“ " VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1914. NO. 310.
VOL. 10. _ .
EUROPEAN WAR HAS REACHED CRISIS
BIG ARMIES TO STRIKE AUSTRIA AND GERMANY AT SAME TIME
GERMANS MAKE DESPERATE EFFORTS TO RELIEVE VON KLUCK
KING OF GREECE SENDS SHARP ANSWER TO KAISER WILLHELM
NIK NEMAN
FROM CANADA
Men Who Were Refused Entrance To
Canada Reach India—Many Kill
ed In Riots They SJart.
BAJBAJ, India, Oct. 3.—The Jap
anese steamer Komagata Maru, which
left Vancouver, B. C„ last July, a
month previous to the declaration of
war in Europe, arrived here yester
day with the 300 Hindus who had
been refused a landing In Canada by
the courts and had been ordered re
turned to India. The Indians caused
much trouble at Vancouver while the
ship was in the harbor.
The 300 returning Hindus, led by
Gurdit Singh, gave the police of this
city much trouble, rioting and threat
ening to destroy the government
buildings as an act of revenge for the
exclusion of the men from the Domin
ion of Canada. During the fighting
between the police and the returning
Hindus thirty men from the ship were
killed and others injured. The police
have been strongly reinforced and
will prevent any disorders, besides
which special secret service men are
watching the returning agitators to
prevent them stirring up an uprising
against the crown.
LEW BILL III
GREAT DAN6ER
Conferees From House and Senate
Cannot Agree—President May
Take a Hand.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The con
ferees from the House of Represen
tatives and the Senate to adjust the
differences in the Alaska leasing bill
have held several sessions but are
unable to reach any agreement. Many
congresmen are of the belief that the
differences are such as will prevent
the passage of the bill at this ses
sion.
The House conferees insist that five
per cent, royalty Is excessive. They
also object to compelling the govern
ment to immediately decide the rights
to existing claims which are contest
ed by the government against the
locators, many of whom have been
waiting for years to secure patent.
The Senate bill provides that the gov
ernment must decide the cases with
in a year after the passage of the
leasing bill.
The provision giving to the original
locators preferential rights is also t
bone of contention as Is the questloi
of refunding to the original locatori
the money which they have expend
ed in developing the properties. Some
of the members Insist that the gov
eminent should confiscate all worl
done, while many Insist that It b<
paid for.
It Is understood that President WU
son has called several senators an«
congressmen Into conference regard
ing the bill and hopes to have the
differences adjusted, as the preslden
Is anxious that his Alaska policy be
not blocked by jthe trouble regardini
the coal bill.
President Wilson and Senator!
Pittman, Jones And Chamberlain, am
Representative Ferris, who introduc
ed the administration coal bill In tb<
House, conferred yesterday for ai
hour.
W. W. Chapin left yesterday 01
the Admiral Watson for San Francis
co and New York.
Battle Line of Eight Hundred Miles Along Galician and German Borders of Russia—German Em
peror Arrives To Take Supreme Command—British Expect Germans To Retire From France—
Cruiser Leipzig Sinks Two British Boats Off Coast of Ecuador-One Was American Owned Ship
But of British Register—People of Brussels Are Starving To Death—Holland Expects To Be
Involved In War As British Resent German Importations Through Neutral Country—Germans
Leave Strong Line Around Reims—Forced French Non-Combatants To Work for Them—Col
ogne Being Fortified—Austrians Will Move Capital To Prague.
LONDON, Oct. 3—The crisis of the
present war is near at hand. The
Russian hosts are on the battle line
on the Austrian-German frontier with
a force of over four million and pos
sibly five million men. The Ger
mans have thrown their entire
strength to meet this new' attack and
all reserves are in the field, some
waiting in Belgium to cover the re
treat into Germany from France, but
the most of Germany’s active men
capable of fighting are on the front
in the East or West of thee empire.
Both Ends To Fight At Once.
The allies in France, the Belgian
British troops in Belgium, the French
invaders of Lorraine, the Russian
troops along the Vistula and in Ga
licia and the Servians in the south
of Austria will fight continuously the
next few days so that the power of
the German military machine shall
be taxed to its fullest capacity.
Germans Believed Ready To Retire.
The military experts here say that
the movements of German troops, the
efforts to take the heights at Roye to
allow for the retirement of General
von Kluck, the weakening of the cen
ter and the strong line of reserves in
Belgium indicate that the invaders are
about to retire into Belgium and Ger
many.
Russian Battle Line 800 Miles.
