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^ ■ VALDEZ, ALASKA, I40NDAY, JANUARY 26, 1915. NO. 21.
VOL. 13. __ __
GERMANS OCCUPY CITY OF KIELCE
REPORT FIRST SUCCESS IN NEW EASTERN OFFENSIVE
BRITISH LOSE ARMORED CRUISER OFF COAST IRELAND
AUSTRO-GERMAN EFFORTS RELIEVE PRZEMYSL FAIL
HELLO IH USE
OCEAN TO OCEAN
Alexander Bell, the Inventor, Talks
To Friend In San Francisco—
New System Opened.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26.—The
trans-continental telephone service
was opened today when Alexander
Bell, the inventor of the Bell tele
phone talked from his office in New
York to Thos. Watson, in this city, in
inaugurating the new service from
ocean to ocean.
Thomas Watson, to whom the in
ventor talked, held the first telephone
conversation in this city thirty-eight
years ago. He then talked to Alex
ander Bell, the telephone inventor.
Since that time the use of the tele
phone has grown wonderfully and is
now used by almost every business
firm in the United States.
The long distance telephone is made
possible by the use of an automatic
repeater, which renews the sound and
repeats the message at certain dis
tances along the line.
COPS SAVE GIRL
FROM SLAVERS
Hidden In Secret Room of Flat In
New York’s Chinatown—A Pris
oner Three Weeks.
NEW YORK, Jn.a 26.—The police
today rescued Loluse Rose, 24 years
old, from a house in Chinatown,
where she had been held a prisoner
for three weeks and forced to give her
earnings to her jailors. Nick Ferrari
and Francis Batagllo are being held
on a charge of violating the whl.e
slave act.
Lured to the house in Chinatown
upon the offer of employment as a
housekeeper the Rose girl was kept
in a room, not allowed to communi
cate with her friends, and was forced
to receive the men sent to her and
to turn over to the jailors the earn
ings of a life of shame.
She made three attempts during her
imprisonment to escape but- was
blocked each time. Once she reached
the outer door of the house but met
Ferrari, who beat her and then took
from her every stitch of clothing. Up
to that time only Italians and China
men were sent to her but finally an
American reached her room and she
told her story and received his prom
ise of aid which resulted in his ap
pearing at police headquarters where
he told of the girl and informed the
police that a secreet room was built
in the wall as a hiding place. The
place was raided and not a soul was
found until the room was located and
in it the three people were found and
Ferrari had a revolver to the girl’s
head and had threatened her with
instant death should she make an
outcry. The police insist that the
whiteslaver attempted to resist arrest
Russian Success Reported At Jakobeni In Bukowina-German Cruiser Karlsruhe
Reported To Have Sunk Eleven British and French Merchantmen During
Past Two Weeks—German Government Seizes All Wheat In Empire and
Establishes Monopoly—Austrian Merchant Ship Hits Mine In Pola Harbor
and Sinks—Germans Insist That British Lost Cruiser In North Sea Battle.
BERLIN, Jan. 26—The Austro
German forces have captured the city
of Kielce, in southern Poland, and
now occupy the former Russian base.
It has been from Kietce that the Rus
sians have launched every attack at
Cracow and in spite of the efforts of
the German-Austrian forces it has
been held by the enemy up to the
present time.
More Important Than Warsaw.
Military experts here insist that
the fall of Kielce is of greater strate
gical value to the Germans than tfce
capture of Warsaw would have been.
It is the railroad center from south
ern Poland and from it the Russians
have successfully sent troops to
threaten the right flank of the cen
tral Poland army and have forced the
armies retirement in the previous
campaigns.
First Victory In New Offensive
Movement.
The capture of Kielce is the first
victory in the new offensive move
ment that has been started by Gen.
von Hindenburg. The objective of the
new line of attack is to drive the
Russians from Galicia and to prevent
the invasion of Hungary. The troops
from the north have been brought to
points south of Lodz, the lines of
communication have been opened
from the German frontier to the
army in Poland far south of the
threatened attack from north of the
Vistula.
Out-manoeuvred the Grand Duke.
By opening the new line between
the border and Klelce Gen. Hinden
burg has foiled the efforts of Grand
Duke Nicholas to strike at his rear
and cut the line to the border. The
Russian concentration has been made
north of tho Vistula, while the Ger
mans have suddenly moved to south
ern Poland.
