VOLUME IS VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1915 NO.
■ TO GEH. CARRANZA
Officers of National Guard Indicted
for Selling 20,000 Uniforms to
Mexican Soldiers.
SAN ANTONIO. Oct. 5.—A tremen
dous sensation has been created here
by the indictment by a federal grand
jnry and the arrest of a number of
officers of the National Guard on the
charge of having grafted from the
government by selling United States
uniforms to Mexican soldiers.
It is claimed that as a result of an
Investigation recommended by Gener
al Punston comp anding the United
States troops along the Mexican bor
der that government officials have
discovered that twenty thousand uni
forms were sold to General Carranza
by the officers of the National Guard.
The officers of the guards last year
made an official statement to the war
department that the uniforms had
been condemned and destroyed but
vthe investigation disclosed the fact
nbe uniforms wer. sold to General
Carranza's agents <nd are now being
worn by Mexican - oldiers. It is be
lieved that other equipment of the
troops has also been sold to the MexU
cans and a thorough Inspection will
be made by the government and the
guilty officers punished.
It is reported that before the uni
forms were turned over to the Mexi
cans that the clothes were dyed a dif
ferent color in order that the graft
might not he uncovered. Govern
ment agents are stated to have learn
ed the identity of the firm which col
ored the clothes.
SLIDES CLOSE
ML CULL
Ireland Has Appeared in Center of Ca
nal and Officials Tell of Further
Delay to Shipping.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 5.—Of
ficial advices from Panama state that
the canal cannot be cleared for the
passage of vessels before November
l^and possibly a later date. The
slidfc which occurred on September 21
was the worst in the history of the
canal and not only filled the big wa
terway but created an island in the
eenter of the canal opposite the Cule
bra cut.
Prior to the big slide a number of
smaller ones had occurred which pre
vented vessels drawing more than 16
feet of water using the canal, but the
waterway is now completely closed.
When the big slide began the officials
believed that a passage could be kept
dear but the center of the canal be
gan to raise, and soon an island ap
peared which exteuded nearly across
the waterway.
More than one j-undred vessels are
awaiting passage through the canal
and they have been notified that the
canal will not be cleared of the pres
ent obstructions before November 1,
and possibly not even then.
SPECIAL NUMBER OF
EMPIRE TAKES LEAD.
A copy of the Development num
ber of the Juneau Empire has reach
ed the Prospector office and a glance
over Us forty pages of Interesting
matter end fine halftones entitles it
to the compliment of being the best
special number ever issued in the
north. The articles printed in the pa
per were all prepared by persons con
versant with their subjects and the
entire issue is replete with interest
ing vdata concerning Alaska. The
con/position and p’-esswork would be
a creditable production of any office
In the States. The edition consisted
of 6,000 copies and is sure to adver
tise Alaska in a favorable light whfere
' ever copies'°f the paper are sent. The
Empire has set a new standard for
other Alaskan publishers to pattern
after when attempting special num
bers of their papers.
BULGARIA TRYING TO RESIST EFFORTS
TO FORCE HER INTO EUROPEAN STRUGGLE
LONDON, Oct. 5.—British diplo
mats are still hopeful of preventing
Bulgaria entering the war on the side
of the Teutons, and latest reports In
dicate that King Ferdinand’s govern
ment will endeavor to avoid being
drawn into the struggle, but will re
main in a state of armed neutrality.
The Bulgarian government has ignor
ed the ultimatum pent by the Russian
government demanding an immediate
answer as to whieh side Bulgaria in
tended to favor in the war which is
sure to result from the invasion of
Serbia by the Teutons. The Russian
minister to Bulgrria was notified by
Petrograd to leave Sofia before 9:00
o'clock this morning when the answer
of the Bulgarian government was ex
pected to reach Petrograd.
Bulgars Break With Teutons.
NEW YORK, 0< t. 5.—The corres
pondent of the Now York Times at
Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, has ca
bled his paper that the Bulgarian
government has broken with Germany
and Austria and has expelled the citi
zens of the two ccu itries from Bulga
ria. The dispatch states that British
diplomats have been busy in Bulga
ria, and have created a sentiment in
opposition to King Ferdinand, who is
a German prince, being permitted to
throw the fate of his country in with
REPORTED TO HAVE BROKEN WITH GERMANY AND AUSTRIA AND
REQUESTED REPRESENTATIVES OF BERLIN AND VIENNA TO
LEAVE THE COUNTRY—ULTIMATUM OE RUSSIA IS IGNORED
BY KING FERDINAND AND RUSSIAN MINISTER LEAVES SOFIA—
BRITISH DIPLOMATS HOPE TO KEEP BULGARIA NEUTRAL—
MACKENSEN TO COMMAND TEUTONIC DRIVE COR CONSTANTI
NOPLE—BRITISH AVIATOR IS LOST AT ZEEBRUGGEE.
that of the Teutons and in assisting
Turkey, Bulgaria's ancient enemy.
