VOL. 10. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1914. NO. 324.
VISTULA RIVER CHOKED WITH DEAD
GERMAN LOSSES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVY
DURING SEPTEMBER BRITISH LOST THIRTEEN THOUSAND MEN
AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIP SEIZED BY BRITISH NEAR HALIFAX
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BANDITS KILLED
10 YEAB OLD 001
Sedro-Wooley Lad Hit By Stray Bui
let Dies of His Wounds—Four
Others Injured.
SEDRO-WOOLEY, Wash., Oct. 20.
—Melvin Wilson, a ten-year-old boy,
died today as a result of wounds re
ceived at the time of the hold-up at
the First National Bank. Four other
citizens were also injured but are ex
pected to recover.
The sheriff and a "posse with blood
hounds are trying to locate the es
caped bandits, but so far have been
unsuccessful. It is feared that if the
men are caught they will be lynch
ed.
The Wilson boy was hit by a
stray bullet fired by one of the bank
robbers, who were fighting off the
bank cashier when he pursued them,
trying to recover the $20,000 in gold
taken from the bank.
ELECT DEMOCRATS
SAYS PRESIDENT
Asks Underwood To Help Secure En
dorsement From the People of
His Administration.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—President
Wilson has written a letter to Con
gressman Underwood, the floor lead
er of the House of Representatives,
in which he strongly urges the party
leaders to work hard for the Demo
cratic congressmen who are up for
reteloction and also to secure the
election of others the country will
point to the loss of congressmen by
the Democratic party as an indica
tion that the people are against the
administration.
President Wilson endorses all the
members of the house up for re-elec
tion and insists that the people should
support the administration whose aim
has been to control monopoly and
secure the best legislation for the
people possible.
The administration is proud of the
tariff bill, which, in spite of the Eu
ropean war, has demonstrated its fit
ness, besides which the currency bill
Is also working well and preventing
a panic during the unrest because of
changed financial conditions. The
president asserts that the Democrat
ic measures are a credit to the party
and a great advantage for the people
especially the common people.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Lars Holland, the road commission
^OTeman, returned to Valdez today.
MIsb Sadie Johnson came north on
the Admiral Watson and left the boat
at Landlock bay.
C. M. Day returned on the Admir
al Watson from Cordova, where he
did a little electioneering for himself.
r Representative H. B. Ingram, who
went to Cordova on the last boat, re-,
mained at the railroad town and will i
go to Chitlna and Kennecott election
eering. '
Weather Report
Valdes, Oct. 19, 1914
Barometric pressure .29,212 i
Temperature at 7 p. m.41 i
Maximum temperature ....46 i
Minimum temperature ..88 1
Mean temperature .89 1-2 i
Clear, light wind northeast ten -
miles.
German Admiralty Admits That Four Destroyers Were Sunk By British With Loss of 200 Men—
Japanese Cruiser Takachino Sunk By German Mine, 350 Drowned—Allies Report That Ger
mans Have Been Forced Back In Northern France But That German Line Is Still Intact—Paris
Reports French Army Under General Pau Has Made Considerable Gains In Alsace.
LONDON, Oct. 20.—The suspense of
the past few days has been terrible
and the news from France and Rus
sia is so reassuring that the people
are confident that the worst of the
war is over and that from now on
the allies will slowly crush the Ger
man offensive and invade Germany.
Russian News Satisfactory To British.
The reports from Petrograd are
good. The Germans have been crush
ed and driven back from thee Vistula
with heavy losses. The Russians are
forcing them from Poland and have
also held the positions in East Prus
sia taken a week ago, and from Lem
berg and Przemysl some the news
that the Russians still hold all of
Eastern Galicia.
French News Also Good for Allies.
