VOLUME 18 VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1915. NO. 127
‘10 VISIT EIIHOPE
IN INTEREST PENCE
foreigners in America Want Former
Secretary of State to Use Ef
forts With Europe.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 18.—
Pbrmer Secretary of State William
J. Bryan will be asked by the editors
of the foreign language newspapers
and magazines published in America
to go to Europe in the interests of
peace. The editors of the German
American papers are active in organ
ising an association to bring pressure
npon Bryan to accept the mission.
The fact that Bryan resigned from
President Wilson’s cabinet rather
than approve of the demands of the
United States upon Germany when
ha believed that the position adopted
hf the president would lead to the
severance of diplomatic relations be
tween^Germany and America, the edi
tors ^sstff would make him the fit
ting pdtltee representative of the Uni
ted States.
Mr. Bryan has taken the matter un
der consideration and will confer
with President Wilson before decid
ing on the proposition as he has de
clared that he will not take any ac
tion to complicate or make interna
tional affairs more difficult for the
administration.
10 OE ANNEXED
OX THE GEM
Belgium and French Territory Now
Under German Occupancy to
Become Part of Empire.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 18.—
The Lausanne Gazette publishes a
statement that the German movement
is preparing to officially announce to
the powers of the world that Belgium
and the northern portions of France
now occupied by Germany will be an
nexed into the German empire.
The announcement will not come
as a surprise to the powers of Eu
rope as Germany is known to have
determined that she will keep con
trol of Belgium and northern France
and will refuse to entertain any plan
for peace which would rob her of free
access to the English channel. The
territories in Belgium and France
aow under German control are being
subjected to German laws and the re
sources of the countries being used
for the maintenance of the empire.
It is understood that the German
government is considering the confis
cation of all properties of Belgium
and French citizens who have failed
to return while the territories are
under German control and that the
farmB and city property will be di
vided among the German soldiers, the
government retaining control of the
eoal and mineral lands.
JUAN FUENTES IS
PRESIDENT OF CHILI.
SANTIAGO, Sept. 19.—Juan Fuen
tes has been proclaimed president
of the republic by the Chilean con
gress. He succeeds President Ramon
Barrios Luce. The installation of
the new president follows one of the
keenest elections ever held in the
republic.
RAILROAD TO FAIRBANKS
IN TWO MORE YEARS.
Commissioner Thomas Riggs, of
the Alaslgan Railroad commission,
recently stated in Fairbanks that he
believed the government railroad
would be delivering coal in Fair
banks within two y.ears. The state
ment has caused a feeling of greater
optimism to prevail in the interior
camp, as.lt is known that cheaper fuel
will result in larger work in the
aalning line. Commissioner Riggs
left on one of the last boats for the
states and is expected to return soon
to Fairbanks with his wife and fam
ily.
PEW BELIEVED
STEFFENSON SAFE
Had Faith that Explorer’s Experience
Would Enable Hlin to Survive
Itigors of Arctic Winter.
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 18.—
Commodore Peary, discoverer of the
North pole, expressed the greatest
pleasure when informed that Explor
er Steffenson had made his appear
ance at Bailie Island in the Arctic.
He asserted that he had never lost
hope that the famous explorer would
return safely as Steffenson was an
explorer of experience and would
survive where less experienced men
would perish of starvation.
Peary is intensely interested in the
report which he believes Steffenson
is sure to have sent back to the Cana
dian government which is financing
the expedition. He believes that
Steffenson’s researches in the Arctics
will astonish the scientific world and
that Steffenson will be regarded as
one of the world’s greatest explorers.
INTERESTED IN
EXPLORER'S IRK
Scientists of the World Anxiously
Awaiting Report of Steffenson
as to His Discoveries.
OTTAWA, Sept. 18.—The news
that Explorer Steffenson is alive and
safe in the Arctic regions has been
made public by the Canadian gov
ernment under whose auspices the
expedition is being financed. The
dispatches from Nome are meagre,
merely stating that the explorer is
at Bailie Island, had discovered new
lands and peoples, and is preparing
to continue his researches in the far
north.
Scientists the world over are inter
ested in the work of Steffenson and
the government is in receipt of mes
sages of congratulation from scien
tists in nearly every country in the
world, expressing pleasure that the
explorer who was believed to have
perished has survived and is contin
uing his work.
