V0L 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1914. N0. 294.
GERMAN RIGHT WING SURRENDERS
PARIS AND LONDON REPORTS 40,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
AUSTRIAN-GERMAN ARMIES DEFEATED BY RUSSIANS
KAISER’S TROOPS ARE IN BAD WAY IN NORTH FRANCE
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WESTERN ROADS
WANT HE WET
Say That With Changed Conditions
They Must Receive Better Pay
or Go Broke
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—The
western railroads operating west of
the Mississippi announced today to
the Interstate Commerce Commission
that they would make a formal ap
plication for permission to raise
rates on freight shipments because
of the great expense they have been
put to by reason of the increase in
pay granted the men to avoid a strike
and because of the changed financial
conditions in the United States.
The attorneys for the roads an
nounced that conditions were unpre
cedented in the United Stages and
that unless the roads were given a
fair chance many of them would cer
tainly go down, taking with them
many other industries and for a time
at least upsetting the financial con
ditions in the country.
ROADHOUSE FOR
PORIAGE BAY
Mike Sullivan Preparing for Expect
ed Influx When Engineers An
nouncement Is Made.
When the Brighton sailed Satur
day morning for Port Wells and
Portage bay she carried a big ship
ment of general supplies for Mike
Sullivan, who will open a roadhouse
at that point. He already has a
building 16 x 24 on his homestead
and believes there will be consider
able doing there this winter and is
getting ready for the trade.
-The establishment of the roadhouse
at Portage Bay will be a great con
venience tp travelers in that section
of the country. There are a large
number of prospectors in and around
Portage Bay who are developing their
ground, and while Mr. Sullivan does
not intend to cater to supplying the
miners or travelers the roadhouse
will be a guarantee that they need
not suffer if storm bound in winter.
NORTHWESTERN
REACHES VALDEZ
The steamer Northwestern reached
Valdez at 6 o’clock this morning,
bringing a number of passengers and
seventy-five tons of freight. The
steamer left at noon for Seward and
will be gone about fifty hours, as she
will load ore at Latouche and is due
back Thursday afternoon. The Val
dez passengers were: Mr. and Mrs.
M. M. Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Pat
terson, A. V. Pflamm, C. L. Hoyt,
Angus Chisholm, Miss L. M. Patter
son, A. L. Dowling, P. C. Peltret,
Mrs. L. M. Lewis.
BUCK HOYT BRINGS
NEW AUTO TRUCK
Buck Hoyt, the roadhouse keeper,
has a three thousand pound auto
truck on the steamer Admiral Ev
ans which will be unloaded at Val
dez and used to take freight sup
plies and passengers from this ci*y to
his roadhouse at Gulkana.
Many Aviators Have Been Killed To Date—Maubeuge Still Holds Out Says
Paris and French Reoccupy Reims—France Almost Cleared of Germans
Who Continue To Retire and Will Fight Behind Strong German Forts—
Belgian Sortie From Antwerp Is Repulsed—Russian Army of 100,000
Taken To Belgium In 42 Transports—General Von Kluk Made Brilliant
Defense for German Army and Held Allies In Check Long Time.
PARIS, Sept. 15.—The people here
have received news of a German re
verse and the report is current that
General von Kluk, commanding the
German right, has been forced to
surrender to the allies. Some reports
say that the German commander had
only 14,000 troops with him, while
others report that he surrendered
with two army corps numbering ov
er 50,000, the remnants of the two
full corps he commanded.
Maubeuge Still Holds Out.
PARIS, Sept. 15.—The city of Mau
beuge, on the Belgium border, still
holds out against the German forces,
which have been laying siege to the
French forts for four weeks, but so
far have been unable to take the
place, although several of the forts
are reported demolished enough of
the remainder are intact and contin
ue to menace the Germans, who are
retreating towards the border and
are forced to make a long detour
about the city and forts or suffer
heavy losses.
Germans Lose Cruiser.
LONDON, Sept. 15.—The admiralty
reports that a British submarine has
sunk the German cruiser Hela with
her crew of six hundred men. The
place of the engagement is not given,
but is believed to have been off the
Danish coast.
French Reoccupy Reims.
PARIS, Sept. 15.—The French have
retaken the city of Reims, were Gen
eral Kluk had expected to make a
stand and have found a large num
ber of German wounded in the hos
pitals.
Report Surrender of General Kluk.
LONDON, Sept. 15.—The news has
been published here that General von
Kluk, commanding the extreme right
wing of the German main army, has
been cut off and forced to surrender
with 25,000 troops and all his can
non and supplies. The war office has
not made an official announcement as
ye" but states that the position of
the forces under General Kluk was
such that the announcement of his
surrender was expected at any mo
ment.
Leaves Germans In Perilous Position
If true *he Germany army is in a
terrible position with its protection
on the right lost and the army of
northern France cut off the only pos
sible retreat through the Ardennes
and back to Germany one which
cannot but be made with the loss
of many lives and many guns, as the
railroads are lost to the Germans and
they must make their way through
the woods and over mountain passes.
Crown Prince Near Verdun.
