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VOL 13 VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1915. NO. 62.
MEXICO PROTECTS
AMERICAN SHIPS
' Carranza Issues Orders To Gunboats
Forbidding Interference With
American Shipping.
WASHINGTON, March 16.—Presi
dent Wilson has informed President
Carranza that foreign shipping must
be protected in Mexican waters and
that he will be held responsible for
all protests from other nations as to
interference with shipping.
President Wilson’s warning is in
regard to the protest made to the
Mexican government by the British
government concerning the seizure of
the British bark at a lower Mexican
port by the custom’s officers. The
bark has been permitted tto clear
for Liverpool in compliance with the
demands of the British minister.
President Carranza has also or
dered Mexican gunboats to see that
American vessels are unmolested in
Miexican waters and has promised a
searching investigation as to the
cause of delaying the British bark by
the custom’s officials.
IE PENNSYLVANIA
LAUNCHED TODAY
Greatest Battleship In the World Glid
ed Into Water From Ways At
Newport News Today.
NEWPORT NEWS, March 16.—The
dreadnought Pennsylvania, the new
fighting machine of the American
navy, and the greatest battleship in
the world, was launched here today.
The ceremony was attended by the
officials of the Navy Department and
thousands of prominent people from
the state after which the battleship
is named. The city is decorated in
honor of the event and a half-holiday
has been declared by the business
houses. The great vessel slid into
the water when the signal was given,
not a hitch occurring to mar the mem
orable occasion.
The Pennsylvania will be a sister
ship of the Arizona, the keels of both
vessels having been laid in 1912, and
are identical in every particular ex
cept that the cost of the Arizona will
be $7,425,000 as compared with $7,
260,000 for the Pennsylvania. The
displacement of the dreadnoughts is
31,400 tons and each will have a
speed of twenty-one knots per hour.
When euipped with armament the
Pennsylvania will carry twelve 14-inch
guns and twenty-two 5-inch guns.
PEOPLE WARNED
FROMjMP CREEK
Many men are already flocking to
Ship Creek, and as there are no ac
commodations there for them G. H.
Renmore, foreman in charge of the
government headquarters camp,
writes to the newspapers as follows:
“Will you kindly mention in your
interesting paper that there are no
accommodations at this place for
transients. There is quite an Influx
of people coming here, and many of
them think there are roadhouses in
operation, and consequently come
wholly unprepared to camp. There
are, under course of construction,
roadhouses, but It will be two months
before they will be In shape to do
business, and It appears to me It would
be a kindness to the public if you
would make mention of the fact. The
government camp has no way of car
ing for these people, and no more
provisions than will enrry us througn
until navigation opens.”
Subscribe for the Prospector.
GERMAN CRUISER DRESDEN SUNK IN PACIFIC
LONDON, March 16.—Official ad
vices have been received by the Brit
ish admiralty from the commander of
the British Atlantic squadron stating
that the German cruiser Dresden has
been overtaken by three British cruis
ers off the coast of Chile and sunk
last Sunday. It is reported that the
German commander struck his colors
five minutes after the British cruisers
began firing. The official report of
the chase is meagre and states that
the crew of the Dresden were safely
taken off the German ship and landed
at Valparaiso.
Welcome News In England.
LONDON, March 16.—The report
that the German cruiser Dresden has
been sent to the bottom has been re
ceived here with manifestations of
pleasure, and tends to offset the de
pression due to the submarine raids
against commerce in the British wa
ters. The Dresden has taken a heavy
toll from commerce and leaves only
the Karlsruhe and Kron Prinz Wil
helm yet to be accounted for. The
Eitel Fredrich, it is believed, will in
tern in Newport News.
Sad News for Berlin.
BERLIN, March 16.—The news that
the German cruiser Dresden had been
captured and sunk off Chile has been
officially confirmed here and has serv
ed to intensify the hatred against
Great Britain. It is believed that
HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN RAIDING COMMERCE SINCE BEGINNING OF
WAR AND TOOK PART IN SEVERAL NAVAL BATTLES—GERMAN
CREW LANDED IN VALPARAIS O—ALLIES PREPARING FOR THE
SPRING CAMPAIGN ON WESTERN BATTLE LINE—GERMANS BE
GIN OFFENSIVE NEAR COAST■—BERLIN REPORTS EIGHT BRIT
ISH BATTLESHIPS DAMAGED DURING BOMBARDMENT OF THE
DARDANELLES FORTS—RUSSI ANS REPULSED.
when the details of the capture are
fully known that the Dresden will be
found to have given a good account
of herself and gave up the fight only
when her ammunition had been ex
hausted. The news that her crew
were saved has lessened the sorrow
occasioned by the loss of the Dres
den. Her brilliant dash for liberty
following the naval fight off Falkland
Islands, and her continuing to raid
hostile commerce will live in the his
tory of Germany.
Allies Preparing for Offensive.
PARIS, March 16.—The Allied arm
ies in France and Belgium are report
ed to be in fine eondition and only
awaiting the dry weather when a tre
mendous offensive movement will be
gin all along the western battle front.
Preparations for the spring campaign
which will be inaugurated when the
new British and French armies, num
bering more than two million men,
are being perfected to the least detail.
