VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914. NO. 304.
VOL. 10. __
All IRS CENTER IS FORCED BACK
FRENCH GAS LADEN SHELLS WORK TERRIBLE HAVOC
GERMANS SENDING MORE MEN TO ARMY IN FRANCE
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KAISER’S TROOPS SUFFER HEAVILY BEFORE VERDUN
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CLOSE WIRELESS
Marconi Company Will Do As It Pleas
es They Say—Daniels, However,
Is Expected To Show Them.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2d—The Mar
coni Wireless officials, operating the
high power station at Siasconsett,
Mass., in connection with similar sta
tions in British possessions, today de
fied the United States government to
close the station.
The British company expect to re
ceive strong support from the Brit
ish government in the event of the
station being closed and will demand
damages for loss of income if the
plant is put out of commission.
The Navy department will certain
ly confiscate the plant if the operat
ors continue to violate the neutrality
laws of the United States, is the be
lief of the officials of the govern
ment.
BRITISH CENSORS
NOE NO! FAIR
Suppress Favorable News Regarding
German Operations In Charge of
American Newspaperman.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26— President
Roy W. Howard, of the United Press
Association, one of the large news
agencies of the United States, return
ed to this city today from Europe
and charges that the British censors
are withholding favorable news to
the Germans.
Mr. Howard asserts that the Ger
mans have made remarkable gains
against the allies and that in the
East the Russians have been com
pletely whipped by the kaiser’s troops
but that the news is suppressed. He
also charges that statements regard
ing the German side of disputed ques
tions are withheld also explanations
of the socalled acts of vandalism are
never allowed to”reach the British
public nor |the American people.
The newspaper man believes that
the German wireless stations on the
Atlantic should be allowed to oper
ate and the American people would
then get the news from both sides
and could form their own judgment
of the truth of British or German
news.
ANDREW CARNEGIE
* DEFENDS KAISER
_i —.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26— Andrew
Carnegie, the steel magnate and the
advocate of world-wide peace, return
ed to this city today from Europe
and in a statement said that he ad
mired the German kaiser greatly;
that the socalled “war lord” was op
posed to war and would have avoided
it could it have been possible, but
the great military party of Germany
forced his hand and demanded war
and got it.
Notice.
The original owners of the Valdez
Ivanhoe property will not be respon
sible for any debts incurred by the
Valdez Ivanhoe Mining Company.
Signed. Emil Davis, Wm. Wesser
ling, Buck Hoyt, L. C. St. Marie, tf
General French Says Present Battle Is Like Siege of Big Army—Germans Are
Heavily Entrenched and Defy All Attacks—End of Battle In Sight Say
Military Experts—Germans Make Great Gains Along Muese River—New
French Shell With Turpentine Gas Paralyzes Germans, Causing Instant
Death—Allies Capture Island of Lissa In Adriatic for Base of Supplies.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—The German
center has made decided gains, hav
ing carried the Meuse river heights
and are now pushing south. They
are bombarding the allies right wing
fiercely and also fighting defensively
on the German right, where von
Kluck commands. Both armies are
using all their reserves and the Eng
lish has sent more troops to Ostend
to join the French troops from the
the mobolization camps. In Russia
the war office is pushing preparations
for a winter campaign. The Germans
have sent strong forces to Cracow to
block the Rusian advance, while the
Austrians have captured 7,000 Ser
vians whom they trapped in Hungary.
They also captured the field guns of
the army corps which had pushed in
to Hungary. Late this afternoon ru
mors of serious defeats for the allies
in the center and on the left have
been heard, but the censorship is so
tight that nothing definite can be
learned. The British fleet did go
into the Baltic Sea and more vessels
are entering the German Sea and will
engage the Germans or will bombard
German towns on the Baltic.
German Ship Sinks British.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sept.
26.—The German converted cruiser,
the Kronprinz Wilhelm, which left
New York loaded with coal a few
days after the war begun and has
been preying upon English commerce
since that time, has sunk the Brit
ish steamer, Indian Prince, a large
liner in the South American trade.