German Gains At La Bassee.
BERLIty Jan. 26.—The war office in
an official bulletin issued this even
ing announces that two important po
sitions held by the British at La Bas
see have been captured by the Ger
mans and that several thousand pris
oners fell into the hands of the kai
ser’s troop3 while a number of ma
chine guns were also captured.
Karlsruhe Captures Eleven Merch
antmen.
BERLIN, Jan. 26.—The admiralty
made public a report from the com
mander of the fast German cruiser
Karlsruhe stating that in the past two
weeks the commerce destroyer has
succeeded in capturing eleven British
and French merchant ships which had
been sunk. The value of the ships
is not given but is estimated at fully
$5,000,000. The British have fifty war
ships in the Atlantic searching for
the German cruiser, which has been
prowling on the high seas for seven
months.
British Ship Lost.
LONDON, Jan. 26.—The admiralty
announced last night that a British
armored merchantman had been lost
off the coast of Ireland as a result
of striking a mine which had been
dropped by some merchantman car
rying a neutral flag.
Insist British Lost Cruiser.
BERLIN, Jan. 26.—The admiralty
issued a statement today reiterating
the statement of yesterday in which
it was' announced that the British
North Sea battle had resulted in tli
loss of one British and one German
cruiser.
German Wheat Monopoly.
The government today seized all
supplies of wheat in the empire. This
has been made necessary because of
the action of certain dealers who were
holding the supplies for a big price.
The government will sell wheat to
the people at a fair price and will
stop at once the efforts to raise
prices. The announcement was made
today that if any effort was made
to raise prices of foods that the gov
ernment would seize all food supplies
in the country and deal them out.
No shortage is reported from any
part of the empire and in fact the
authorities have been surprised at
the large stores of wheat gathered by
dealers who expected to reap a har
vest by reselling.
Austria To Follow German Lead.
The Austrian government will fol
low the lead of the Germans and will
establish a government monopoly of
foods to prevent price raising.
Turks Marching On Egypt.
LONDON, Jan. 26.—It is reported
here that the Eighth Turkish army
corps has left Damascus for the Egyp
tian frontier. The division is well
armed, provisioned and provided with
8,000 camels for crossing the deser*.
Armor for the Trenches.
PARIS, Jan. 26.—Armor for soldiers
in the forward trenches has been in
vented by a Frenchman. It consists
of half-inch chilled steel oblong con
vex to turn bullets. The head-piece
is pierced with two eye holes so that
the wearer can see with but little
danger to himself from bullets. The
total weight is about 60 pounds. The
inventor says the armor will turn rifle
bullets tired point blank at a short
range.
To Jail for Life for Aiding Belgians.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 26.—A dispatch
to the Telegraaf from Brussels says
a court-martial at Liege has senten
ced the retired Belgian general, Gus
tave Fife, and Lieut. Gille to life
imprisonment on a charge of assist
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and that it was ne essary to beat
him up before he would go with them.
At the police station seven stitches
were taken in his scalp, the result
of a whack with a "billy” and his
face and body was but one mass of
cuts and bruises as 'the result of
his fight with the police. The man
and woman are being held.
MORE HISERf FOR
Hall, Snow and Wind Add To the
Misery/of the Homeless In the
Earthquake District.
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ROME, an. 28.—A terrific wind, hail
and snow stofm has swept the strick
en quake district and has added to the
misery of the homeless, who are seek
ing to clear away the wreckage and
rebuild their homes. The storm was
one of the worst experienced in years.
The people suffered from the effects
of the blasts of wind laden with snow
and hail. l
The work of rebuilding has been
started and the government has thou
sands of troops at work to clear away
the debris and aid the house own
ers to save what they can of their
household furniture, which was not
wrecked when the buildings were de
molished.
THREATEN SEIZE
AMERICAN SHIP
Wilhelmina Be Made British Prize Un
less Guaranteed That Food Not
Reach German Army.
