y0L 10 VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1914. NO. 274.
RUSSIANS DEFEAT GERMAN ARMY
INVADERS DRIVING ALLIES BEFORE THEM IN BELGIUM
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Senate Passes Bill By Acclamation
Government To Guarantee Ships
Safe Arrival.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—Late yes
terday afternoon the Senate passed
the administration bill providing $5,
000,000 as a fund for war insurance
and hereafter American shipping will
be Insured by the government against
loss by reason of striking a mine or
from capture by a foreign country.
The bill passed by acclamation, no
objection having been raised to the
measure in its present form provid
ing for insurance only for American
vessels.
Marine companies raised the rate
on war risks to such a high figure
that the cost of freight shipments
from the United States to England
immediately went skyward and in or
der that trade with Europe might be
resumed it was determined that the
government start its own insurance
company, giving low rates. Some ma
rine adjusters say that the $5,000,000
will not last long, as many big liners
will go down by striking mines in
foreign waters besides running the
risk of capture.
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SAYS W. J. BRYAN
Watchful Waiting Policy of the Ad
ministration Was a Success—Gov
ernment By Assassination Nil.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—Secretary
of State W. J. Bryan in a statement
issued to the press today claims that
the administrations policy of watchful
waiting has won out and that peace
is now established in Mexico. The
secretary is proud of the fact that
war between the United States and
Mexico has been avoided and that
peace has been secured for the re
public with Huerta an exile.
“Government by assassination,”
says Bryan, "is a thing of the past in
Latin America.”
Senator B. F. Millard and Supt. Ray
Millard, of the Granite mine, came
up yesterday from the property. The
senator reports that the new roller
is now Installed and that the output
of the mine will be greatly Increased
now that the new equipment Is ready.
Czar’s Army of Invasion Wins First Victory Near Border of Poland—Lay Way
Open To March On Berlin—German Army In Belgium Is Now Near Ostend
On North Sea—City of Ghent Captured—Antwerp Ready for Siege—French
Retire In Lorraine—Censors Prevent News of Battles Reaching Public—
Japan Is Ready To Strike At Germany—Belgium in Hands of Germans.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 22.—'The
Russian war office announced today
a victory over the German forces in
Prussian Poland. The battle yester
day on the border of Germany result
ed in a victory for the Russians, who
took many prisoners and now occcupy
all of the cities near the border.
German Defeat Serious.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 22.—The Ger
man defeat yesterday in Prussian Po
land is reported here as a serious one
for the Germans, who have been driv
en back by the Czar’s troops, who
have started the invasion of Germany
and the march on Berlin.
Germans Had Strong Fortifications.
The Germans fought from behind
immense fortifications and expected
to hold the Russians back and delay
their advance until the Rhine army
had finished with ^he French and Eng
lish troops and the forced retreat,
leaving thousands of men dead and
wounded with the loss of large quan
tities of supplies and many cannon
has been a hard blow and places them
in a desperate position.
Germans Sparing In Words.
BERLIN, Aug. 22.—The announce
ment made here yesterday by the war
office to the public contained only
four words. The German war office
has stopped the publication of the
casualties in the battles for fear that
the enemy would secure some valu
able information.
Great Battle Is Now On.
LONDON, Aug. 22.—The greatest
battle in the history of the world has
started in Belgium. The allies have
been forced to retire before the im
mense army of Germans and are now
preparing to make their stand, hav
ing forced the Germans to spread
their front from Luxemburg to the
North Sea in order to be safe from
a flank attack. The French rein
forcements are now being placed in
positions along the Belgian-French
border and are preparing to hold the
Germans in check and then take the
offensive.
Germany Must Act Quickly.
The reports from St. Petersburg re
ceived here and at Paris are that the
Russian mobilization is now complete
and that an army of 5,000,000 Rus
sians has been brought to the German
Austrian border and that in the bat
tle with the German troops in Prus
sian Poland the Germans were de
feated and that the Russian advance
on Berlin has been ordered.
Russians Start for Berlin.
With the start of the tremendous
horde of Russians for the capital the
Germans must make an Immediate
attack upon ‘he French and English
and inflict a defeat so that they may
Food Prices Drop When
Investigation Is Started
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.—Co-in
cident with the commencement here
of the government probe into the re
cent jump in the price of sugar the
article has now dropped to 17.00 a
sack of 100 pounds, which is fifty
cents lower than yesterday’s quota
tlons.