LONDON, Oct. 3.—The Russian bat
tle line extends for 800 miles along
the German-Austrian borders. The
Russians have massed between 4,000,
000 and 5,000,000 men on this line,
believed to be the longest battle line
in the history of the world.
Will Test Ability of Russians.
The ability of the Russians and the
party they will plan in the present
conflict will be decided by the pres
ent battle. The test of Slav against
Tuton will be made and the superior
ity of the one fighting machine with
its vast superiority in men as against
the smaller numbers of the Austria
German line, but with a vastly super
ior mechanical equipment and its mil
itary system of railroads, built for the
speedy concentration of men at any
point, will be tested.
Fear Revolution In Russia If Army Is
Defeated.
,A revolution is feared in Russia
should the Germans defeat the Rus
sians decisively. It is understood that
reports from Rusia show much op
position to the present war. Many
Russians here, however, assert that
the country is a unit for the war in
protection of the Slavs of the south.
Kaiser Takes Charge Against Russia.
Emperor Wilhelm has reached the
Russian border and has taken person
al charge of the campaign. He held
an all-night conference with General
Hlnderberg and the German general
staff, which is mapping out the plan
of operations, believing that a decis
1 ive victory for the Germans would
make possible the concentration ol
' the full strength on the French bor
der for the final act of the present
war.
Algerians Decimated At Reims,
i BORDEAUX, Oct. 3.—The Algerian
; troops, which were so badly torn al
Reims by the German Imperial Guard
i and in turn inflicted a terrible de
> feat upon the German crack division
' are proud of the record of the divls
i ion and proud of the fact that th<
i German staff sent against them th<
Black Hussars, thee Crown Prlnce’i
regiment. While the Algerian lossei
i were heavy that of the enemy wai
■ even greater. Preesldent Polncan
has expressed the thanks and admire
tion of France for the work and hero
ism of the Algerian troops.
French Getting More Reinforcement*.
BORDEAUX. Oct. 3.—The war de
partment is rushing every available
man north to fill the ranks of the
French corps fighting the Germans.
The loss during the past three weeks
fighting has been tremendous. The
department is issuing no list of those
lost, but the families of those lost
are immediately notified of the death
of father, son or husband, but are
not told where they died.
German Assaults Continue At Roye.
PARIS, Oct. 3.—The German as
saults on the allies positions at Roye
continue, but all efforts of the Ger
mans to break the line has failed.
The loss of life has been enormous.
Kaiser Threatens Greece.
ATHENS, Oct. 3.—Through the
German ambassador here Kaiser Wil
helm has threatened to crush Greece
should that country take any active
part against the Germans during the
present war. King Constantine has
sent a reply back defying the German
emperor and telling him that Greece
is ready and able to protect herself
from German aggression. The people
here are demanding war upon Ger
many and on Turkey, the German
ally on the Mediterranean Sea.
Many Russian Officers German Pris
oners.
BERLIN, Oct. 3.—Germany now has
2,000 Russian officers as prisoners of
war. The men were captured dur
ing the fighting in East Prussia and
Poland.
Germany Fortifying Cologne.
LONDON, Oct. 3—The war ofTice
has received information to the ef
feet that the Germans are fortifying
the city of Cologne and that French
and Belgian prisoners are being Im
pressed to do the work.
Leipzig Sinks Two British Ships.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3.—The
German cruiser Leipzig has sunk a
Union tanker with British register and
flying the British flag, but American
owned. The tank ship had on noaid
GO,000 barrels of oil at the t'.u.e.
The British ship Bankflelds,a freight
er, was also sunk and the crew of
the two vessels were left on an un
inhabited island with plenty of pro
visions. The German ships tool: both
provisions and fuel from the two
ships. The Bankflelds had on board
$500,000 worth of sugar. The boats
were sunk off the coast of Ecuador.
Germans Abandon Entrenchments
ear Reims.
CHALONS, France, Oct. 3.—The
Germans yesterday afternoon aban
doned the strong line of entrench
ments and eld forts near here and
from which they operated against
Reims. The citizens greatly rejoiced
at the withdrawal of the Germans,
who had forced the non-combatants to
build the trenches, which were won
derful affairs of cement.
People Starving In Brussels.
ANTWERP, Oct. 3.—Reports re
ceived here from Brusesls Indicate
that the 700,000 people now in that
city are starving. The German gar
rison are taking all food available and
the Belgian civilians are without food
which cannot be brought Into' the city
through the German lines without the
risk of being confiscated.
Germans Ready To Evacuate City.
The Germans are preparing to
evacuate the city, as the activity of
the Belgian-Britirfh troops near here,
along with the reports of German re
tirement from France would make it
impossible to hold.
