^VOL 13 VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1915. NO. 19.
GERMANS AGAIN RAID DUNKIRK
FIVE KILLED, SCORES INJURED, WAREHOUSE BURNED
GERMANS REPORT GAINS ALL ALONG WESTERN LINE
AUSTRIANS CLAIM RUSSIAN INVASION BEEN CHECKED
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Pacific Coast Delegations To Con
gress Urging the Appropriations
Wanted By Redfield.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The con
gressmen of the Pacific coast are
•working hard to secure the passage
of the bill urged by Secretary of
Commerce Redfield for the lighting
of the coast of Alaska and the plac
ing of buoys and aids to navigation,
besides the searching of the northern
-waters for rocks no*, now charted, but
-which are frequently found by the
ships which are then wrecked and
often with considerable loss of life.
The loss of the steamer Delhi is
being used by congressmen as dem
onstrating the immediate need for the
lights and aids requested by the head
of the Department of Commerce.
FOOD SUPPLIES
FOR IRE GERMANS
S. S. Wilhelmina Leaves New York
With Cargo of Food—First At
k tempt Since War.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—The steam
er Wilhelmina sailed from this port
today with a cargo of food supplies
consigned to a German port. The
Wilhelmina is the first ship to try
to take supplies of food to the peo
ple of Germany. Being a neutral
ship, under American register, the
' owners claim that the boat has a per
fect right to trade with Germany and
carry foodstuffs to tire German peo
ple because food supplies, unless con
signed to the army of a belligerent,
is not contraband of war.
The cargo of food Is valued at $200,
000. It is almost certain that the
ship will be taken by the British or
French warships patroling the Eng
lish Channel or the entrance to the
North Sea.
The success of the effort to take
food to Germany will be watched with
considerable Interest by the shipping
men of this country.
ALAMEDA SOUTH
THIS MOONING
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. The steamer Alameda of the Alas
ka Steamship Company reached Val
dez at 10:30 this morning and sailed
for Seattle an hour later.
The body of Fred Johnson, the ca
ble operator who was frozen to de^th
at Donnelly’s, was shipped to the
states on the steamer Alameda and
it will be burled at Milwaukee In
the Soldiers cemetery.
Berlin Reports Tell of Slight Gains In the Argonne District, At Ypres, Lille and
In the Alsace Section—Heavy Snow Stops Carpathian Fighting-No Change
Reported Along the Vistula—Russians In Bukowina Checked Near Frontier.
PARIS, Jan. 23.—Dunkirk, ou the
coast of the North Sea, has been
raided again by the German aero
planes and eighty bombs were drop
ped into the city by the aviators. Six
people were killed, a score injured
and the city set on fire in several
places. One large warehouse used for
the storage of surplus military sup
plies was burned to the ground
People Are Terrer|^pi
Because of the frequen^V.ids by
the German aviators uponK^be city
of Dunkirk many thousands of the
inhabitants have sought safety furth
er south. More than 100 people have
been killed in the city as a result
of the raids.
Austrians Check Russians.
VIENNA, Jan. 23.—The Russian ad
vance in Bukowina has been checked
by the Austrians. The two armies
are now six miles apart and an en
gagement that will decide the fate
of the eastern section of Hungary and
especially the provinces of Hungary
near the Rumanian border.
Snow Stops Carpathian Fighting.
The heavy snows in the Carpathian
regions has checked the fighting more
effectively than it could have been
stopped by any other means. The
transport of troops and supplies is im
possible in the snow which is sev-'
eral feet deep. Both sides are content
to hold the positions they now oc
cupy.
Greece and Turkey Near Breaking
Point.
LONDON, Jan. 23.—The relations
between Greece and Turkey have
reached a critical stage. The imme
diate cause of the trouble is the al
leged persecution of Greeks in Asia
Minor. A long official dispatch from
Athens, received in London today,
states that a number of Greeks have
been murdered by Turkish bandits,
and asserts that the Turkish author
ities are making no effort to arrest
the bandits.
A private dispatch states that the
Christians are being persecuted by
Turkish authorities, who are making
requisitions on landowners, compell
ing them to give up large portions
of their produce. These requisitions,
the dispatch says, amount to confis
cation, since no money is paid in re
turn and no receipts are given.