Sugar Magnates Tell Conflicting .
Stories.
The - sugar magnates called before
the grand Jury give conflicting stor
ies regarding the raise, some claim
ing the market was cleaned, others
that the demand for sugar has been
enormous, and some maintained that
heavy sales had been made to Ca
nadian merchants for shipment to
Europe, but all admitted that no
shipments had yet been made on any
contract. None were able to show
contracts for foreign shipments and
the books of the companies show
that the warehouses are filled with
sugar held back to force the prices
upward, and that the sale of sugar
has dropped off materially since the
war in Europe and should be cheaper
today than for the past five years If
the amount on hand in any way reg
l
ulates the price.
Combine* Found In Topeka.
TOPEKA, Aug. 22.—The federal
grand jury here has unearthed a com
bination of sugar and flour manufac
turers who have entered into a con
spiracy to raise the price of food
stuffs, especially sugar and flour, and
indictments will be found against
them.
Packers Claim Losing Money.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.—The packers
controlling the entire output of meat
from this city have appeared before
the federal grand jury and denied
that they were bleeding the people,
and Insisted tnat at the present pre
vailing prices they were losing money.
McReynold* Expects Indictments.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—Attorney
General McReynold* stated today
that he expected Indictments would
be found against the raisers of food
prices In many cities and that his
department Intended to get all the
manipulators from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and would make an effort
to stop the raise In prices.
be able to weaken their army and
turn to meet the Russian force.
Fear In Paris.
PARIS, Aug. 22.—The censorship on
military news from the front has be
come so severe that nothing can be
learned here regarding the battle now
on in Belgium between the allies
and the Germans. The war office,
however, admits that the battle has
begun and that it may take a week
before the victor will be known. Ru
mors of the terrible predicament in
which the large German forces have
the allies have not been denied and
the people are storming the war of
fice to secure news.
French Evacuate Lorraine.
The war minister has admitted that
the French operations in Lorraine
have stopped and that the attempt
to flank the German forces at Metz
were not successful. The operations
in Alsace still continue and the city
of Strassburg is the only city of im
portance in that province not occu
pied by the French cavalry.
On To Strassburg.
PARIS, Aug. 22.—The crowds last
night paraded the streets singing
“On to Strassburg, On to Strassburg,”
and insist upon the immediate cap
ture of that strongly fortified place.
The French are now in possession
of almost all of Alsace excepting
S‘rassburg, which was once a French
town and taken from them in 1870
by the Germans.
Crowds Wild With Joy.
The crowds are wild with joy at
the continued successes of the French
army in Alsace and Lorraine and the
fact that the lighting is being carried
on in German territory and not
French, thus saving the nation the
terrible ravages of war if the battle
fields were within the French domain.
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Antwerp Ready for Siege.
ANTWERP. Aug. 22.—This city is
being placed in a position to with
stand a siege and all non-combatants
have been ordered to leave. Steamers
are loading with women and chil
dren who are to go to England for
refuge, while the men are preparing
to defend the city.
Forts All Manned
All the big forts about the town
have been manned with full garrisons.
Long barb wire entanglements have
been constructed to prevent the rush
es of the German troops, while the
machine guns have been so arranged
that the Kaiser’s troops will pay a
terrible toll in lives if the place is
assaulted.
Large Stocks of Food.
Large stocks of food for the gar
rison has been accumulated and it
is proposed to hold the city as a
base of operations against the Ger
man army operating against France
and the allies in lower Belgium.
Germans Destroy Towns.
Hundreds of towns have been de
stroyed by the German troops. Every
town not used by the Germans as a
post has been set on fire and thou
sands of men, women and children
have been, driven into the fields des
titute and hungry because of the loss
of their buildings and provisions.
Many Non-combatants Starving.
Many noncombatants are starving,
as the Germans are taking all the
food they can find to supply their
troops as the railroad line with Ger
many, by which the soldiers are sup
plied, was destroyed by the Belgians,
who blew up the bridges and the
only means of securing supplies for
the troops is by long lines of auto
mobiles and by foraging in this coun
try.
Prince Rupert Expects Attack.
