---- VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1914. NO. 354.
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HINDENBERG’S ARMY IS DEFEATED
CZAR’S POLAND ARMY CHECKS AND ROUTS GERMANS
KAISER’S TROOPS ALSO LOSING GROUND IN PRUSSIA
GERMANS, HOWEVER, TAKE OFFENSIVE IN BELGIUM
FEDERAL TROOPS
MAY BIK
President Anxious To See That All
Sides Are Protected In Colorado
Strike Zone.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24—President
Wilson and Secretary of Wax Garri
son held a conference today regard
ing the withdrawal of the federal
troops from the Colorado strike zone.
The mine operators insist that they
are now able to operate without gov
'ernment control, the state officials
have reported to the War department
-that the state militia can be depend
ed upon to protect the mines, but the
striking miners have made a vigorous
protest to the president, claiming that
the withdrawal of the troops would
result in anarchy, as the mine own
ers have secured the services of gun
men from the Hast and the state
guards have been recruited to full
strength from among the class of men
who hire out as professional killers.
The president is anxious to with
draw troops from the strike district
but wishes to be certain that the
lives and property of mine owners
and miners shall be protected to the
fullest extent of the law. The feder
al troops may remain for a month
longer.
United States Leads In Wealth.
According to the London Statist the
•wealth of the United States is $150,
000,000,000; that of the United King
dom $85,000,000,000, and that of Ger
many $80,000,000,000.
STEELWORKS
GET BIG ORDER
Allies Place Heavy Orders With
American Steel Manufacturers
—Mills On Full Time.
GARY, Ind., Nov. 24.—The steel
works in this city today re-employed
5,000 men who had ben laid off fol
lowing the war in Europe. The men
will be given five days work at the
present, but it is expected the mill
will be working full time within two
weeks, as larger orders are expected
from Pittsburg, where the distribu
tion of the contracts made by Char
les M. Schwab with the British gov
ernment is being arranged.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—The Illinois
Steel Works has re-opened and 2,000
men who have been out of work since
August were re-employed. Other steel
works are expected to resume opera
tions within a few days.
Judge F. M. Brown this morning
in the district court dismissed the
petit jury for the present term as all
jury cases had been disposed of.
Select your Christmas presents now
at 50c on the dollar. Plant & Co.
British Cruiser Rainbow Damaged Off Coast of Oregon By Leipzig and Nurn
berg_French Battleship Saves Her From Destruction—Many British Sailors
Wounded—Germans Are Reforming Near Posen To Meet the Russians—
Attack Against Cracow Is Renewed—American Consulate At Warsaw Is
Damaged By Bomb Dropped From German Aeroplane—British Aeroplane
Attack On Frederichscafen Is Repulsed By Germans.
LONDON, Nov. 24.—The German
army commanded by General Hinden
berg has been beaten and broken and
Is retreating to the border of Po
land to re-form behind the frontier
forts. The Russians are in pursuit
of the invading force and have in
flicted heavy losses upon them, cap
turing many prisoners and supplies.
Hindenberg Reinforced Too Late.
The German general staff sent re
inforcements to General Hindenberg
in an effort to help him stem the
tide of Russians who turned upon him
between the Wartha and Vistula riv
ers. The reinforcements, however,
reached the scene hours after the
battle was decided. The poor sys
tem of transportation in Poland pre
vented quick action by the Germans
and the Polanders had destroyed a
number of bridges after they had
been repaired by the kaiser’s pio
neers and thus delayed the advance
to aid Hindenberg.
Russians Again Attack Cracow.
The German-Austrian forces have
resumed the attack at Cracow which
was temporarily stopped in order to
send troops to. threaten the flank of
Hindenberg’s army.* With the defeat
Of the German army in Poland the
troops have again turned towards the
object of reducing Cracow, the form
er capital of Poland.
Czar Says Turning Point Reached.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 24.—The czar
has stated that the turning point has
been reached in the present war.
German militarism has reached its
height and must now fight a defen
sive battle. The Russian advance in
East Prussia will be pushed and the
army in Poland will push forward to
wards Posen, while the southern
flank of the army commanded, by
Grand Duke Nicholas will continue
its advance into Hungary.
Germans Will Re-rorm Near rosen.
The reports from the front indicate
that General Hindenberg will endeav
or to re-form his army near Posen.
The retreat is directed towards that
city and the advance guard of his
army is already within 10 miles ot
the frontier. t
American Consulate Damaged.