The reports from General French,
in command of the British troops in
France, are good. The report states
that the allies have forced the Ger
mans »o evacuate jLille. The Bel
gians have driven the Germans from
Laventie and Estairs and forced the
Germans to retreat from the plains
of western Belgium, while the flank
ing movement in Alsace is being con
tinued with success. The situation In
France and West Flanders is more
hopeful than at any time since the
outbreak of the war. While it is
known that the Germans have receiv
ed a severe check, yet the kaiser’s
troops are not broken or disorganized
and no serious defeat has been in
flicted, at least none that will force
them to retire to the German border
fortresses, which is what the allies
are working for.
Belgians Prevent Germans Crossing
Yser.
The Belgian troops from Antwerp,
after making the junction with the
British, have succeeded in holding the
Germans from crossing the Yser riv
er, in southwest Belgium, and have
inflicted considerable losses upon
them. King Albert is in personal
command of the Belgians and they
are proving a great aid to the allies,
fighting like demons and shooting
with remarkable skill The Belgian
artillery is also receiving much praise
from French and British command
ers.
Using Gun Boats At Arras.
The allies have sent a number ot
gunboats up the canals at Arras and
have thus been able to use big siege
guns against the German positions
and forced the evacuation of strong
ly entrenched field forts. The gun
boats moving from place to place
could not be located with any amount
jf certainty by the German gunners.
Russians Take 40,000 Prisoners At
Przemysl.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 20.—The Rus
sian forces operating against the for
tified city of Przemysl have taken 40,
900 prisoners during the past month
and have destroyed several of the
torts guarding the city. It is expect
ed that the final assault will be made
within a week.
To Open Battleship Bide.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The bl<Js
For the battleships to be named, re
ipectlvely, the California, the Missls
ilppi and the Idaho, will be opened
today. The limit of the cost of the
three battleships, which were auth
>rlzed by congress on June 30, la 37.
100,000 each, exclusive of armor and
imminent. They will be the largest
ressels in the United States and will
lave a speed of twenty-one knots.
German Hospital 8Hlp Lays Mines.
LONDON, Oct. 20.—The British
irulser Undaunted, with the aid- of
wo destroyers, yesterday capturod a
Jerman mine-laying ship, which was
llsguised as ahospltal ship. The
>oat had succeeded In laying sever
il mines. The oaptaln and officer*
inf; tlie rules of civilized warfare, and
more especially for disguising a mine
laying vessel as a hospital ship.
Public Sentiment Aroused.
Much public Indignation Is express
ed in l he papers this morning regard
ing the incident and it is urged that
hereafter that instead of bringing in
the officers and men that all be hung
as an example to others who may be
tempted to violate the rules of war
fare as established at The Hague.
Japs Lose a Cruiser.
TOKIO, Oct. 20.—The admiralty an
nounced today that the Japanese
cruiser Taksachino had been sunk on
October 17th near the entrance of
the harbor at Kiao Chau and that
274 lives had been lost. The Japan
ese warship was sunk by striking a
mine which had been set adrift by
the Germans.
Austrian Submarine Sunk.
ROME, Oct. 20.—An Austrian sub
marine was sunk yesterday off Cat
taro by French warships. The French
and British fleets are still off the
Austrian port aiding the Monteneg
rins, who are trying to capture the
Adriatic port. ,
Germans Cannonaded Entire Line.
PARIS, Oct. 20.—For the past twen
ty-four hours the Germans have been
cannonading along the entire line of
battle from Switzerland to Ostend
but have not been able to make any
gains.
Germans Cross Franco-Belgian Border.
ROTTERDAM, Oct. 20.—The Ger
mans are reported to have crossed
the Franco-Belgian border about ten
miles from Dunkirk and are said to
be prepared to take that Channel city
for use as a base of operations against
the British. Dunkirk is reported to
be well fortified and is expected to
resist the German attacks. Several
of the large superdreadnoughts of the
British navy are at the harbor to as
sist with their big guns the coast de
fense guards, who will endeavor to
hold the city.
Germans Driven Back.