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C„ Aug. 22.—
The officials of this city have receiv
ed a warning from the Dominion gov
ernment to be on the lookout for an
attack by German warships, which
may try to bombard the city, which
is unfortified. No information is giv
en out here by the officials as to the
number of German ships that may at
tack but it is believed that the Leip
zig and Nuremburg are the only Ger
man vessels on the coast unless some
have come across from the Orient
from the German China station.
Victoria Is Alarmed.
VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 22.—Busi
ness in this city is at a standstill.
Soldiers are patrolling the streets,
while lookouts are constantly watch
ing for the approach of the German
warship Leipzig, which may bombard
at any time. Two submarines pur
chased in Seattle a few days before
the war was declared are the only
means of protection of the city. Fi
nancial ruin faces many business men
of this city.
No Confirmation of Sea Battle.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22—The Asso
ciated Press and the special war cor
respondents of the New York papers
who are located in Europe have so
far failed to secure any confirmation
of the story printed yesterday in the
New York Herald telling of the loss
of forty-two English warships in the
North Sea by German torpedo boats.
None of the papers here are willing
to contradict the story and are wait
ing for confirmation. All admit that
James Gordon Bennett has an excel
lent foreign service and has good
reason to believe the story or he
would not have allowed its publics
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Germans Claim Many Captures.
LONDON, Aug. 22.—The German
war office has sent out a statement
claiming that the German navy have
secured full control of the Baltic Sea
and have sunk or driven to shelter
the Russian army.
The statement asserts that the Ger
man warships picked up many Eng
lish, French and Russian merchant
vessels as prizes of war.
England To Loan Money To Belgium.
The government today agreed to
loan to Belgium $50,000,000 for the
purpose of carrying on the war against
Germany. The English will also float
several other loans for the Belgium
government, besides sending large
cargoes of wheat and foodstuffs.
Germane Near Ostend.
LONDON, Aug. 22.—The German
army of invasion has extended its
line almost to Ostend, which will be
occupied within a few hours, as the
advance cavalry of the Germans are
within fifty miles and are headed for
the port on the North Sea in order that
further embarkment of English troops
may be stopped.
German* Occupy Ghent.
The Germans have occupied Ghent
and are still sending troops westward
towards the coast of the North Sea;
50,000 troops passed through Brussels
this morning headed for Ghent and
the North Sea to support the cavalry
advance, which has almost cleared
northern Belgium of the allies.
German Line* Extend To Malle*.
The German cavalry patrol extends
ORVILLE WRIGHT
DROPS INTO RIVER
DAYTON, O.. Aug. 22.—Orville
Wright, the Inventor of the heavier
than air flying machine, along with
Lieut. Whiting, of the U. S. Aviation
corps, were dropped into the Miami
river near here yesterday when the
new hydroaeroplane they were test
ing suddenly collapsed. Neither of
the men were hull and they swam
ashore. The machine was wrecked.
SWISS CAN GET
AMERICAN MONEY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—The State
department baa informed American
bankers that they may make loans
of money to Switzerland and that the
. government will protect them from
any loss. The Swiss minister has
been urging the government to come
to the aid of his country as the mob
ilization of the troops has caused
much suffering and money is needed
to secure food for the people.
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■ as far as Mailes and have reached to
the suburbs of Antwerp, which is pre
paring for the siege.
Germans invest Namur.
LONDON, Aug. *22.—The Germans
have begun the investment of the for
tified Belgium town of Namur. They
have a large force of men on three
sides of the city, while the allies still
hold the line of communication with
Charleroi.
Big Siege Guns Used.
The Germans have brought big
siege guns to reduce the forts. The
guns are mounted upon heavy steel
flat cars and can be moved about on
the railroad track with ease and when
anchored can fire in any direction.
The guns are made to disappear af
ter each shot is fired and can send a
terrible weight of shell into the forti
fications about Namur. Ten of the
big guns have been firing upon the
forts for the past ten hours.
Namur a Strategic Position.
Naniur is a strategic position and
must be taken by the Germans before
they can advance upon France and
the line of the allies. French troops
have reinforced the garrison at Na
1 ruur and are expected to hold the
forts until the last minute.
Is Wedge In German Advance.
The German troops dare not ad
vance far beyond the forts, leaving
them as a wedge in the German line
from which flank attacks may be
made at the line of communication
between Germany and the army.