Mackensen in Command.
BUCHAREST. Oct. 5.—An army
of 250,000 Germans under the com
mand of Gen. Mackensen has been
mobilized on the border of Serbia to
begin the Teuton!; drive through to
Constantinople to afford assistance to
the Turks at the Dardanelles. The
German army is reported to be fully
equipped for the campaign, two thou
sand pieces of artillery having been
brought from the Krupp works for
the new campaign.
French Troops Landed at' Salonika.
ATHENS, Oct. f.—French troops
have been landed at Salonika to join
the Greek army which will be sent to
the assistance of Serbia against the
Teutonic invaders who are attempt
ing to drive a passage through to
Constantinople. The Greek govern
ment has protested against the land
ing of French troops as war has not
yet been declared and the landing of
the troops is in violation of neutral
ity.
Bulgars and Serbians Fight.
PARIS, Oct. 5.—Bulgarian troops
are reported to have crossed the fron
tier and engaged the Serbian troops
in a number of skirmishes near Belo
gradshik.
Bulgaria Would Remain Neutral.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 5.—King
Ferdinand has entered a denial to the
Allies that German staff officers are
assisting in mobilizing the Bulgarian
army or fortifying the Bulgarian
Black sea ports. He Is reported to
have requested the representatives of
both the Austrian and German gov
ernments to withdraw from his coun
try as he wished to keep faith with
Turkey my maintaining armed neu
trality which was not offensively in
tended against the other Balkan
states. The Russian minister has
also been withdrawn from Bulgaria
owing to King Ferdinand's having ig
nored the demands of the Czar’s gov
ernment for a declaration of Bulga
ria’s attitude toward the Teutonic in
vasion of Serbia.
British Aviator liost.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 5.—A fleet of
British aviators yesterday visited the
German fortifications at Zeebrugge,
on the Belgian coast, and rained
bombs along the dykes where the
German submarines are believed to
be concealed in underground cham
bers. German aviators gave battle
and one of the British machines was
brought to earth and its operator
made prisoner.
—
British Monitors Damaged.
BERLIN, Oct. 5.—German avia
tors yesterday raided the coast of
France and dropped bombs upon the
British fleet.. It is reported that two
of the Brlt'sh vessels were damaged.
ARE SENT TO EAST
AFTER ALASKA BOATS.
SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—Captain Fred
Warner, master of the Alameda and
Melville Nicholas, pilot of the steam
ship Jefferson, accompanied by engi
neers and other officers of the Alaska
Steamship company's fleet, have left
for New York to bring via the Pana
ma Canal two 4,000 ton steamships
recently purchased by the company
for the Alaskan trade. The steamers
will bring a f 100,000 consignment of
freight cars, locomotives and other
railway equipment ordered at Schen
ectady, N. Y., for the Capper River &
Northwestern railway running out of
Cordova.
IRE “OLYMPIAN”
TRAIN ROBBED
•
Two Hundred and Fifty Passengers
Held Up by Two Armed Bandits
Who Wanted Money Alone.
ST. PAUL. Oct. 5.—The Chicago,
St. Paul & Milwaukee railroad com
pany’s palatial passenger train was
held up and robbed by two bandits
last night on the mountain division.
The robbers went through the pock
ets of the passengers and confiscated
a., their money but refused to touch
other valuables. One of the bandits
declared that it was money they
wanted and not jewelry, which might
lead to their discovery when they at
tempted to dispose of it. There were
two hundred and fifty passengers on
the train and it is believed that the
bandits secured a big haul.
The railroad company has offered
a big reward for the apprehension of
the robbers but it is feared that they
have made goou .uelr escape as they
were not seen after dropping from
the train.
Mariposa !n Seattle.
SEATTLE, Oct. 5.—The steamer
Mariposa arrived last night from
Alaska bringing a number of passen
gers who will visit the San Francisco
exposition. Owing to the steamer be
ing delayed on her northern trip she
will not get away on her regular sail
ing date.
The Order of Alaskan Moobo will
hold their annual Mushers’ Ball, Sat
urday, October 9, 1915. Baked
beans and brown bread will be served
a la ’98. Btied shirts, paper collars
and low necks are strictly tabooed.