German* Have Plenty Reinforcements
BERLIN. Oct. 3.—The German
military authorities claim that they
have massed plenty of reinforcements
in Belgium to aid the army operat
ing in France and that the allies need
not expect to outnumber the Ger
mans because the fatherland has sev
eral million men ready to throw at
any danger point.
Many British Ships Lost.
LONDON, Oct. 3.—The admiralty
last night admitted that twenty-seven
British ships had been lost during the
month of September. The complete
list is given and shows that German
cruisers have been active oil the
American Atlantic coast also on the
Pacific, and in the Indian ocean.
One Thousand Men Lost Lives
The loss of men through these ma
rine disasters is given at 1,000, not
Including the naval losses in the North
Sea, when the three cruisers were
sunk by one German submarine.
Experts Say Allies Are Gaining.
The reports received in London last
night from France indicated that the
allies had made remarkable gains and
that the force of British and French
had reached to within thirty miles
of the Belgian border in the envelop
ing movement.
French Capture Roye Heights.
The French have retaken the Roye
Heights, which were lost yesterday to
General von Kluck's forces.
Germans Fail To Break Through At
Reims.
PARIS, Oct. 3.—After falling to
break through the allies lines at
WAR III 01
HUME
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—The Ways
and Means Committee have decided
to place a tax of one cent a gallon
on gasolene, of which the consump
tion is very heavy, and also to tax all
automobiles fifty cents a horsepower
a year. It Is believed by the Demo
crats that this will give a big income,
especially from those who can afford
to pay for the upkeep of the govern
ment.
GPPOSIIG WES
AREJVISIRLE
PARIS, Oct. 3.—Wounded soldiers
from the battle of Aisne state that
for the past eight days the battle has
been one of long range fighting with
the big guns of the two armies. Tho
French soldiers say that during that
time they never once saw a German
soldier, but that the artillery would
search out the entrenchments and tho
slaughter would commence. The Ger
man wounded say that the kaiser’s
soldiers now call the French artillery
“black butchers" because of the ter
rible execution the French artillery
did. The French shells explode about
ten feet before striking the ground
and shatter everything within one
hundred yards.
nuns to
MOVE ML
Emperor Joseph and His Cabinet Will
Move To Praoue-'WIII Be
Nearer Berlin.
ROME, Oct. 3.—The report has
reached here from the Italian am
bassador at Vienna that Emperor Jos
eph and his cabinet have decided to
move the Austria-Hungary capital
from Vienna to Prague, In Bohemia.
The move Is thought best because
of the fear that the Russian Inva
sion might cut the capital of Austria
off from that of Germany.
The work of fortifying the city of
Vienna continues. Thousands of men
are being employed upon government
military work and all possible prep
arations are being pushed to make
the city Impregnable.
Weather Report.
Valdes, Oct 2, 1914.
Barometric pressure .29,379
Temperature at 7 p. m.33
Maximum temperature .43
Minimum temperature .32
Mean temperature .371-2
Precipitation ... 9.0
Cloudyfllght air, wind northeast ten
miles. Mixed snow and rain from
2:30 p. m. to 7 p. m.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
RARBOR BILL
y
WASHINGTON. Oct. 3—President
Wilson today signed the Rivers and
Harbors bill appropriating $20,000,000
for necessary work, most of which
has already been started and must be
completed. The original Rivers-Har
bors bill required the expenditure of
$54,000,000 for river and harbor work
but the loss of revenue caused by the
war caused the administration to urge
the cutting of the appropriation.
GREAT SHORTAGE
ARMY SIIRGEOIS
PARIS, Oct. 3.—Thousands and
thousands of wounded French, Brit
ish and Germans are being brought
to this city from the north. Every
possible train, including freight and
cattle cars are being used to trans
port the wounded, so terrible has
been the slaughter of the great bat
tle on the Alsne. The great major
ity of the Injured men were hit by
shells.
Admiral Watson Sails South.
The Admiral Watson reached Val
des at 4:30 yesterday afternoon and
sailed for Seattle an hour later. The
Watson took but few passengers
from this port, as her capacity had
been sold out to the westward.
Reims, although efforts had been
nade for the past three weeks to
tierce the French line of field forts,
he Germans yesterday withdrew all
tf the men and threw them sudden
y against the allies left, where the
Franco-British troops have been
[rounding the German right.
Direct Attack At Roye.
The German attack was directed
at Uoye. The big mass of German
troops from the center were thrown
tgain and again at the Franco-British
lines without avail. The German
iteneral staff making the move with
the hope of extricating the German
right, which are located at the angle
of the Oise and Aisne rivers and are
still in a precarious position.