Servians Again Defeat Austrians.
NISH, Servia, Aug. 22.—After a bat
tle lasting four (lays the Servian army
of 150,000 men has defeated an army
of Austrians of equal force near Los
nitza. The Austrians have retired
and left the battlefield in the hands
of the Servians.
Losses On Both Sides Heavy.
The losses in both armies were
very heavy. The Austrians held their
positions for four days when finally
the veterans of the Balkan wars were
able to dislodge them and forced the
Austrian army to retire.
General Mobilization In Italy.
PARIS, Aug. 22.—The general mob
ilization of the Italian army includ
ing all reserves below the age of 40
is now in progress and the entire
strength of the Italian army will be
concentrated at northern Italian
points.
May 8trike At Albania.
It is believed here that Italy will
take the opportunity offered during
the present war in Europe to extend
her possessions by taking Albania and
that a force will be sent across the
Adriatic for that purpose.
Republican Candidate Had Refused To
Help Him In 1916 So Teddy
Throws Him Down.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y„ Aug. 22.—Col
onel Roosevelt, the leader of the Bull
Moose party, announced today that
he had withdrawn his endorsement of
Harvey Hinman for governor and he
has pledged himself to support a
straight Progressive ticket.
The announcement was made fol
lowing a conference between Progres
sive leaders from all parts of the
state who urged the colonel to remain
with the Progressives and not try to
turn the party over to the old Re
publican machine. The recent pub
lic announcement made by Hinman
that he would not aid Colonel Roose
velt to secure the nomination as pres
ident in 1916 is believed to have caus
ed the break between the two men.
The Tammany Democrats are happy
at the split which has prevented the
consolidation of the Republican and
Progressive organizations and they
predict now that Governor Glynn will
certainly be re-elected.
ELECTRIC STORM
IN NEW YORK
Kills Five, Puts Electric Lights Out
of Commission and Does Consid
erable Other Damage.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—A terrific
electrical storm today relieved the in
tense heat of the past week and con
ditions are better than they have been
for a month. The storm put the elec
tric lights in this city out of commis
sion for an hour and also killed five
people, who were struck by lightning.
One bolt of lightning struck a bath
ing pavilion at Coney Island while
more than 10,000 bathers were under
its protection from the rain and a pan
ic resulted, the terrified bathers run
ning from the structure. A few were
injured in the crush but none were
hit by the bolt.
Many plate glass windows were
smashed in the deep canyons between
the skyscrapers, while signs and bill
boards were ripped from' the roofs
of the buildings and tnrown into the
streets.
Fearing Complications
China Is Refused Aid
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—The gov
ernment of China, through ita am
bassador here, has asked the United
States to act as trustee for them, re
ceiving the Klao-Chau protectorate
from Germany in trust for China and
then to turn the province over to
Cnina, as they fear that if the Jap
anese capture the province it will be
her pay for helping England and will
be the foothold of the Japanese gov
ernment in China and will result in
the breaking up of the Chinese Em
pire and the long feared partitioning
of the vast holdings of the Manchus.
Germany is willing to turn the pro
vince over to the United States but
will refuse to relinquish it to Japan.
President Wilson has Informed the
Chinese ambassador that we will not
act for China in this matter although
we have every friendship for uer.
It is believed in official circles that
nothing could Induce the administra
tion into touching the Chinese pos
session, as it would certainly involve
us in war with Japan, England,
France and Russia, who are determ
ined to take the province from Ger
many and while promising China to
return it to them never intend to do
so but will pay Japan for her trou
ble and expense by allowing her to
occupy It.w
Japan la Ready to Strike.
TOKIO, Aug. 22.—The Japanese
government is ready to strike at the
German possession of Klao-Ch&u and
the army and navy is ready to start
tomorrow when the time limit is up.
Fifty thousand troops have been mob
illied, while transports are in the
harbor at Nagasaka to take the sol
diers while the fleet Is now near
Kiao-Chau and will protect the land
ing of the troops. The place will be
Invested at once and reduced by con
stant bombardment.
Mariposa Arrives In 8plrlt City.
SEATTLE Aug. 22.—The steamer
Mariposa, of the Alaska Steamship
company, reached here today at noon
from the north and will leave on the
24th for Alaska. The tourist trade
has stopped because of the financial
unrest in the states.