Steffenson’s message also conveyed
the information that he had purchas
ed the steamer Polar Bear and was
outfitting at Banksland for two years
exploration of the new lands which
he had discovered.
Scientists are anxiously awaiting
the detailed report of Steffenson’s
work which he is believed to have
sent back to the Canadian govern
ment by the vessel which brought
the report of his being safe.
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CANADA WILL CALL
FOR BO,000 MORE MEN.
OTTAWA, Sept. 18.—-A call for
50,000 men for the Canadian expedi
tionary force to Europe has been is
sued by the Militia Department. The
raising of 167,000 troops has already
been authorized so that the new force
will increase the Canadian troops to
over 200,000 men. Nearly 80,000
men are already in Europe and it is
officially announced that twelve new
battalions will soon follow to take
part in the war.
BUTCHER SHOPS TO BE
OPEN TOMORROW.
Harry Whitley has announced that
the Love-Whitley butcher shop will
be open until noon tomoi-rw, owing
to the late arrival of the steamer
Northwestern tonight. The steamer
brings a big shipment of fresh meats
for the company, and the shop’s cus
tomers will appreciate the courtesy
of the management in keeping open
shop in order that Sunday dinners
may be secured from the fresh sup
ply.
Call and see our new line of Heat
ers, Cook Stoves and Ranges just re
ceived on the Farragut. Prices reas
onable. C. C. Rudolph. kSl
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HAVE STARTED FOR DARDANELLES
TURKISH WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCES THAT TEUTONS ARE COMING
TO ASSISTANCE AND WILL CLEAR WAY FOR MUNITIONS FROM
GERMANY—GERMANS DRIVE RUSSIANS BACK IN NORTH AND
INVEST CITY OF VILNA—RUSSIANS CLAIM SUCCESSES IN THE
SOUTH—HEAVY FIGHTING IN DARDANELLES—BELIEVED THE
TEUTON CAMPAIGN TO CRUSH SERBIA HAS STARTED, AS BIG
ARMY IS BEING MOBILIZED IN SOUTHERN AUSTRIA.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 18.—
The War office has issued a state
ment that a German army is coming
to the assistance of Turkey and that
the way will soon be cleared whereby
the Turkish army will be enabled to
receive shipments of munitions direct
from Germany. It is believed that
the Germans have prepared a cam
paign which will crush Serbia past
all resistance and that the campaign
is about to begin. That the Allies
have made considerable gains in Gal
lipola is known to the populace of
this city, who are panic stricken and
clamoring for peace, fearing that the
straits will be forced and the city
subjected to shelling by the warships.
The announcement that a German
army has started south to aid the
Turkish troops in repelling the land
forces in the peninsula, has given
encouragement to the people and they
are cheering the German officers of
the Turkish army. A strong German
army is reported to have been con
centrated in Southern Austria ready
to begin the campaign.
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Germans Invest Vilna.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 18.—It is ad
mitted by the Russian war office that
the Teutons have made rapid ad
vances south of Riga and have reach
ed Novovilesk on the railroad lead
ing from Warsaw to Melodechna. A
terrific battle is reported as being
waged near Vilna, which is vested
on three sides by the German army.
The Russian positions have been sub
jected to a terrific shelling and it is
believed that the city will be evacu
ated as the Germans are gradually
closing in on the fortifications.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 18.—The Rus
sian offensive movement in the south
is proving successful and dispatches
from General Ivanoff states that the
Teutonic allies have been driven from
Derazno and have retreated to Trem
bowla. The fighting is reported to
have been desperate with both sides
losing heavily in killed and wound
ed. The retreat of the enemy was
well conducted but four -thousand
Austrian troops were cut off from
their command and taken prisoners.
Heavy Fighting at Gallipola.
PARIS, Sept. 18.—Heavy fighting
is reported to have occurred at the
Dardanelles, where the Turks were
dislodged from their positions by
shells from the French warships.
Crown Prince Takes Offensive.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—Paris dis
patches state that the Crown Prince’s
army has taken the offensive and is
subjecting the French trenches to a
terriflic bombardment. Reinforce
ments are being sent to the point
where the Germans are expected to
make an effort to break the French
lines.
Austrians Pressing Serbs.
NISH, Sept. 18.—That the long ex
pected campaign on the part of the
Teutonic allies to crush Serbia has
begun is evidenced by the large rein
forcements arriving from the north.