That the fighting is expected to be
severe when the attempt is made to
dislodge the Germans and drive them
from France and Belgium is indicat
ed by the hospital preparations un
der way.
Russians Attacking Bosporus.
ATHENS, March 16.—The Russian
Black sea fleet is reported to have
again bombarded the Turkish forts
guarding the entrance of the Bos
porus from the Black Sea.
German Offensive Near Coast.
BERLIN, March 16.—The Germany
have started offensive movements
along the western battle front in
northwestern France and Flanders.
Fighting has been especially severe
at Dixmude, Ypres and Lille. Rein
forcements are being sent to the coast
section from central Germany. The
offensive of the French troops in the
Champagne country are reported as
slackening. The fighting has also
been severe there, where closs fight
ing often occurred.
On Eastern Battle Line.
The Russian advances along the
Vistula river toward Thorn and north
of Przasnysz have been repulsed but
no decisive battles have been fought.
The arrival of spring, when the lakes
in the Mazurian Lake district, will
break up is expected to check the
Russian advances upon that portion
of East Prussia and liberate a large
German army which may be sent to
France to meet the new British and
French armies expected to take the
field in the spring.
To Relieve Przemysl.
Advices from Vienna state that a
strong Austrian army is marching
from Uszok Pass, in the Carpathians,
to relive the Przemysl siege.
Eight British Warships Damaged
BERLIN, March 16.—Constantino
ple advices state that the Dardanelles
forts have not suffered to the extent
reported by the attacking fleets.
Eight British warships are reported
to have been hit by shells from the
forts and seriously damaged. It is
reported that the fleet has suffered
the loss of one thousand men killed
and wounded since the bombardment
of the forts began.
DIVORCE CAUSES
TRIPLE TRAGEDY
BELLINGHAM, March 16.—A triple
tragedy occurred near her last night
when Samuel Thompson, a wealthy
farmer, shot and killed his wife, his
hired man and attempted to shoot his
son. He reserved the last shell for
himself and sent a bullet through his
head, dying instantly. Thompson’s
wife had been suing him for divorce.
CITY MANAGER
WONT BE FIRED
Arizona City Will Appeal To Court
To Remove Official Manager
Who Defies Commissioners
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 16.—W. A.
Parish, who was engaged to manage
the affairs of this city, has refused
to be fired when the city commission
ers voted him out of a job. The com
mission has appealed to the courts
for an order to cause his removal.
Parish asserts that he was engag
ed for a year and that the effort of
the commissioners to remove him
lacks the support of the citizens. He
declares that the trouble is due to
his failure to permit the commission
ers to award contracts to favorites in
stead of by contract. The citizens
are apparently satisfied with the city’s
management.
SUNDAY PREACHES
TO LEGISLATORS
TRENTON, N. J„ March 16—Billy
Sunday, the noted evangelist, who is
holding a revival here, delivered a
special sermon to the members of the
state legislature in session last Sun
day. The evangelist scored crooked
ness in politics and urged cleaner
public lives for officials.
Just arrived several hundred boxes
of the best juicy Yakima apples—
Johnathans, Wlnsaps, Spitzenbergs,
Black Twigs, New York Pippens,
Rome Beauties. Also sweet cider and
sour vinegar. Yakima Fruit Co.
BRITAIN WILL MAINTAIN THE
GERMAN COMMERCE BLOCKADE
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIES AMERICA THAT ALL SHIPMENTS WILL BE
SEIZED AND CARGOES SOLD—AUSTRIA AND TURKEY EXEMPT
ED UNDER USUAL CONTRABAND CONDITIONS.
LONDON, March 16.—The British
government has formally declared the
blockade against Germany, notice of
which was served several days ago.
The blockade went into effect when
the notice was given neutral nations,
but the official declaration is a slight
modification of the blockade decree
formerly announced.
It is declared that the blockade is
intended to stop all shipments of
goods to or from Germany and that
the absolute blockade is a retaliatory
measure for Germany's establishment
of the submarine blockade. It is an
nounced that all cargoes destined for
Germany will be seized irrespective of
the sailing date of the vessel or the
nation to which it belongs. The car
goes of any vessel attempting to run
the blockade will be seized and if the
owners are citizens of neutral na
tions and the goods not on any pre
r vious contraband list Great Britain
will make full payment. If the ship
ments are contraband they will be
conficsated and the ship, if register
ed under a neutral flag, will be per
mitted to depart.
It is also announced that shipments
of non-contraband goods may still be
made to Austria and Turkey from
I neutral nations provided the govern
ments of the nations from which the
goods are exported will certify that
the shipment contains no contraband
and it is not intended for re-shipment
to Germany.
The blockade is intended to prevent
all shipments of goods reaching Ger
many either directly or by re-exporta
tion from countries friendly or neu
tral to that nation, and will also
serve to cripple German Industries by
preventing exportation of German
made goods.
BRITISH BLOCKADE HARD BLOW
AMERICAN COTTON INDOSTRY
BELIEVED PRESIDENT WILSON WILL SEND A STRONG PROTEST
AGAINST STOPPING OF IMPORTS OF COTTON TO GERMANY
AND EXPORTS OF DYE STUFFS FROM THAT COUNTRY.