LONDON, Oct. 20.—The British war
office announced this morning that
during the fighting of the past two
days the Germans have been driven
back thirty miles, but that in spite
of the strenuous efforts of the allies
the kaiser’s line is still intact.
French Reoccupy Armientiers.
The Flench troops have reoccupied
Armientiers, in Belgium, and have re
pulsed the German attempts to cross
the Klver Yser. It is at this point
that the Belgians still occupy Belgian
soil, but every other part of the little
nation is now in the hands of the
Germans.
Spaniards To Help French.
MADRID, Oct. 20.—The Spanish
government has announced that be
cause of the serious conditions in
French African colonies the govern
ment would send Spanish troops to
Africa and would assist the French
Algerian forces in maintaining order
in Algeria during the war in Europe.
It is believed that 20,000 Spanish
troops are to be sent to Morocco and
to Algeria at once and that the cost
of the expedition is to be paid by the
allies.
Cold In Northern France.
PARIS, Oct. 20.—The cold snap tind
heavy rains of the past few days have
almost stopped military operations
along the border. The troops are
weary and tired, cold and wet and
no big movement is expected until the
weather conditions Improve.
Austrian* Claim Russian Losses Are
Heavy At Przemysl.
VIENNA, Oct. 20.—The war office
claims that the Russian losses at
Przemysl during the fighting about
that city since September 16th have
totaled 40,000 men killed and wounded
and taken captives.
Germans Evacuate Lille.
LONDON, Oct. 20—For the third
time in the present war the Germans
have evacuated Lille, in northwestern
France. The German advance toward
the sea has been halted and the Ger
man forces have been rolled up and
driven back with heavy losses.
Austrian Destroyer Sunk.
ROME, Oct. 20.—The French cruis
er Waldrek Rosseau yesterday de
stroyed an Austrian destroyer nortl
of Cattaro on the Adriatic Sea.
Still Bombarding Cattaro.
The Anglo-French fleet of fort;
warships continues the bomhardmen
of the Austrian forts about Cattaro
while the Montenegrin land forces ari
holding positions in the mountaii
passes and are also pouring a hot tin
of shot and shell into the forts.
Typhoon Sweeps Over Kiao Chau.
TOKIO, Oct. 2b.—A terrific typhooi
swept over Kiao Chau yesterday am
did considerable damage to the sup
plies gathered by the Japanese foi
the fight against the Germans. Re
ports received from the land forces
indicate that twenty Japanese soldiers
were drowned.
Vistula Choked With German Dead
ROMK, Oct. 2b. The Germans have
lost heavily in the battle of the Vis
tula and the deep river is choked with
German dead. The kaiser’s soldiers
were unable to effect a crossing and
were slaguhtered as they tried to
reach the east side of the river.
Russian Artillery Fire Wonderful
Contrary to expectations the Rus
sian artillery lire was remarkably ac
curate. The Russian commander
would allow the Germans to erect big
pontoon bridges spanning the river
and when the troops were packed up
on them the artillery fire would de
stroy the bridge and cut down the
men.
Germans Lost 30,000.
The reports received here indicate
that the German losses were fully
30,000 and that the Russians are now
In pursuit with the Germans trying
to reach the frontier forts, where
they can reform. The Cossacks had
crossed the river above and below the
German positions and when the Ger
mans were routed the pursuit started
and large numbers of prisoners have
been taken.
American Ship Seized By British.
VVAS1NGTON, Oct. 20.—'The State
department announced today that the
American tanker Brlnilla had been
seized by the British1 warships off
Halifax and had been taken into port
as a prize of war. It is claiified by
the British admiralty that the Brinll
PRESIDENT WILL
HELP ALASKA
Delegation Western Congressmen Ask
His Aid for More Lights Along Coast
and He Promisee To Help.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—A delega
tion of western congressmen, at the
request of Secretary Redfleld, today
called upon President Wilson and
asked his co-operation and support in
Securing the necessary money to light
the coast of Alaska.