The captain of the lost boat and the
crew were sent into this port.
No Protest Made.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Officials
of the State department do not ex
pect that the British government will
make any demand upon the Ameri
can government for damages because
of the ships sunk by the Kronprinz
Wilhelm, although the United States
compelled the British to pay damag
es for losses sustained to American
shipping by boats fitted out in Eng
lish ports during the war of the re
bellion. The American government
having received no protest to the
sailing of the German merchantman
prior to the sailing could not be ex
pected to stop her leaving New York.
British Troops At Ostend.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—Another army
of British troops landed at Ostend
and Boulogne yesterday and will join
the new French army, which has
been raised at the different mobiliz
ation centers. The new army will op
erate against the German rear and
will hamper its retreat.
Expect Speedy End of the Present
Battle.
A speedy end to the battle of the
Oisne is predicted by military ex
perts and the information from the
front bears out their contention. The
Germans can no longer hold back the
.victorious allies and must seek po
sitions nearer to their base of sup
plies.
Germans Preparing To Retire.
Reports from all sections of the
big battlefield indicate that the Ger
mans are preparing to retire. The
German lines in Western Belgium
have all been drawn in so that they
will not be caught by the Belgian and
English troops.
Swiss Refuse Germany a Favor.
BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 26.—The
Swiss government today refused the
German kaiser the favor he requested
of allowing three of his army corps
to cross the Swiss border to attack
the French in the rear. The Swiss
government refused and informed the
Berlin war office that It would main
tain its neutrality at any expense.
Three hundred thousand Swiss sol
diers are now under arms and ready
to block any attempt to cross the
border. I
Snow Storm In Lorraine.
Pierce snow storms are raging in
Lorraine today and all military op
erations are at a standstill; military
movements are demoralized and no
further progress can be made by eith
er army until the storm stops. The
report received here from German
stragglers and from the border guards
is that the German-Austrlan corps,
which have been attacking the allies
entrenchments at Verdun lost 10,000
dead and 50,000 wounded in the last
three days of fighting. The losses at
other points were equally heavy.
German Reserves On the Job.
PARIS, Sept. 26.—The various uni
forms used by the German troops at
the front indicate that Germany now
has all classes of its reserves at the
front.
Powerful German Entrenchments.
The entrenchments of the German
army are the most powerful field en
trenchments ever built and the mil
lion and a half men have been work
ing constantly on new systems of en
trenchments and barb wire entangle
ments.
Conflict May Last Days.
Field Marshal French, commanding
the British army, says the present
battle may last for days as it has
developed into the siege of a field
army. The Germans being entrench
ed the attack must be slow and cost
ly, but will be continued until the
invaders of France are driven across
the border.
Fiercest Fight On Meuse Heights.
The fiercest fighting is along the
Meuse heights, where frequent hand
to hand conflicts occur hourly with
varying success.
Germans Resume Bombardment of
Reims.
The Germans have resumed the
bombardment of the Reims cathedral,
which, however, can not be damag
ed much more than resulted from
the fire of last Sunday.
Cholera In Servia.
BORDEAUX, Sept. 26.—It is report
ed here that cholera is raging in the
western battlefields in Servia. The
reports are believed to be true.
Captured Siege Guns Useless.
The captured siege guns taken by
the French during operations in nor
thern France are useless to the al
lies at present, as the roads are so
muddy that the forty ton giants can
not be moved into positions.
Russians Preparing for Winter Cam
paign.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 26—The Rus
sian war office is preparing for a
winter campaign against Berlin. The
army will wait until cold weather
has set in and the roads are frozen
hard and the rivers covered with ice,
making it possible to cross them at
will, after which the Russian army
of 2,500,000 will be pushed into the
heart of Germany if the plans of the
war office do not miscarry.
Supplies Going Forward.
When the new plans were decided
upon the orders were given for win
ter equipment of the best kind for
an army of 2,500,000 men, which is
the force to be used at the front.
These suplpies are already en route
to the army.
