped with the latest machinery
for manufacturing barbed wire for
the Allies, from whom they had re
cently secured a contract for $3,000
000 worth of specially prepared wire
for trench entanglements.
The origin of the Are is a mystery
and is believed to have been the
work of an incendiary. The loss was
! partly covered by insurance.
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MOTHER KILLS MAN WHO
DENIED CHILD HIS NAME.
CORSICANA, Texas, Nov. 11.—
While Allan Godley stood facing the
court here yesterday afternoon,
charged with having seduced Alma
Morgan, a young girl, entered the
court room and shot him, perhaps fa
tally. The woman claims that God
ley. had denied the parentage of her
child and refused to give it his name
by malting her his wife.
WELSH COAL MINERS
ARE ENLISTING.
LONDON, Nov. 11.—Thousands of
the British coal miners are respond
ing to the pleading of the labor lead
ers that they enlist in the new army
which Britain is raising for the
spring campaign. It is reported that
the enlistments among the Welsh
miners threatens the output of the
coal supply and that England is men
aced with a shortage of fuel for the
winter.
CARRANZA TAKES I
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Takes Possession of City of Hermo- j
sillo, for Whicli Gen. Villa's
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Army Is Headed.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 11.—
Admiral Winslow, commanding the j
United States cruisers in Mexican :
waters in the Pacific, has wired Sec- \
retary Daniels that the Carranza j
forces have captured the city of Her- i
mosillo, the Lower California city, ;
for which General Villa’s forces are
headed.
It is believed that President Car- j
ranza has started his campaign to;
cut Villa’s army off from all possi- j
ble sources of supplies ^pd that the
Mexican federal troops are soon to
march against him from 'all direc-;
tions. Villa is reported to have an j
army of several thousand men and j
to be raiding the country through
which he passes.
The dispatch from Hermosillo
states that the lives of foreigners in
the lower California cities are in no
grave danger as Carranza’s troops are I
of sufficient strength to check the at- |
tempts of the bandits and prevent j
their raiding the cities.
CYCLONE VISITS
CITY IN KANSAS
Principal Residential Section of
Great Rend Left in Ruins by
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Storm and Fire Follows.
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GREAT BEND, Kansas, Nov. 11.—
Twelve persons were killed and hun
dreds seriously injured last night in
a cyclone which destroyed the prin
cipal residential district in this city.
Fire broke out in the wreckage of
the hundreds of homes and complet
ed the work of destruction. Hun
dreds of persons were caught in the
ruins of their homes but were res
cued before the flames reached them.
Other cities and towns responded
to the call for help sent out by the
mayor and special trains carrying
physicians and nurses arrived- soon
after the disaster, but were handi
capped in finding suitable buildings
where the many injured could receive
attention.
CALIFORNIA BANKER
MURDERED IN MEXICO.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11.—W. S.
Windham, formerly a prominent mer
chant and banker in Pasadena, has
been assassinated in Tepic, Mexico.
The banker had interests in Lower
California and went there several
weeks ago to attend to his business
interests. First reports concerning
his death failed to indicate how he
met his death and an investigation
revealed the fact that he had been
a victim of a plot and was inveigled
into going into Mexico by the par
ties who are believed to have mur
dered him.
Stop! Look! Listen! .
The Liberty Theatre presents for
tonight the funniest man in'the mov
ies, CHARLIE CHAPLIN. Next at
traction, Sunday, Lillian Russell in
“Wildfire,” five acts.
Mrs. Magnikjisen and daughter, of
Camp Comfo|i| arrived in Valdez at
noon today. lj£.
JEAIiOUS HUSBAND
SHOOTS WIFE, SUICIDES.
MT. VERNON, Wash., Nov. 11.—
In a fit of jealousy, A. Carey, an ex
tensive owner of real'estate In Se
attle and other partB of this state,
ended his life by sending a bullet
through jils brain after shooting his
wife five times. The jealous hus
band saved the last shot for himself
and died instantly. Physicians state
that the woman has a chance to re
cover.
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dedal1 River Bank Touclied for $1200
Iby Two Masked Men Who
Csca|ied in Auto Bus.
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Nov. 11.