WASHINGTON, March 16.—Keen
disappointment is manifested here in
official circles by the refusal of the
British government to accept Presi
dent Wilson’s suggestions to lift the
blockade against Germany in return
for Germany’s abandoning the sub
marine blockade against British com
merce.
It is believed President Wilson will
enter a strong protest against the
enforcement of the blockade against
the shipment of American cotton to
Germany and the exportation of dye
stuffs from Germany to America. The
British blockade, if strictly enforced,
as now seems evident, will result in
tremendous loss to the cotton inter
ests of the United States and will
cause many manufacturing establish
ments in America to close down.
Nearly all the dye stuffs used in
America are imported from Germany
and the supply now on hand is insuf
ficient to last sixty days.
The fact that Britain exempts ship
ping to Austria and Turkey from the
blockade does not favorably affect the
cotton or dye stuff trade, as Germany
supplies those nations with the arti
cles as well as to the rest of the
manufacturers of the world. The cot
ton exported to Turkey and Austria
for strictly home consumption is in
significant when compared with the
yearly trade with Germany.
MANY VICTIMS OF
TOE jARTHPUAKE
ROME, March 16,—The official re
port of the Italian government con
cerning the earthquake disaster on
January 13, places the number of dead
at twenty-nine thousand nine hundred
and seventy-eight persons. This list
includes the persons who have died
from Injuries received during the
earthquake up to March 15.
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BEGIN IMS
Will Attempt To Ascertain What la
Wrong With Preaent System
of Doing Business.
WASHINGTON, March 16.—The
Federal Trade Commission, the mem
bers of which were recently selected
by President Wilson from widely dif
ferent portions of the country, will be
gin their labors today.
The commission will enquire into
the affairs of the country to determ
ine the cause of the business depres
sion and if possible solve the reason
why so many men who desint work
cannot secure employment. They
will also probe every phase of in
dustrial life in the cities as well as
conditions in the rural communities,
to determine the cost of living as rel
ative to the wages paid by manufac
turers.
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FREE ADVERTISING
VIRGINIA, Minn., March 16—A. B.
Coates has just received a bottle fill
ed wlht the product that made Louis
ville, Ky., famous. The bottle looked
familiar. Investigation proved that it
was the very same bottle that he and
a party of friends had emptied while
dropping down the Nile river. Appar
ently some one picked it up and sent
it to Louisville, where it was origi
nally made. The distillery apparent
ly thought it a good enough joke to
carry it a little farther.
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AGAIN FRIDAY
State of New York Must Prove That
Prisoner Is Insane or Permit Him
To Leave the State
NEW YORK, March 16.—The su
preme court has refused the motion
of counsel for Harry K. Thaw to per
mit his return to New Hampshire and
has ordered his return to the Mattea
■wan asylum unless the prisoner is
legally ordered to remain in The
Tombs in New York.
Thaw’s attorneys have obtained a
writ of habeas corpus to prevent his
being returned to the asylum until
Friday next, the date set for the case
when the state must prove his insan
ity. Thaw and his relatives are elat
ed over the success which attended
the trial for conspiracy in escaping
from the asylum and assert that the
state has virtually established his
sanity by placing him on trial for
conspiracy, as insane persons cannot
legally be prosecuted for crime. The
recent trial has turned the tables and
the state must now prove Thaw in
sane instead of his proving his san
ity.
Louiiii
CALL GEN’L STRIKE
Will Not Affect the Sailing of the
Alameda Tomorrow Although
Line Is Boycotted.
SEATTLE, March 16.—The steamer
Alameda reached Seattle yesterday
afternoon, having been delayed on her
northbound trip by diverting to Skag
way with a party of capitalists who
are interested in the copper mines in
the Whitehorse district.
When the Alameda sails Wednes
day she will carry the heaviest cargo
of freight leaving here for Alaskar
ports this season, and will also tak<
north a large number of cannery ol
flcials and workmen to begin prepan
tions for the season s business.
As anticipated, the Seattle Lon
shoremen’s union has called a syi
pathetic strike in support of theptr
ere in Vancouver, B. C. The Alas
Steamship company is one of t
lines under boycott by the longshc
men but this will not affect the s
ing of the Alameda as her cargo
be aboard before the strike start
—
APOLOGIZED FDR
HIS LABOR HI
AUSTIN, Tex., March 16.—A
four-hour week bill for women ,
ers, certain to become a law a
session of the legislature, passj
senate with women in cotton an'^
en mills excluded from its pro.'j
Senator Bee, author of the m>|
felt constrained to apologize
fact that it excluded these \®
He said that he had consents®!
only because fourteen of hlst|s
ues told him they would not®’
it if the bill did not exclude
workers. St. -
LOCAL BREVITIES
Matt Scott Is in town fj
mar, arriving yesterday. I
“The Mountain Law," 1
Leonard at the OrpheunS
Change of program tomonfi
Carl Johnson is in towbM
mar and will leave for Sem
next steamer. m,
Boyd Leedy returned frJ
ite mine today, where n
doing some surveying. I