The delegation urges the president
to recommend to congress the pass
age of a bill carrying a large appro
priation for aids to navigation.
President Wilson told the western
congressmen that he would aid in
every way to secure congressional ac
tion along the lines desired and that
the aim. of the administration had
been to open up the resources and to
provide safety for the people of the
north,, i
The president also thanked the
members of the delegation for the
promised support In congress for the
necessary appropriations.
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JURY IS READY
TO TRY WOMAN
'Mrs. Carmen, Charged With First De
gree Murder, Faces Jury That
Will Decide Her Fate.
MINEOLA, N. Y., Oct. 20.—The jury
has been selected to try Mrs. Car
men, wife of Doctor Carmen, who is
charged with the murder of the wife
of a Brooklyn manufacturer, who was
in the office of her hUBband receiv
ing medical attention at the time of
the murder.
Mrs. Bradley’s husband and family
have spent considerable money In an
effort to have Mrs. Carmen punished
for the crime. The husband insists
that the visit to Dr. Carmen by his
wife, while without hit knowledge,
was for medical attention and not
because of any infatuation between
the physician and his wife.
Te Orpheum is leased tomorrow
night for a benefit to be given Miss
Tessle Johnson.
W. H. Bolton arrived over the imp
from Fairbanks. He reports the trail
in fine traveling condition.
E. B. SPIERS DIES
UNDER OPERATION
Former Valdez Reiident, Who Left Re
cently for 8eattle Diet In Prov
idence Hospital.
SEATTLE. OcL 20—E. B. Spiers,
of Valdez, died this morning at the
Providence hospital following an op
eration for stomach trouble. Mrs.
Spiers will leave with the body to
day and will take the remains to Los
Angeles for burial.
Mr. Spiers left Valdez about a
month ago to secure medical atten
tion, as he had been falling for months
and his condition became so bad that
it was thought best that he leave for
Seattle for an operation. The doc
tors, however, found that nothing
could be done to save him and resort
ed to an operation as a last resort.
Mr. Spiers had spent the past ten
years in Valdes, coming here as a
dr _.uty collector of customs and when
tue office was abandoned he remain
ed in Valdes. Mrs. Spiers was with
her husband at the end and they had
hoped to go to southern California
following the operation had it been
sueeessful.
, f la has a cargo of contraband destin
ed for the Germans.
State Department To Protest.
The State department immediately
ordered the consul at Halifax to in
vestigate the conditions and report
. at once It is stated here that the
i government is determined to protest
. against the capture by British war
ships of American merchant vessels
plying between neutral ports and will
insist that the allies allow goods of
any nature to be taken to neutral
countries.
British Casualties 13,000.
LONDON, Oct. 20.—The British
casualties in the fighting in northern
France and Belgium totaled 13,
000 for September. Thee war office
has published the full and complete
list of dead and wounded.
German Shops In London Destroyed.
The mobs of rioters last night de
stroyed a large number of shops of
Germans who own property in Lon
don and are in business here. The
attacks followed the finding of a Ger
man garrison and fort in London and
of the finding of German spies in
many sections of England.
Germans Admit Naval Losses.
BERLIN, Oct. 20.—The German ad
miralty admits the loss of four de
stroyers off the Holland coast yes
terday. The boats were sunk by the
British cruiser Undaunted and two
British destroyers. The German loss
es are 200 men.
Russian Siege of Przemysl Continues.
LONDON, Oct. 20.—In spite of the
reports from Berlin and Vienna of
several days ago in which it was
announced that the Russians had been
driven from Galicia, abandoned the
siege of Przemysl and forced to evac
uate Lemberg, it is stated positively
today by Lord Kitchner that the
siege of Przemysl continues and
that the Russians are slowly reduc
ing the Austrian forts and expect to
capture the three Austrian and two
German army corps which constitutes
the garrison.
Lemberg Held By Russians.