TWo men wearing false beards en
tered the Cedar River bank yesterday
afternoon and forced the bank cash
ier to enter the vaults, where he was
locked in. The bandits then secured
$ 1,200 from the cashier's desk a’nd
escaped in a passing auto.
The driver of the auto bus attempt
ed to resist their taking his machine
but was struck over the head by one
of the bandits, using his revolver as
a club. The driver attempted to
ditch his machine to prevent the ban
dits escaping but one of them threw
hiip from the rig while his compan
iou took control of the car.
The cashier of the bank had secret
ed a screwdriver in the vault fear
ing that at some time he might have
lisa for it, and by removing the locks
he escaped and gave the alarm. News
of the rqbbery was sent broadcast,
but though the auto bus has been
found no trace of the robbers has
been discovered.
BRITAIN PAYING
Kuro|iean War Has Cost Her ('lose
to Seven Billion Dollars and
More Is Demanded.
LONDON, Nov. 11.—It is an
nounced that Premier Asquith will
ask parliament for two billion dollars
to enable the government to carry
on the war ip which the nation is
engaged. The war has cost Britain
between two and one-half and three
and one-half billions of dollars since
the beginning of April last and the
appropriation which the premier will
ask parliament to authorize will
bring the war expenditures up to sev
en billions.
The war is costing Britain $21,
000,000 per day, which is largely be
ing expended for munitions. It is es
timated that more than one billion
dollars have been expended in the
United States during the past year
for munitions.
FORMER ALASKA OFFICIAL
JOINS GREAT MAJORITY
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Nov. 11.—Geo.
Perry, former United States marshal
of the Third division, with head
quarters at Fairbanks, Alaska, died
at his home here yesterday, aged 62
years. He was appointed by Presi
dent Roosevelt and quit Alaska nine
years ago, since which time he has
been dividing his time between Du
buque and Puget Sound, where mem
bers of his family reside.
STEAMER WATSON 18
SUCCESSFULLY FLOATED.
SEATTLE, Nov. 11,.—The steamer
Admiral Watson, of the Alaska-Pa
cific Navigation company’s Alaskan
fleet, which was rammed and sunk
here last summer, was successfully
raised fo the surface yesterday and
is now being pumped out and pre
pared to be taken "to drydock.
Kodak Supplier at the Valdes
Drug Company. — tf
SUBMARINE SHELLED THE
LIFEBOATS OF THE ANCONA
SURVIVORS TESTIFY THAT CAPTAIN STOPPED STEAMER WHEN
ORDERED TO DO SO BY COMMANDER OF SUBMARINE AND
THAT CREW OF UNDERSEA FIGHTER MADE NO EF'FORT TO
SAVE DROWNING PASSENGERS—TWENTY-THREE AMERICANS
BELIEVED TO HAVE PERISHED IN THF) MEDITERRANEAN SEA
WHEN STEAMER WENT DOWN—BERLIN SAYS SHIP TRIED TO
ESCAPE AND THAT SHE WAS THEN TORPEDOED.
ROME, Nov. 11.—Mrs. Francis .
Lamura with her child, were the only
American pasengers on board the
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Italian steamer Ancona, who were
saved when she was torpedoed by a
submarine in the Mediterranean sea
and sank carrying many persons to
their deaths.- It is now officially:
stated that the Ancona carried eigh
ty-three cabin passengers, thirty
three steerage passengers and a crew
of one hundred and sixty officers and
men.
Liner Tried to Escape.
BERLIN, Nov. 11.—An official
bulletin has been posted stating that
"information from reliable source is
that the Italian liner Ancona was
sunk by an Austro-Hungarian subma
rine, and that the liner attempted to
escape from the submarine after be
ing ordered to stop, compelling the
submarine to use her guns." The
Overseas News Agency, it is under
stood, is the German government’s
authority.
Submarine Shelled Lifeboats.
ROME, Nov. 11.-—The passenger
list of the Ancona shows that twenty
five Americans were passengers on
the Italian steamer Ancona, which
was sunk by a submarine in the Med
iterranean sea, off the coast of Tunis.
One American woman and her child
are among those landed at Bizerta.