"This state of affairs,” says the
dispatch, “coming, as it does, after
the expulsion of 120,000 Greeks from
Asia Minor last autumn and the re
peated promises of the Porte to stop
the systematic extermination of the
Greeks, renders the situation critical
to the utmost degree.”
Zeppelins Raided England.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 23.—Dispatch
es received here from Berlin state
that the Germans used Zeppelins
when they raided England a few days
ago and dropped bombs upon many
different towns. The British reports
that the raid was made by a large
number of aeroplanes is denied by
the German war office.
Little Fighting On Vistula.
VIENNA, Jan. 23.—Gen. Dankl op
erating near Kielce, in Southern Po
land, has reported that military op
erations are at a standstill for the
present. Along the upper Vistula and
in western Galicia the snow has
stopped the manoeuvring. More Ger
man troops have been brought to Ga
licia to work with the Austrian forces
which have had to stand the brunt
of the fighting for some weeks.
Heavy Rains In France.
BERLIN, Jan. 23.—The heavy rains
yesterday along the battle line in
Flanders and France has stopped for
the time being the general engage
ment that was In progress. Minor
engagements have been reported with
gains for the German troops at Ar
gonne, Alsace, Ypres and Lille. At no
points does ^the dispatches from the
front indicate that the kaiser’s forces
have lost any ground.
Przemysl Strong As Ever.
BERLIN, Jan. 23.—Comparative
quiet prevails in the vicinity of the
Austrian fortress of Przemysl, accord
ing to reports received here from Vi
enna, the attempts of the Russians
to renew the offensive having prov
ed ineffective.
The garrison, these reports say,
makes regular sorties, capturing pris
oners and taking war materials. When
the weather permits communication
by aeroplane is made with Przemysl.
Several of the Carpathian rivers
have overflowed their banks, and the
condition of the land in that region
is so bad that military operations are
impossible. j
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Warsaw Attack Abandoned.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 23—The Ger
mans have abandoned the third drive
upon Warsaw of the present war and
are moving troops from the Rawka
and Bzura positions and are rushing
them south to block the Russian in
vasion of Hungary through the south
ern passes in the Carpathian moun
tains and the Bukowina.
Unable To Reach Warsaw.
Gen. von Hindenburg has determin
ed assaults upon the Russian posi
tions along the Pilica, Rawka and Bz
ura. In these assaults he has lost
120,000 men, but has faUed to pene
trate the entrenched line selected by
Grand Duke Nicholas to check the
invasion. Finding that the kaiser’s
troops could not break this line the
Russian concentration was made far
south of Warsaw and the invasion of
■Hungary In strength was started.
|Oen. Hindenburg continued to pound
away upon the Russian line but fail
ed to break it, although a large part
of the czar’s troops had been sent
to the south. The army of northern
Poland now operating near Thorn was
•composed of new troops and sever
al army corps from the East Prus
sian forces.
Greece Sees Menace In Bulgaria’s
Stand.
LONDON, Jan. 23.—The steps which
have been taken to bring about an
understanding between the Christian
Balkan states and with the idea of
obtaining the neutrality of Bulgaria,
apparently have not met with com
plete success, according to dispatch
es received from the near eastern cap
itals, and Greece, Servia, and Ruman
ia are preparing for eventualities.
During a discussion of the budget
in the Greek Chamber of Deputies, M.
Theokoti is reported to have declared
that the speech recently delivered by
the Bulgarian premier regarding Ma
cedonia, which Bulgaria considered
should have been ceded to her after
the last Balkan war, constituted a
menace; while the Greek Minister of
Finance said that Greece was making,
urgent military preparations to main
tain her liberated territory.
Another dispatch from Athens says
that the Greek government has for
bidden the exportation of cereals,
flour, cattle, forage and arms.
Should Bulgaria, contrary to ex
pectations, attack Servia with the ob
ject of recovering Macedonia, Greece
by her treaty obligations would, it is
thought in political circles here, come
to the assistance of Servia, and the
Balkan peninsula would be in the
throes of a third war.
Turkey apparently expects trouble,
as the Ottoman government has ex
pelled the subjects of all neutral
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HOLD CONFERENCE
ON LITERACY TEST
President Wilson Listens for Three
Hours To Pros and Cons Re
garding the New Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—President
Wilson listened today for three hours
to the arguments of the citizens who
favor or oppose the immigration bill
as passed by congress and which re
quires a literacy test to be passed
by all who wish to settle in America.