LONDON, Jan. 26.—The announce
ment is made today that unles the
owners of the cargo of food now on
the American steamer Wlihelmina en
route to Germany from New York,
guarantee positively that the food is
not for the use of the German army
that the ship and cargo will be
seized. The admiralty insists that an
effective blockade is now maintain
ed against the German coast and that
the ship cannot reach its destination
except with the permission of the
admiralty.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Great in
terest is shown hee in the case of
the American snip Wilhelmina which
sailed last Saturday from New York
with a cargo of food for Bremen. The
cargo is valued at $200,000. Shipping
men and diplomats are anxious >o
learn what course the State Depart
ment will adopt if the British threat
to seize the ship is carried out. Ev
ery effort to secure from Secretary
Bryan a statement on the case has
failed.
NOME MEN WANT
BRUNER’S OFFICE
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Propose Mass Meeting At Nome To
Make Selection—Andy Anderson
and G. James Want Job.
SEATTLE, Jan. 26.—Andy Ander
son of Nome, now In this city, and
George James, also of Nome, and
spending the winter In Seattle, have
announced themselves as candidates
for tthe vacant senatorsnip of the
Nome division. Anderson Is a mine
operator.
The two men propose that a mass
meeting be held at Nome and that
one or the other be nominated. The
defeated candidate to withdraw and
leave the race to his successful rival.
Because of the distance from Ju
neau to Nome it is necessary that
the .person nominated be pow on
the outside, otherwise It would be
Impossible for the senator elected to
reach the capital In time to attend the
^sessions of the legislature.
“With Floating Court To the Pribllof
Islands.
Rev. Charles S. Price will deliver
this lecture tomorrow night at 8
o’clock in the Congregational church.
An invitation Is extended to all the
pupils of the public school to attend
the lecture. The genera* public will
be admitted at a charge of 50 cents.
No tickets will be on sale. Charge
to all but school pupils made at the
door. Avail yourself of this oppor
tunity, as this is the last time that
this lecture will be given in Valdez.
One hundred and twenty-five photo
graphs will be thrown on the screen.
CHICAGO ALDERMAN
SHOT BY WOMAN
Because He Refused To Make His
Marriage Public—Wound Is
' Not Serious.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26.—Claiming to be
the wife of Alderman Frank McDer
mott, a woman entered the council
chamber today during a meeting of
the aldermen and shot McDermott be
cause he refused to make public the
marriage. The alderman was shot In
the leg. The wound Is not serious.
When arrested Mrs. McDermott In
sisted that she had married the al
derman and that he had promised to
make public their marriage, but that
as time passed he kept .putting it oft
until she was afraid he would refuse
entirely to own her as his wife.
The woman is in a delicate condi
tion.
THE PHILIPPINES
BE INDEPENDENT
•When the People Show They Can
Govern Themselves—Senate Com
mittee So States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—The Sen
ate committee to which has been re
ferred the Jones Philippine bill yes
terday adopted the preamble to the
bill, wh'ch provides that the natives
shall receive full independence when
they are ready to care for themselves.
The fight over the Philippine bill
has been very bitter. Mai»y adminis
tration leaders insist that the people
of the Islands be given their freedom
immediately but considerable opposi
tion has developed to turning the is
lands over to the uneducated island
ers, especially since the rebellion on
Christmas eve, when scores of na
tives were arrested for attempting to
overthrow the American government
The preamble as passed yesterday
promises the islanders full liberty as
soon as they show the capacity to
govern themselves.
OIL KING’S SON
IS A WITNESS
Industrial Relations Commission
Questions J. D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
For Five Hours.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., was a witness yes
terday before the Industrial Rela
tions Commission. The commission
kept Rockefeller on the stand for five
hours questioning him regarding the
operations of big business and its
relations to the men employed.
Rockefeller stated that he found
no fault *with the men organizing
into labor unions, but insisted that
the workers should have the privilege
of joining or not as they saw fit.
The commission will continue its in
vestigation and hopes to solve the
question of the laws necessary to pre
vent industrial troubles with the con
sequent loss of money and in many
cases loss of life.
SERVE MANY DINNERS
AT THE BIG PLACE
A total of 560 meals have been serv
ed at the Big Place during the past
twelve days according to a statement
made by Al. White & Co. The din
ners are served each evening at 9
o'clock and are well patronized. A
good wholesome meal is served.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jan. 25, 1915.
Barometric pressure.29,948
Temperature at 7 p. m. 7
Maximum temperature. 22
Minimum temperature . 4
Mean temperature . 13
Clear air, wind northeast 6 miles.
The Prospector office for Job work.