Khakas, jeans and calicos will be the
caper. You ketchum klooch, klata
wa Moose Hall. Savvy? klO
T. R. ATTACKED BY
BIG BULL MOOSE
Former President Violates Game
i .
Laws of Dominion by Exceed*
lug Number of Moose.
j
QUEBEC, Oct. E.—Roosevelt, for
mer president of the United States,
returned to Quebec yesterday from
his hunting trip into the northern
wilds of the Dominion. The hunter,
immediately upon reaching the first
game inspector in the far north re
ported that he had killed one more
moose than the limit permitted by
the game laws of the Dominion. He
made affidavit that the animal attack
ed him while he '''as coming down a
river in a canoe, and that he was
compelled to kill the brute to save
his life and that ^.f his companion in
the frail craft.
Mr. Roosevelt reports that north
ern Canada is a paradise for hunters
and states that he hopes to return
next year. He praises the game laws
of the Dominion and states that game
wardens are active in their duties of
protecting the game birds as well as
the game animals of the north. He
secured some magnificent specimens
of moose and other animals.
Communicated to the Public.
Through the operation of the Law
that condemned Charles Moran to 90
days in jail, which punishment is in-,
tended for the protection of the pub
lic and the correction of the convict
ed one, his wife, babe and neices were
condemned to humiliation and
shame, as well as privation of the
help and protection expected from
him, as head of the house. The
credit of the court and the really
kind-hearted representatives of the
Law this latter was neither intended
nor foreseen and proceedings have
been generously sot on foot to secure
mercy with justice. But none the less
all good persons sympathize with the
innocent suffering ones in the afflic
tion. The good Christian Irish wife,
Mrs. Charles Moran, so loyal to her
husband in his trouble, especially
wins our admiration.
Till the storm blows over Father
John T. Corbett announces himself as
the guardian and protector of Mrs.
Charles Moran, her baby and her esti
mable nel<$*, Theresa and Rosie
Johnson. ,
REV. JOHN T. CORBETT, S. J.
Tonight.
Series Nine and Ten of Lucille
Love, the Girl of Mystery, at the
Liberty Theatre tonight.
ENGLISH BEEF
TO BE REDUCED
American Packers Declare Germans
Will be Unable to Control the
South American Markets.
LONDON, Oct. 5.—Live stock for
slaughter at the port of entry will be
admitted to England and an order
which has been in force five years
prohibiting importation of live stock
has been abrogated. A reduction in
the price of beef equal to 25 per cent
is expected to follow the change.
It is believed that the attempt of
wealthy Germans to corner the beef
of Argentine and other South Ameri
can countries in order to prevent the
beef reaching the Allies has caused
the change. Germans are roported
to have been active in South Ameri
can countries months before the usu
al buying season and have practically
shut the British buyers out of the
market.
American packers assert that the
Germans will be unable to control the
beef trade of Argentine as the largest
cattle ranchers in Argentine and oth
er South American countries are
owned by the American packers them
selves and that there will be no short
age of beef for the markets.
BAD CHECKS TAKEN
AT ANCHORAGE SALE.
In the last mail from the East the
receiver of the local land office had
returned to him from the U. S. treas
urer at Washington, three checks
which were accepted in payment for
lots in the recent government auction
at Anchorage, with the statement
that these checks Vere not good,
since the maker’s name did not ap
pear on any of the three. The total
value of the three checks amounts
to $272.88.
Receiver Boyle stated today that
the checks had been accepted by A.
Christenson, who conducted the sale,
and that they have been checked up
by a clerk at Anchorage, as well as
by himself, and that after being
brought to Juneau were cashed by
the bank here. The deficiency in the
signatures was not detected until
they reached the U. S. treasury de
partment at Washington.—Juneau
Empire.
H. Ballinger, the Seattle attorney,
who appeared in the district court as
attorney for the stockholders in the
Cameron-Johnson Mining company
bankruptcy proceedings, will be a pas
senger on the Alameda for his home.'
WHEAT IS RAISED ON
MATANl’SKA VALLEY FARMS.
Reports from tto Matanuska val
ley show a total of 250 homestead
ers there at the present time. Most
of the locators have several acres
cleared and cultivated and some
splendid crops have been produced.
Wheat ripened there this summer,
the growth being hardy and of a re
markable size.