The testimony of the survivors shows
that the captain of the Ancona stop
ped the steamer when ordered to do
so hy the commander of the subma
rine arid that the crew of the sub
marine shelled and sunk several of
the Ancona’s life-boats after the pas
sengers had entered them and that
the submarine made no effort to r|p
cue the women and children who
were struggling in the water.
ANGONA S CAPTAIN
FULLY WARNED
Commander of Submarine Gave Plen
ty of Time for Crew and Pas
sengers to Take to Boats.
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LONDON, Nov. 11.—The British
consul at Bizerta, Tunis, where the
survivors of the Italian steamer An
cona which was submarined in the
Mediterranean sea were landed, has
cabled the British government that
the submarine chased the Ancona,
and that when the captain failed to
stop when ordered, the submarine
shelled the steamer. The first* shot
carried away the pilot house and
caused the steamer to stop.
It is stated that the commander of
the submarine permitted the officers
of the Ancona plenty of time to get
their passengers and crew into the
lifeboats but that owing to the crew
and passengers being panic stricken
the life boats were swamped.
Members of the crew are reported
to have denied the women and chil
dren first right to enter the boats,
which is believed to account for the
fact that none of the American pas
sengers were saved with the excep
tion of one woman, who is herself
the Italian wife of an American citi
zen.
COPENHAGEN REPORTS
BATTLE IN THE BALTIC, j
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 11.—Can
nonading of terrific intensity is heard
from the neighborhood of Fehmern
island, in the Baltic sea, and it is be- j
lieved that British submarines have
attacked the German squadron near
I the Baltic entrance of the Kiel canal.
| Advices from Denmark state that a
i large fleet of German ships and cruis-!
! ers have sought1 safety from the Brit- j
j ish submarines in the Baltic by en-!
tering the straits near the canal and
it is believed the submarines have |
risked almost certain destruction to |
reach the German fleet.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
SUFFERS BREAKDOWN.
NEW YORK. Nov. 11.—Booker T.
Washington, the noted colored ora
tor, is seriously ill in a New York
hospital suffering from a nervous
breakdown. The physicians state he
will have to give up the management
of his school for colored pupils at
Tuskogee, Alabama, which he has
made his life’s work. ;
Subscribe for the Prospector.
LANE WOULD RUSH
WK ON RAILROAD
Desires to Make Matanuska Coal
Available for the Navy—May
liullri from Doth Ends.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. U.—
Secretary Lane, of the interior de
partment, stated today that he had
summoned Chairman Edes, of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
from Alaska to Washington to con
fer with him regarding the appro
priation for which congress will be
asked to continue the railroad con
struction work in Alaska next year.
Secretary Lane will urge an appro
priation of ten or twelve million dol
lars for next year’s work as he is
anxious to rush the construction of
fhe road from Anchorage to Mata
nuska coal fields to completion in or
der that the coal may be available
for the navy in the Pacific coast.
Secretary Lane states that work on
the main trunk line from Seward
will be rushed next summer as well
as the extension of the road from
Turnagain Arm to Broad Pass. It is
not improbable that construction
work will be carried on from both
ends of the road next year as the
government is desirous of doing ev
erything in its power to hasten the
development of the resources of the
territory.
GERMANS SENDING
MUNITIONS TO TURKEY
BUCHAREST, Nov. 11.—Owing t<;
the railroad from Belgrade to Con
stantinople via Nish being out o'
commission while engineers are re
constructing the bridges, thousands
of wagons are being used to tracts',
port the munitions to the ports ot:
the Danube river for shipment t«|
Turkey via Bulgaria.
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CITY OK PUEBLA DUE
HERE LATE TONIGHT^
Latest advices from Cordova statwi
that the steamer City of Pueblaf
which arrived there yesterday aftei|
noon, would sail at 3 o’clock for Vaf
dez and should arrive sometimij
about midnight. It is believed tha’
the steamer is loading copper or?
at Cordova as she did on her forme!
trip to the westward. The steamer)
at this season of the year do not car!
to enter Cook Inlet to buck the hlg'
tides unless properly ballasted aftej
discharging freight Juneau, Coi
dova, Valdez »nd other ports.