President Wilson did not indicate
£ow he intended to act upon the bill
which is now in his hands. The con
ference was attended by fully 600
people from all walks of life. Many
Of them insisted that when they came
to the United States they could not
have passed the test provided in the
bill just passed by congress. Men
from every walk of life attended the
conference. Many of them came to
the United States as poor boys and
have sine* amassed large fortunes.
CATHOLICS WILL
PRAY FOR PEACE
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Pope Names February 7th As Day
To Be Observed By Faithful
All Over the World.
ROME, Jan. 23.—The Pope of
Rome has issued an order to Cath
olics all over the world to observe
February 7th as a day of prayer to
the Almighty for the ending of the
present war of ten nations, which has
already caused millions of deaths and
untold suffering.
It is hoped that by the prayers
of the faithful all over the world the
Lord will be Induced to influence the
minds of the leaders of the present
conflict and bring about an end to
the useless slaughter.
Since the war started and immedi
ately following his election as Pope,
Pope Benedict has spared no effort
to aid in the work of securing peace
among ♦' e waring nations.
AMERICAN NAVY TO
HAVE ZEPPELINS
Bids Are Asked for Big Gas Bag for
Use of the Navy—Will Be of
American Manufacture.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The Navy
Department will soon ask for bids for
the construction of a number of Zep
pelins for the use of the American
navy. A model ship has been built
by t- e experts of the department for
the guidance of bidders and contract
ors.
The new ship is modeled after those
now in use by the Germans and are
to have a speed of 80 miles an hour.
It is the purpose of the department
to have several such ships for the use
of the officers so that they may be
come accustomed to* handling them
In time of peace and be prepared in
the event of war.
Judge Robbins, of Ellamar, is a
visitor in town.
FRISCO LAD TRIED
Confessed To a Crime He Had Never
Committed In Hopes of Saving
Younger Lad.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23.—Bruce
Wickham, who had been held by the
police charged with burglary, has
been released following the securing
of evidence that his brother and not
Bruce had committed the crime.
Bruce, in order to save his younger
brother, had willingly taken the
blame and confessed to the police
that it was he who had entered the
house and stolen the silverware, but
later his mother told the officers that
it was her younger boy who had
committed the crime, and an Investi
gation soon proved an alibi for the
boy held in jail waiting trial.
The police are now searching for
the boy who has disappeared.
The Prospector office for job work.
TEACH EUROPEANS
EAT CORN BREAD
Council of Grain Exchanges Would
Send Cooks To Europe To Intro
duce Cornbread and Mush.
CHICAGO, June 23.—The council
of grain exchanges held here yester
day advocated the sending of Ameri
can cooks to Europe to demonstrate
to the people of Europe the ways of
cooking corn meal bread and how
to use corn meal mush.
The members of the grain exchang
es believe that if a demand for corn
can be worked up among the people
of Europe it will not only result in
the sale of large quantities of the
corn grown in America, but will also
avoid the threatened shortage of
grain here, which has already result
ed in an advance in the cost of liv
ing to Americans who are in no wise
to blame for the European war.
GOMPERS AGAINST
FEDERAL PROBE
Says Only Way Labor Can Be Aided
Is By Organization—Use Polit
ical Power.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—Samuel
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, told the members of the
Federal Industrial Relations Commis
sion that its action would have but
little weight with the workers of the
country, as it had been demonstrat
ed that the only means of controlling
the big interests was by a fighting
organization of men organized into a
union, powerful enough to fight the
greed of the capitalists to a finish
and with political power sufficient to
force the enactment of just laws for
the protection of labor.
The members of the commission in
formed the labor leader that the ob
ject of the investigation was to re
port to congress the best means of
establishing peace in the industries of
the country and to prevent the strikes
now so frequent by arriving at an
understanding of the causes which
are responsible for them and if pos
sible to rectify the laws so as to pre
vent if possible any more strikes.
Mr. Gompers insisted that organiz
ed labor was able to protect working
men and would continue to do so.
ADMIRAL WATSON
SAILS SOUTH
The steamer Admiral Watson reach
ed Valdez at 1:30 last night and sail
ed for Seattle an hour later. The
Watson went as far west as Kodiak.
The following passengers left here for
Seattle: E. E. Ritchie, Mrs. M. J.
Hughes, T. G. Quinn.