Byron Bartholf raised a turnip
measuring just th.rty-two inches in
circumference. Forty tons of line
large potatoes were produced by one
man, and sold to the commissary de
partment. Potatoes yield ten tons to
the acre in this fertile valley.
SEWARD TO GET
SISTERS HOSPITAL
Citizens of Railroad Town are Sub
scribing Liberally to Building
Fund for Modern Hospital.
SEWARD, Oct. 5.—Plans have
have been completed for the erection
of a hospital building here to cost
$12,000. The citizens are subscribing
toward the building fund and the bal
ance of the money required for the
completion of the building and furn
ishing the wards will be raised by
Father Van der Pol. The Sisters of
St. Joseph will have charge of the
hospitals.
Local physicians have undertaken
to furnish the operating room of the
hospital and promise that it will be
one of the best equipped institutions
on the Pacific coast. Work will be
started on the building during the
present month and the laying of the
corner stone will be marked with
more than the v.-ual ceremonies as
the selection of Sevard as the site for
the hospital is regarded as an expres
sion of faith in the future of the city.
WICKER8HAM LEAVES
FAIRBANKS OCTOBER 11.
SEATTLE, Oct 6.—Mrs. James
Wtckersham, wife of Alaska’s dele
gate to congress, arrived in Seattle
yesterday, having come from Fair
banks via Skagwar. She is en route
to her home in Washington, but will
visit the Eton Francisco exposition
before going east. She states that
Judge Wickersbam will leave Fair
banks on October 16 and will come
to the coast in one of the auto stages.
He will visit Cordova, Valdez, Sew
ard and other const towns before go
ing to Washington to attend the
evening of Congress in December.
ACCOMPLICE OF
M'NAMARA ON THU
Man Accused of Supplying Dynan
for Destruc tion of Los Angeles
Times Placed on Trial.
LOS ANGELES. Oct. 5.—The tr
of M. A. Schmidt, indicted as an ;
complice of John and James k
Namara, who dynamited the Los A
geles Times and caused the death
nearly a score of the employes of th
paper, began in the federal cot
here this morning. When the IV!
Namara brothers were arrest Schmi
disappeared and although Burns d
tectives and officers of every sta
in the union hunted for him, he w
not located until three years late
when he was discovered living on
small island, near Seattle. Schmi<
is accused of being the man in tl
motor boat who procured the dyn.
mite used by the McNamaras in tl
destruction of th-* Times building.
The trial is attracting wide attei
lion and as the labor unions througl
out the country have subscribed
large fund for the defense of the &i
cused and have employed prominer
attorneys to fight the case. Schmid
declares that he will be able to clea
himself of the charge. The landlad
of the house where Schmidt roome
in San Francisco, and whose testi
mony resulted ii: connecting him will
the crime, has disappeared and ha
weakened the government's evidenc
against the accused
IL 5. NAVY WILL
BE INCREASED
President Will Urge Appropriation*
for Many Additions to the Na
val Strength of Country.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 5.—It is an
nounced that President Wilson and
Secretary Daniels .1' the navy depart
ment, have agree i upon a naval pro
gram for which congress will be ask
ed to appropriate money at the com
ing session. It u stated that the pro
gram includes the construction of
several fast battle cruisers and sub
marines to he a ided to the naval
strength of the ration’s defense.
Plans are now being worked out
by the Electric P.oat company for the
construction of a l.'5-knot submarine
of from 10,000 to 12,000 horse pow
er using steam turbines for power.
The company is also developing a
Deisel engine of lighter weight and
more power than has been produced
by any navy in the world. The
world’s fastest submarine, a 20-knot
4,000 horsepower boat, is now being
built for the United States navy by
the Electric Boat company under
plans of its own design. The plans
for the new battle cruisers are being
kept carefully guarded as they are re
ported to have many new devices that
which make them more efficient as
seaflghters than the warships of any
other nation.
COLORADO MIXERS VOTING
ON ROCKEFELLER’S PLAN.
DENVER, Colo.. Oct. 5.—The min
ers of this state are voting today as
to the adoption or rejection of the
plans submitted by John D. Rocke
feller Jr., to prevent further trouble
between the operators and employes.
After investigating the causes which
led to the recent strikes and the
deaths of scores of innocent women
and children, the New York million
aire recommended that the mine own
ers ignore the Western Federation of
Miners in its dealings with the men
and to treat with them individually.
The officials of the Western Feder
ation are using every effort to per
Buade the miners, who are mostly for
eigners, to reject file propositions ad
vanced by the mine owners as Its
adoption will be a severe blow to the
union and will result in the struggle
being prolonged.
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