The crown prince of Germany with
his army is fifteen miles northwest
of Verdun and he is endeavoring to
reach the German army near Ver
dun, which is isolated, and must sur
render unless relieved quickly.
German Eaat Army Falla Back.
The German left wing has fallen
back on Metz and the French have
formed a line from Metz to Verdun
with part of the line extending north
and operating against the German
crown prince, who commands the
German center.
Many Aviators Die.
PARIS, Sept. 15.—The war office
announced today that to date eigh
teen German, sixteen Russian, twelve
French and four British army aviat
ors had been killed and that the per
centage of deaths in the aviation
corps while heavy was not as large
as had been feared by the general
staff.
Supreme Claish Yet To Come.
LONDON, Sept. 15.—The military
experts here say that the supreme
test of strength between the allies
and the Germans is yet to come and
that the German army, while beaten
back, is still a formidable force.
Germans Have Strong Positions.
The experts say that the Germans
have a strong position with the left
wing using the forts at Met* and
Diedenhofen as pivots upon which to
swing and form in line behind the
powerful German forts.
Forests Also Help Germans
The heavy forests, deep streams
and natural conditions at the fron
tier and in Luxemburg give the Ger
mans a great advantage and the pub
lic are again warned not to expect
too much of the allies, w-ho have al
ready proven themselves a powerful
army.
German Ambassador Returned From
Japan.
SEATTLE, Sept. 15.—Count von
Rex, the German ambassador at To
kio, who was given his passports
when the two nations declared war.
reached here today from Japan and
is en route to Washington. The Ger
man ambassador insists that Eng
land forced the Japanese government
into the war in spite of the desire
of the Japanese government, and es
pecially of the people to keep out
of the European embroglio, which
they were but little interested in.
Allies Outnumber Germans.
BORDEAUX, Sept. 15.—The gov
ernment has announced to the people
through the press that the allies 1,
500,000 strong are driving back, the
German invaders, who number 900,
000 and that the torrential rains of
the past week have hampered the
German flight to the border.
Lost Many Prisoners and Guns.
The invaders have lost many pris
oners and guns which were mired In
the mud, and which they were fore
ed to abandon in the hasty retreat.
Many wounded were also left at the
different cities along the retreat to
Germany and are now held as prison
ers.
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East France Clear of Germans.
PARIS, Sept. 15—The German in
vaders have fallen back across the
border of France from the Vosges
mountains to Nancy and now no force
is operating on this side of the line
from Nancy south to the Swiss bor
der.
Paris Garrison Helps.
The retreat of the Germans from
Paris and especially the falling bacK
from positions near Amiens has al
lowed the general staff to use the
garrison of Paris, numbering 500,000
men, who have been hurled at the
German right in an effort to crush
that force before it can retire across
the border into Luxemburg.
Battle Now Raging.
The two armies are now fighting
and with the aid of the Paris garri
son the allies far outnumber the Ger
mans and are expected to deal them
a crushing defeat.
Germans Tried To Make Stand On
^ Aisne.
The Germans endeavored to make
a stand upon the banks of the Aisne
river but were forced to abandon
their positions and continue the re
treat.
Evacuate Amiens.
The Germans who have occupied
the city of Amiens for the past three
weeks have retired from that city be
cause of the fear of being cut off by
the Russian-Belgian-Brltish army, now
operating in the rear of the German
positions.
War Office Denies Reports.
BERLIN, Sept. 15.—The war ofTice
denies the stories of German defeats
by the allies In France and announce
that the crown prince is attacking
NOME WILL FIGHT
SLIPPERY WICK
Does Not Like His Efforts To Help
Nome Corporations Because
Merchants Lost In Storm.
NOME, Sept. 15.—Following the
mass meeting and protest of the peo
ple of this section against the John
son-Wlckersham bill to relieve the
big mining corporations of assess
ment work this year because the
merchants in the city of Nome lost
so heavily in the storm of last year,
and the protest of the people against
the Wlckersham bill to put a com
mission form of government on Alas
ka; thereby taking from the people
the only possible opportunity they
may have in the Alaska legislature
to voice the needs of the people of
the territory, the citizens of the Sec
ond division have commenced an act
ive campaign to defeat the present
delegate because of his corporation
leaning and his disregard of the will
of the people. \
Representatives of all parties are
working in harmony to defeat the
delegate.
Charles Koppus is in from the
Nizlna, where he has spent the sum
mer on his placer claims.
GERMANS FEAR
11. S. JOIN ALLIES
Our Embassador Makes Denial At
Berlin and Says We Will Keep
Out of the Scrap.
BERLIN, Sept. 15.—Ambassador
Gerard, representing the United
States government here, announced
today that the persistent reports cir
culated in Germany that the United
States would join the allies and help
crush Germany and Austria were
without the least foundation in fact
and that the American government
was making every effort not only to
keep the United States out of the
war, but to give to all countries in
volved the same treatment and to
remain neutral in thought as well as
action.