Lord Kitchner also states that Lem
berg is in the hands of the Russians
and that no Austrian forces are with
in 100 miles of the capital of Galicia
excepting those at Przemysl and that
all the passes in the Carpathian moun
tains are held by the czar’s soldiers.
Dane* Say Germans Defeated.
COPENHAGEN. Denmark, Oct. 20.
—The experts here state that the
Germans have been decisively defeat
ed at the Vistula and that the Ger
man invasion of Poland and the cap
ture of Warsaw are now out of the
question. It is believed that the
Russian counter invasion of Germany
will be started at once and that the
advance upon Cracow will be resum
ed.
Made Fields a Cemetery.
LONDON, Oct 20.—Sidelights are 1
thrown on some striking features of
'the warfare fn France by delayed dis
patches to London newspapers. Dls- 1
cussing the use of artillery in the
present war a Dally Mail correspond
ent says:
"The infantry has counted for lit
tle in these prcgracted operations.
On the allies’ left wing the men say
that they have nothing to do, and
several have complained of spending
eight days in the trenches without
seeing a German. Both armies are
tired.
“There waa one appalling incident.
Three days ago 600 Germans were
caught In some flat fields with slopes '
on every side. The French artillery
took up positions secretly, and when
the moment came to open fire tin of- .
fleer in command said, 'Make me a •
cemetery down there.’ His order was
obeyed, the guns accounting tor Ike
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WOUNDED GROSS
LINE INTO ARIZONA
Federal Troops Allow Fifty of Worst
Wounded To Remain, But Force
the Balance To Go Back.
NACO, Ariz., Oct. 20.—One hun
dred and fifty wounded Mexicans
crossed the line here last night seek
ing safety from the Villa forces,
which surround the Mexican city of
Naco. The American authorities
“would allow only the lifty seriously
Wounded men to remain on this side
of the line.
The fighting about the city contin
ues and General Hill is holding off
the Villa forces, expecting relief to
be sent him or that a peace settle
ment is to be made.
The border patrol maintained by the
American forces has been greatly en
larged and more troops are expect
ed during the day to prevent maraud
ing bands from crossing the line, as
the state troops are to be called out
If the invasions continue.
Valdez To Meet Picked Team From
Fort Liscum—Both Teams
Expect To Win.
The Valdez basket ball team will
play a game of basket ball with the
Port Liscum team on Thursday night
at the Valdez skating rink. The rink
Is being prepared for the affair and
It is expected that one of the most
Interesting games of the season will
be pulled off
The Valdez team is made up of
men who hate had considerable ex
perience at the game and the Fort
Liscum team is composed of fast
youngsters, who expect to give the
local team a run for the game.
The Valdez line-up will be: Harry
Ober, forward: Cavanaugh, guard:
Sailing, forward; Kiel, center; Bush.
;uard; Roy Rohrabaugh, Shorty Ritz
ind Doc Daykin as substitutes.
The Fort Liscum team Is made up
is follows: Fisher, right forward.
Allen, left forward; Smith, center;
Oder, left guard; Miller, right guard.
The game will start at 8:30 o’clock
■harp. Admission will be 25 cents.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
W. A. Dickey came up from I«iiul
ock bay this afternoon.
Judge Lyons returned this after
loon from Cordova, where he spent
he past few days meeetlng the vot
ers of the Guggenheim town.
William Soule, manager of the Val
les Creek Mining Company, accom
panied by his wife, arrived on the
kdmiral Watson today from Cordova.
S. A. Hemple returned to Valdes
this afternoon from Landlock bay,
vfcere he went with men and sup
plies for his property on Copper moun
tain.
Councilman Albert White returned
to Valdes on the Admiral Watson
Irom Cordova, where he went to meet
he voters of the railroad town. He
s well satisfied with the reception
tiven him at Cordova.
Nathaniel Green, of Cordova, the
lank Inspector of the Third dlvls
on, passed through on the Admiral
Watson and will Inspect the Bank of
toward, returning he will make an in
ipectldn of the local banks.