The Austrians have assumed the of
fensive and have subjected the Ser
bian trenches to heavy artillery fire
but the troops have held true and
await the charge which is expected
to follow the shelling of the trenches.
ROCKEFELLER AIDS
HUNGRY MEXICANS
Foundation Gives Red Cross $25,000
to Furnish Supplies to Poor of
Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18.—
The Rockefeller foundation has sent
the American Red Cross society a
check for $25,000 to be used in af
fording relief to the starving resi
dents of Mexico City. The Mexican
funds of the Red Cross had been de
pleted by the tremendous drain
which has been made upon during
the long drawn out war.
Shipments of corn and other sup
plies will immediately be sent south
to Vera Cruz after promise has been
secured from Carranza that the sup
plies will not be confiscated for the
use of his army.
GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
BIG POWER SITES.
The Juneau land office has receiv
ed an executive order under date of
July 3ist, ordering a power site res.
ervation to be known at No. 491 in
Solomon Gulch and on Uno Creek,
in the vicinity of Valdez. The order
withdraws from appropriation all
land within one-quarter of a mile of
all streams which flow into Solomon
Gulch between the points of discharge
of said stream in the port of Valdez,
and a point two miles up stream. The
ordei4 withdraws on Uno Creek all
lands within one-quarter mile of the
point of discharge into Shoup bay,
and a point 1% miles up stream;
The regular Saturday night dance
of the Moose will be given this eve
ning and a good time is promised all
who attend. The Moose daneea are
looked forward to by the pleasure
lovjng people of Valdez as a fitting
close of the week.
PIONEER ORDER
GROWING EAST
Has Membership of More tliau Two
Thousand and Added 695 Dur
ing the Past Year.
At the Eighth Annual meeting of
the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska,
held at Nome, July 1st, the following
officers were elected.
Grand President, W. H. McPhee,
Fairbanks; First Grand Vice Presi
dent, E. G. Ames, Valdez; Second
Grand Vice President, R. Valentine,
Juneau; Grand Chaplain, Dr. S. Hall
Young, Cordova; Grand Secretary
Treasurer, C. W. Thornton, Nome;
Grand Trustees, Thos. A. McGowan,
Fairbanks; C. K. Snow, Ruby; Hon.
Frank E. Howard, Wiseman; H. C.
Kelling, St. Michael; J. T. Martin,
Juneau; Grand Sergeant-at-Arms, G.
E. Austin, Iditarod.
The latest reports give the number
of members in the different Igloos
as follows: No. 1, Nome, 415; No.
3, St. Michael, 53; No. 4, Fairbanks,
762; No. 5, Ruby, 321; No. 6, Ju
neau, 215; No. 7, Valdez, 225; No. 8,
Wiseman, 73; No. 9, Seward, 76;
No. 10, Iditarod, 156; No. 11, Ophir,
38. Total 2323 members.
This shows an increase of 696
members since July, 1914.
There are now two auxiliaries, Ig
loo No. 1, Pioneer Women of Alas
ka, Nome; Igloo No. 2, Valdez.
The Grand Igloo has a card index
of 3200 names, Pioneers who have
belonged to all Igloos since the or
der was instituted nearly eight and
one-half years ago.
If you have any doubts as to our
atjllity to do anything in the line of
machine work or iron work consult
us and give us a trial. If we don’t
give satisfaction then try some one
else, but give 98 first change. Valdez
09 Works. eat*
TO ASK CONGRESS
FOR $280,000,10
Secretary Garrison Believes the Time
Has Come When America Must
Increase Her Defenses.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 18.—
Secretary Garrison has announced he
will ask Congress for authority to
greatly increase the defenses of the j
country and will ask for an appro
priations aggregating $250,000,000
for military defenses.
It is the plan of Secretary Garri
son to increase every branch of the
service and fortifications will be
erected along the coast where re
quired. That the plans of the secre
tary to increase the efficiency of the
defenses of the country will meet
with opposition in congress when
that body is asked to appropriate the
huge sum of money is expected by
the members of the president’s cabi
net, but President Wilson is under
stood to have sanctioned the plan for
increasing the nation’s defense.
BANKERS DIFFER
REGARDING LOAN
Many American Financiers Opposed
to Loaning Money to Allies for
Purchase of Munitions.
NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—The bank
ers of America, who are subscribing
to the huge loan now being made
through the banking house of J. P.
Morgan & Co., for financing the pur
chases of the the British and French
governments in America, are divided
in their opinions as to the use which
will be made of the money.