The ambassador requested publish
ed the proclamation of neutrality
made by the United States and the
proclamation issued by President
Wilson to the American people call
ing upon them to be neutral as in
dividuals as well as a nation.
The reports from New York of the
newspaper opposition to Germany
have caused much bitter feeling in
this city and led to the persistent
reports of American intentions to
join the allies against Germany.
the French positions between Verdun
and Toul and that he is making con
siderable headway in his attacks and
has taken a number of important
forts.
Sortie From Antwerp Repulsed.
The war office also announces that
the Belgian garrison at Antwerp
made another sortie from that city
and endeavored to atack the German
rear, but were driven back with
heavy losses and retired into the city.
Germans To Save Calves.
The German government has pro
hibited the killing of calves weighing
under 160 pounds and cows under
the age of seven so that the supply j
of meat may not be lowered in Ger
many, where every effort is to be
made to have food enough to keep the
army and the people for at least two
years and if possible longer.
Russians Reach Belgium.
ANTWERP, Sept. 15.—The Rus
sian army of 100,000 men, which was
brought to Belgium and landed to
help the allies was brought from
Archangel in forty-two transports and
a second army of 100,000 is now on
the way while the transports are re
turning for a third army of the same
size.
To Attack German Rear.
The Russians and English have
joined the Belgian forces and are
operating against the Germans be
tween Brussels and Liege and hope
to capture the German garrison of
the former Belgian capital and to
if possible recover the money taken
from the city under threat that it
would be destroyed if not paid.
Only Part Paid.
It is understood here that the Bur
gomaster of Brussels paid only a
part of the $40,000,000 demanded of
the citizens of the city, while Liege
refused to pay any of the $10,000,000
demanded of them and the Germans
may destroy that city when they
leave it.
German* Making Stand.
PARIS, Sept. 15.—The German
troops commanded by General von
Kluk are making a stand on the up
per Alsne river, where they have en
trenched themselves and are prepar
ing to hold back the allies until the
arrival of reinforcements coming
from northwest Prance, where every
available German commond has been
ordered to reinforce the German
right at once.
Germans Also Standing At Rheims.
The Germans are also standing at
Rheims, where they have taken up
strong positions on the heights at
that city and are preparing to stop
the allies at any cost, so that the
scattered parts of the huge German
army may work together and thus
be saved.
Germans To Try To Effect Junction.
The Germans, under General von
Kluk, will make every effort to effect
a junction with the German armies
under General Albricht and General
Rupprechts, who are now in the
Argonne forests and are in danger of
being cut off from the rest of the
army.
Allies Pushing Advantage.
The allies are assaulting the posi
tions taken by the German right so
as to force them back and thus make
certain, the capture of the two Ger
man armies in the Argonne forests
which can be cut off and forced to
surrender. _
London Reports German Defeat.
LONDON. Sept. 15.—The war office
announced this afternoon that the ef
forts of the German right under
General Kluk to force a battle at the
positions he had taken had failed be
cause of flanking movements which
forced him to again retire and that
as a result the German armies in the
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DEMOCRATS WIN
MAINE STATE
Elect Oakley Curtis, of Portland, As
Governor of the State By Small
Majority—Moosers Lose.
PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 15.—Mayor
Oakley Curtis, of this city, was
elected governor of the state at
yesterday’s elections. Curtis has a
small' margin over has Republican
opponent, while the Progressive was
a bad third, having fewer votes than
were cast at the last election.
The Democrats and Republicans
both gained over the vote of last
year at the expense of the Progres
sives, who made a poor showing, es
pecially after the whirlwind campaign
of Colonel Roosevelt and other Moose
leaders, who stumped the state for
the party.
Three Republican congressmen and
one Democrat were re-elected to the
House.
FIND NEW STAR
NEAR JUPITER
Can Be Photographed By Long Ex
posure, But Otherwise It Is In
visible.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept. 15.—Profes
sor Nicholson of the Lick observa
tory, announced here today that he
had discovered a nineth satelite near
Jupiter, which he was able to photo
graph by a long exposure, but which
is not observable otherwise.
The announcement caused much
surprise among scientists in other
parts of the world, because it was
hardly thought possible that any new
-stars would be found revolving about
Jupiter and they are now endeavor
ing to verify the announcement.
Northwestern League Quits.
SEATTLE, Sept. 15—The last
games of the Northwestern League
have been played and Vancouver was
formally-awarded the pennant yester
day at Dugdale park.
LAUNCH FOUND ON
MONTAGUE BUND
Jack Ryder, the Montague island
trapper, returned to Valdez this
morning, bringing a large whalebone
he secured on the island and also
reports that he discovered a dory with
an eight horsepower engine In it,
which had drifted to the island and
which the owner may have by prov
ing property. He also brought to
town number of bear skins, which
he had taken hunting on the Island.
SENATOR RODEN TO
LIVE IN JUNEAU
Senator Henry Roden, of the Idit
arod, reached Juneau a short time
ago and will open his law office In
the capital city.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Spiers and
son Wallace will be outgoing pas
sengers on the steamer Northwestern
for California, where Mr. Spiers will
spend the winter and recover his
health.