Allies Capture Lissa Island.
ROME, Sept. 26.—The allies yes
terday captured Lissa island, an Aus
trian possession in the Adriatic Sea,
lying off the Dalmatian coast, and of
great advantage as a naval base in
the operations against the Austrian
fleet. The garrison of Austrians sur
rendered.
Germans Defy Allies.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—All day' yes
terday the German army, with its
hollow square formation, defied the
assaults of the allies. Attack after
attack was made and the artillery of
the French and British pounded in
cessantly at the German positions but
without any marked effect.
Must Crush General von Boehm.
The allies must crush the German
command of General von Boehm, who
has the positipn the angle where
the German army swings into Bel
gium. It is the only chance of the
allies to force the Germans to leave
the strongly fortified positions they
now occupy becausee their commun
ication with Belgium and Germany
through Liege will be cut and a forc
ed retirement will then be necessary.
Be Difficult Position To Take.
The assault'upon General von Bo
ehm will be as difficult as that upon
von Kluck and he may be as success
ful in withstanding the allies charges.
German Emperor Free With Iron.
BERLIN, Sept. 26—The German em
peror has already bestowed 38,000
iron crosses since the war was start
ed. Hundreds are awarded each day.
The aviation corps has received the
largest percentage of crosses to the
number of men enlisted and the num
ber of deaths among the aviators has
been very high.
Germans Reach Cracow.
LONDON. Sept. 26.—Because of
the threatened invasion of Germany
by the Russian armies in Galicia the
German war office has sent troops to
Cracow to hold that city against the
Russians, who are now near that
place. The advance guard of Ger
mans reached Cracow this morning
and an additional 100,000 troops are
en route to the city.
Allies Again After von Kluck.
The allies are again making a des
perate attempt to break the German
right wing commanded by General von
Kluck. Assault after assault is be
ing made by the Franco-Britlsh troops
north of Noyon, but the success of
the attempt Is not known.
Germane Pounding Allies Right.
While the allies are assaulting von
Kluck's positions the Germans have
taken the offensive on the allies right
and are driving attack after attack
at the French line between Verdun
and Toul. The Germans have made
every effort to break through the al
lies line at these points but without
success. The French border forts
have been absolutely impregnable al
though the German big Krupp siege
guns have been pounding away at
them since September 1.
No Help for Stricken British Ships.
The admiralty today announced
that hereafter when British warships
are attacked by submarines the com
manders of other vessels will not at
tempt to aid the ship attacked be
cause of the ganger that more ships
will be lost,' as was the case a
few days ago !h the North Sea when
two cruisers which went to assist
the first boat hit wpre themselves de
stroyed by the underwater fighting
vessel.
Can Do No Good.
It is pointed out that big ships can
be of no assistance against the sub
marines and that the smaller vessels
must be depended upon to protect the
fast going cruisers or expensive bat
tleships, because they can do as
much with the small guns against a
submarine as can the big ships, and
in the event of failure the loss will
be. considerably less.
Verdun Forts Roll Up Krupp Guns.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—'The Verdun
forts yesterday located a battery of
four big German Krupp siege guns
and rolled them up. The range was
given by aviators, who took desper
ate chances flying over the German
positions.
Berlin Hears Good News.
BERLIN, Sept. 26—The Turco
troops brought by the French from
Africa to fight the Germans, and who
are despised and dreaded by the Ger
mans because of the race opposition
and the terrible ferocity of the Al
gerians, who must be killed to be
stopped, have been ordered back to
Africa, as it is too cold in northern
France for the men, who are accus
tomed to the warm climate of north
ern Africa.
French Admit Germain Gains On
Meuse
BORDEAUX, Sept. 26.—The French
war office this morning announced
that the Germans had made gains
on the River Meuse, having carried
the heights on the right bank and
were pushing forward with some evi
dence of speed but that they had been
prevented from crossing the river and
were operating only on the right
bank.
Reinforcements Sent To French.