Abandon First Line of Campaign.
The German s'aff was forced to
change its plan of operations because
of the resistance of the French cen
ter. Try as they would the German
forces could not penetrate through
the line, although at several times
they made decided gains, capturing
the heights at SL Mlhiel and threat
ening to push through by weight of
numbers. They were, however, block
ed each time by the terrible artillery
fire of the French, who were able to
take the exact distance before retiring
and thus cut down the German bri
gades until the slaughter was terri
fic.
Many Field Batteries Used.
Both sideB massed hundreds of
guns along the heights on the Meuse
and they continued the bombardment
day after day and all through the
nights while searchlights sought out
the opposition to prevent night as
saults.
Dead and Wounded Uncared For.
Neither side paid any attention to
the dead and wounded, who were al
lowed to lay unburled or unaided on
the battlefield, the entire attention of
the opposing armies being concen
trated upon the fighting. The woe
fully few physicians with the two
urmies soon became exhausted and
the seriously Injured received no at
tention at all.
French Drive Germane Across Meuse.
With the first signs yesterday of
the withdrawal of the reserves near
the German center the French took
the offensive and soon drove the kai
ser’s troops back across the Meuse at
St. Mihlel and all the heights are
again In possession of the French
troops.
Terrible Assaults Upon Roye.
LONDON, Oct. 3.—The reports from
Sir John D. F. French, Hold marshal
of the British troops on the conti
nent, has Informed the war depart
ment that the German assaults at
Roye were the hardest attacks made
by them since the assaults at Mona
and that In spite of the terrible loss
es Inflicted by the artillery and the
quick firing machine guns the Ger
mans attacked the allies positions
time and again only to be driven back
with heavy losses. <
Trying To Save the Gorman Right,
The attack at Roye Is made toaavs
the • German troops at Complegne,
where General von Kluck commands.
The position of the Germans la said
to be precarious and unless they are
soon able to withdraw, the line of
communication through Belgium may
be lost and the army forced to sur
render.
Allies Lons If Gormans Retire.
BERLIN, Oct. 3.—The military ex
perts here state that even If the Ger
man Invading army in Francs should
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STM III MEXICO
Gen. Funeton To Remain At Vera Cruz
for At Leait Another Month—
Soldiers Disappointed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—General
Funston and his command of Ameri
can soldiers will remain in Vera Cruz
for at leaRt another month. The
statement was made today to the
newspaper correspondents by Secre
tary Garrison of the War department.
The unsettled conditions in Mexico
require that the American troops re
main for fear of an outbreak. The
foreign governments with interests in
Mexico have urged the United States
to provide protection for their nations.
It is expected that the election to
be held next month will settle most
of the difficulties and place some
Mexican in the position of responsibil
ity to whom the powers can look for
protection for the people of other
countries.
It is understood here that the troops
at Vera Cruz were in hopes that they
would soon be withdrawn because
they were becoming very tired of the
life in Vera Cruz and preferred to re
turn to the stations in the United
States.
WOMEN TO WEAR
COTTON GOWNS
Full Evening Dresses To Be Made of
Cotton To Help Poor South
1
ern Planters.'
NEW YORK. Oct. 3.—Women ev
erywhere have started an active cam
paign to have society women use cot
ton gownB for evening dress in or
der that the cotton now being held
in the South because of lack of a
market can be used by American ■*?
mills to make cloth for the American
women.
It Is proposed to make cotton ev
ening gowns fashionable everywhere
and thus a large amount of cotton will
be needed to make the cloth for the
dresses.
Cotton in the South is being .held,
as no market can be secured since
the opening of the war. It is feared
that unless some prompt action is
taken by the government and the
people many southern planters will
be ruined as they cannot carry the
cotton over the winter.
WAR LORD MAY
WEAR LUCKY RING
LONDON, Oct. 3—Englishmen are
wondering whether Kaiser Wilhelm is
wearing the famous Hohenzollern
luck stone. It is said that upon the
accession of Frederick the Great.be
found among the possessions of his
father a box containing a ring set
with a peculiar black stone. A note
•written by Frederick stated that the
ring had been given him by his fath
er with the injunction that the Ho
hensollerns would prosper so long as
it remained In the family.
The ring was stolen from Freder
ick William II. by his mistress. Coun
tess Idchtenau. Hence, it Is declared,
the disasters of the Napoleonic wars.
In 1818, the years of Prussian liber
ation, the ring was restored. The bi
ographer of William I. declared he
saw the ring on the monarch’s hand
during the Franco-Prusslan war of
1878.
The Prospector office for Job work.
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