The American consulate at War
saw was damaged by a bomb dropped
by a German aviator who flew over
the city. Nobody was hurt.
British Cruiser Damaged.
SEATTLE, Nov. 24—The British
cruiser Rainbow was damaged by the
German cruisers Nuremburg and
Leipzig off the Oregon coast and was
only saved by the timely arrival of
the French battleship Montcalm,
which was called by wireless and
reached the scene in time to drive
away the two German cruisers. The
German boats are fast and easily es
caped from the French warship,
which, however, is better armed than
the kaiser’s boats.
Raiinbow Reaches Esquimalt
The cruiser Rainbow was then es
corted to Esquimalt by the Montclam
and is now in drydock undergoing re
pairs. The members of the crew who
were Injured during the fighting have
been transferred to Victoria hospitals.
British Again Bombard Zeebrugge.
THE HAGUE. Nov. 24.—The Brit
ish warships again bombarded the
Belgian coast city of Zeebrugge.
where the Germans are assembling
submarines for use against the Brit
ish fleet. The amount of damage is
not known, but the bombardment last
ed for several hours and is believed
to have done much damage to the
German shipyards.
British Airmen Repulsed.
BERLIN, Nov. 24.—The new aero
guns mounted about the Zeppelin
works of the government located at
Frederichscafen repulsed an attack
made last evening by three British
air scouts. The machines were forc
ed to retire without having damaged
the big sheds or any of the Zeppelins.
The British dropped several bombs
but as they were forced to remain
at an altitude of 4,000 feet the aim
was poor and no damage was done.
This is the third raid made by the
British into Germany.
Belfort Ready for Siege.
PARIS, Nov. 24.—Special corres
pondents who have visited Belfort
lately say that the lessons of Liege,
Namur, and Antwerp have not been
lost, and that Belfort Is now in a
position to withstand any German as
sault. Experts consider the place
more than double as formidable as
Port Arthur. While recognizing that
the time has gone by when any for
tress can be declared impregnable, it
can be asserted that Belfort would
prove a veritable factory of slaughter
if attacked. Its offensive and defen
sive works run right up to the fron
tier. Every man and boy for miles
around has been engaged upon the
defenses, and their labor has not been
in vain.
Przemysl Still Holds Out.
BERLIN, Nov. 24.—The Austro-Ger
man campaign in Galicia continues
with success. The powerful fortress
of Przemysl still resists the attacks
of the Russians, who have surround
ed the city and have' been bombard
ing the forts for ten days. The dam
age done to the forts in the first siege
were fully repaired when the Rus
sians withdrew to aid the army on the
San river.
Berlin Admits Check.
The official statement issued by the
war office last night regarding the
situation in Poland was to the ef
fect that the Russians had received
heavy reinforcements and had check
ROOSEVELT SAYS
MOOSE IS DEAD
Voters Ended Career of His Party
On November 3 and He
Will Quit.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Colonel
Roosevelt, owner of the Bull Moose
party, Is reported to have acknowl
edged that the Progressive party'1 is
dead. It is also stated that the col
onel will return to the Republican
fold and aid the party at the national
election in 1916.
The announcement caused no sen
sation in political circles here as the
returns from every state except Cal
ifornia showed such a poor support
for the party that it was expected to
die a quick death.
Democratic politicians believe, how
ever, that the Progressive voters will
not follow Colonel Roosevelt into the
Republican party, but will support
President Wilson, who has been lead
ing the progressives of his own party
and will appeal for aid from among
the independent voters who have
heretofore followed the Moose party.
—
The Wednesday dancing class will
meet at 8:30 tomorrow evening at
Moose hall.
MEXICANS NOW
NOLO VERA CRUZ
City ls%Turned Over To Constitution
alist*—General Villa Orders
Looters Shot.
VERA CRUZ, Nov. 24.—The Con
stitutionalists entered the tdfcn here
yesterday to take up the government
■of the city. The American troops
have all left for Galveston except a
few, who are here to clear up any de
tails of the occupation with the Mex
ican authorities. The Constitutional
ists have promised that no effort will
he made to collect the taxes paid by
the inhabitants of Vera Cruz to the
American officers, a guarantee has
also been given that Mexicans who
aided the American troops are not to
be molested.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—General
Villa, the commander of the northern
Rebels, has issued orders to all com
manders to shoot the looters of his
army and also any civilians who are
caught looting the captured towns.