Many of the bankers are opposed
to American gold being used to furn
ish the allies with munitions of war.
but are willing to subscribe to the
loan with the understanding that the
money will be used in payment for
the immense quantities of food
stuffs now being sent to Europe.
That the plans of the New York
bankers to raise the half billion loan
is rapidly materializing is the report
in banking circles. The banks of
America are flooded with gold for
which the bankers are unable to find
investments which will return the
high rate of interest promised by the
European governments on their
loans.
NEW PRESIDENT OF
HAITIAN REPUBLIC
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18.—
The administration has recognized
President Barti Guenavies as head
of the republic. During the cam
paign, which resulted in the election
of Guenavies he favored the treaty
with the United States, giving Amer
ica entire control of the Hatian re
public’s finances for a term of ten
years.
It is believed that now that the
custom's receipts have been placed in
the care of the United States govern
ment, that the rebellions which have
torn the republic will cease as the
many factions were only desirous of
securing control of the finances of
the country.
CENSUS SHOWS 994
PEOPLE IN ANCHORAGE
A census of Anchorage was re
cently taken under the auspices of
the town site manager and the fol
lowing figures were given out as the
returns: Men, 593; women, 208;
children, 193. The statement is
made by the manager that the enu
merators were unable to secure a full
count and it is believed that fully
40 per cent of the population was not
taken into account as many of the
men are working on the railroad
during tbe day.
Dad Robinson, the patriarch of
Valdez, la a patient at the Red Cross
Hospital, where be will undergo an
operation.
CAVALRY FIGRTS
ACROSS RIVER
One Mexican Killed and Scores Are
Wounded in Long-Range Shoot
ing Across the River.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 18.—
The United States cavalry battled
with Carranzaites across the Rio
Grande yesterday afternoon. The
fight lasted for several hours and re
sulted in one Mexican being killed
and scores being wounded. The bat
tle was caused by Mexicans firing
across the river, the bullets flying
around the Americans, who were
patrolling the border for raiding
bands of outlaws. During the en
gagement the greatest excitement
prevailed In the city and it was with
difficulty that the American soldiers
were prevented from invading Mexi
co in pursuit of the snipers.
As a result of the battle the sol
diers guarding the border have re
ceived instructions to shoot on sight
any Mexican found shooting into
Texas, and to arrest any Mexican
found carrying arms in the State.
The American rifles proved superior
to the arms used by the Mexicans in
the long-range fighting across the
river, which is three-fourths of a
mile wide where the engagement took
place.
TO PLEAD FOR
A GREAT NAVY
Secretary Will Ask Congress for
More Submarines, Aeroplanes
and Faster Ships.
BOSTON, Sept. 30.—Josephus
Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, came
out tonight for a million dollar ap
propriation for submarines, for fast
er ships in the navy, more target
practice, development of aeroplanes
and more actual work in the navy
yards, in addition to repair work, in
an interview with The New York
Times correspondent, he said:
“You may rest assured that the
United States Navy is ready for any
emergency. At present there are 50
more ships in active service and 6000
more men on duty than there was
two years ago.
“I realize the wonderful power
and the great weapon that the sub
marine is, and for this reason I am
going to recommend to Congress in
the Spring, the spending of one mil
lion dollars on this type of ship, aa
well as building a number of aero
planes, which are rapidly being de
veloped into one of the most de
structive weapons of modern warfare.
Whatever we need the most will be
developed, whether it is ships br aer
oplanes.
“Faster ships we need also and we
are going to have them if I have my
say. I do not wish to specify just
what class they will be, but you can
be assured that they will be fast."
COLORADO RIVER
FLOODING TEXAS.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18.—The
Colorado river has reached the high
water mark and threatens to over
flow its banks. Citizens living in the
valleys are deserting their homes and
fleeing to higher ground for safety.
WILL STEEL'S BROTHER
KILLED BV TRAIN.
All Alaska newspaper men and
many other friends of Will A. and
Harry G. Steel, the well known Alas
kan newspaper men, now of Cordova,
regret to learn of the killing of their
brother, dtewart Steel, also a news
paperman. xThe latter was killed
when a passehger train struck him
sis it was passing through Shamoktn,
Pa., August 7, where the dead man
was employed.on the Shamoktn Dally
Herald, of which another brother, J.
Alvin Steel, was editor and proprie
tor.—El.