Strong reinforcements have been
sent from the reserve army to the
new point ef attack and the German
gain has not resulted in weakening
the allies attack on the German right
under von Kluck as was hoped by
the German general staff.
Von Kluck Still Holds Them Back.
The German right still defies the
combined British and French armies
operating against it in spite of the
fact that the allies have received
strong reinforcements and have more
men than the German commander.
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I Austrians Report Victory Over Ser
vians.
VIENNA. Sept. 26.—The Austrians
succeeded in entrapping 30,000 Ser
vians who were lured into invading
Hungary. The Austrians laid a trap
and forced 7,000 of the Servians to
surrender. The balance were rout
ed and returned to the Servian bor
der. The field guns of the Servians
were also captured.
German Defense Weakening.
PARIS, Sept. 26—The German de
fensive against the allies is weaken
ing according to reports received here
this morning and although they have
gained on the Meuse the Invaders
must retire within a short time. The
present battle on the Oisne, which
has lasted for fifteen days, is near
its end and will result in a victory
for the allies.
French Have New Shells.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—The French
artillery are using a new shell which
contains a mysterious poisonous tur
pentine gas, which Is deadly poison,
causing paralysis. Death is almost
instantaneous. Entire lines of Ger
man dead have been found in the
trenches standing as if about to
shoot, but have died from the sud
den effect of the gas, which is ex
ploded over the trenches by the guns.
Germans Still Holding Strong Posi
tions On Meuse.
The Germans still hold strong po
sitions along the Reuse river and
have planted guns on the heights ov
erlooking the valleys.
Water Helps Allies.
PARIS, Sept. 26.—The wounded
soldiers brought here from the front
say that the rains which filled the
German trenches, has forced the men
to evacuate the strong line of trench
es and fight in the open and that
the result has been a terrible loss
of life for the invaders.
More Germans Going Into France.
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 26.—The Ger
man nation is pouring troops through
Alx-la-Chapelle en route to France.
The troops are reserves held at Col
ogne because they could not be used
in France or to the east, but are
needed now to fill the gap made by
losses and to protect the line of com
munication through Belgium.
Chief Executive Tells New Jersey
Democrats Not To Endorse Him
for Re-election In 1916.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Presi
dent Wilson has requested the Dem
ocrats of New Jersey, his home state,
not to endorse him for renomination
at the next national Democratic con
.vention. The president stated to his
friends that such an endorsement
would be taken as a personal appeal
on his part for re-election.
Close friends of the president be
lieve that he will accept a nomina
tion for re-election in 1916 provided
the party demands it, but that he
will make no personal attempt to
secure hte nomination nor will he
allow the members of the cabinet or
administration officials to electioneer
for him.
Carboy Is Dropped At Entrance To
Hudson River Tunnel and Hun
dreds Are Overcome.
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 26—Hundreds
of people were overcome and are
at the local hospitals recovering from
the effects of inhaling nitric acid gas,
which was set free when a carboy
of nitric acid was dropped and broke
at the entrance to the Hudson river
tunnel.
• The place was crowded as the acci
dent happened at 5:30 last evening
when throngs of commuters were re
turning from the day’s work in New
York.
The people who were overcome
were cared for by the ambulance
surgeons called by the police and
.many are still in the hospitals in a
serious condition.
The man who dropped the carboy
escaped and the police are seeking
to discover who it was, believing that
it was done with criminal intent.
A pan of gold from the placer mines
of the Chisana is on exhibit in the
window of the Valdez Bank & Trust
Company.
SEATTIEPAPERS
MAHSTAKE
SEATTLE. Sept. 26.—The bankers
of this city have issued a statement
tod. y in which the announcement of
yesterday regarding discounting Ca
nadian currency is corrected. The
papers announced that the clearing
house would discount the paper ten
per cent but the bankers say that
they were misunderstood, as only one
per cent will be discounted.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Perry Eaton will leave on the Ad
miral Watson for Kodiak.
Pete Havel&ad came in from the
Rutherford-Ramaay mine today.
Pete Brucett came in from the
Rutherford-Ramsay mine today.