Several have already been reported
shot and It is the intention of Villa
to fight his present campaign along
the lines dictated by the nations for
military operations.
ed the victorious advance of the kai
ser's troops.
British Prisoners of War Revolt.
LONDON, Nov. 24.—The aliens held
py the British government on the
Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea, attempt
ed to break jail yesterday but were
finally overpowered and returned to
their prisons. The outbreak happened
at dinner when the men grabbed the
knives and forks and attacked the
guards, escaping from the jail and
attempted to seize a steamer at the
wharf. The attempt was a failure, as
one of the warships in the bay sent
marines ashore and after six of the
aliens were killed the rest surrender
ed,' A heavy guard has been placed
over the men, who have also been
deprived of all privileges.
London Papers Complain.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—The Lon
don newspaper owners are making a
strong protest to the British govern
ment against the military censorship
which prevents them from publishing
the news of British reverses. The
newspaper owners insist that they
have as much at heart the ultimate
victory of the allies as the military
authorities and do not desire to pub
lish news that would be of aid to the
enemy, but believe the people should
know the conditions at the front as
soon as possible.
Russians Repulse Germans.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 24.—All day
yesterday the Germans violently as
saulted the positions held by the
Russians near Lowicz, in Poland.
The Rusisans drove the Germans
back with heavy losses to the invad
ing army. Whole regiments of Ger
mans were captured. The battle line
extends from Lodz to Lowicz and
was one of the bloodiest battles of
the Poland campaign.
Hindenberg Reinforced.
"he German general staff have sent
heavy reinforcements to General Hin
denberg and he is expected to renew
the attacks today. The Russians
have also received more troops from
Warsaw and are expected to have no
difficulty in holding the invading
army back.
Russians Advance In Prussia.
The Russian advance in East Prus
sia has been pushed with vigor and
the lakes have all frozen, giving the
Russians an opportunity to push
across them without trouble. The
German campaign depends largely up
on using the swamps and lakes to
protect the flank, but now with heavy
Ice forming on the lakes the flank
is open to attack and is threatened
by the Russians.
Flanders Battle Renewed.
LONDON, Nov. 24—In spite of the
desperate condition of the German
battle line in the East the enemies’
offensive in Flanders has been re
sumed with terrific force. The Ger
mans are endeavoring to crush the
allies’ line and battle their way to
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STEAMED LOSI
NEAR FRISCO
The Hanalei Strikes Reef—Thirty
Drift Ashore On Wreckage and
30 Known To Be Drowned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.—Thirty
of the passengers and crew of the
steamer Hanalei have been rescued
by the coast guards. They were all
picked up along the beach floating
upon wreckage from the ship, which
is pounding to pieces on Duxbury
reef. Thirty of the 60 persons known
to be on the vessel have drowned.
The ship is now almost broken in two
and no more lives are expected to be
saved.
Several steamers reached the scene
this morning at daybreak but the ship
was then breaking up and each wave
was washing over the stranded ship’s
decks and little could be done.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.—The
steam schooner Hanalei, in the pas
senger business between Los Angeles
and San Francisco, went aground on
Duxbury reef last night and is pound
ing to pieces. The ship has 60 pas
sengers aboard and a crew of 45 men.
The people along the shore built bon
fires as soon as the wreck was sight
ed and also sent to this city for aid
and a dozen steamers left immediate
ly for the scene but were not ex
pected to be able to aid the passen
gers and crew until daylight.
No news has reached here today
from the scene and it is feared that
many have been drowned.
BANKER GETS
JAIL SENTENCE
Henry Siegel of New York Found
Guilty, Ten Months In Jail and
a Fine of $1,000.00.
GENESEO, N. Y„ Nov. 24.—Henry
Siegel, the New York banker, was
convicted here at midnight last night
of violating sections of the banking
law and was sentenced immediately
to pay a fine of $1,000 and serve ten
months in the county jail. It is be
lieved that the banker will accept
the sentence and not appeal.
Siegel Is charged in a dozen oth
er indictments with violating the
banking laws. Hundreds of men and
women who were employed in his
stores lost the savings of years. De
positors of the bank from among the
wealthy people of the city were also
losers in the wreck of the Siegel
stores.
Deputy Marshal Jim Wardell, of
Katalla, came over on the Admiral
Evans and will remain In Valdez un
til the return of the boat from the
westward.
Twenty-five live turkeys as prizes at
Big Place Cigar Stand. tf