VQL 1(J VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914. NO. 280.
KAISER ORDERS TROOPS TO PARIS
ALL BORDER FORTS IN HANDS OF THE GERMAN ARMY
AUSTRIANS LOSE TO RUSSIANS WHO TAKE GALICIA
GERMAN CRUISERS SUNK BY BRITISH IN NORTH SEA
NlrooiLr
Only a Few Things To Be Taxed At
Present and More To Follow
After Election.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—The
House committee, to which has been
referred the administration bill to
provide money for the Treasury, now
that the imports have been cut off
and revenue from the tariff lost be
cause of the war in Europe, today de
cided upon a bill taxing cocoa, cola,
pepsin, cola wine, beer and baseball
tickets, but will not tax whiskey and
tobacco at this time.
It is hoped to bring the income
of the government near normal and
also to cut appropriations so as to
make both ends meet. No heavy tax
will be passed until after the fall
election, as the politicians in con
gress fear the effect on the party
this fall should a burdensome tax be
imposed.
FORGE GARRANZA
TO RACK UP
Wanted To Refuse To Accept Huerta
Bank Notes, But Mob Storm Treas
ury and Threaten Revolution.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 29.—Provis
ional President Carranza, who had or
dered the treasury to refuse to rec
ognize or cash the bank notes of the
Huerta administrations, was forced
to back up and agree to take the
money back by the infuriated mobs
which stormed the banks, the govern
ment treasury, the palace, and for a
time threatened to overthrow the
provisional government. The on
slaught was so sudden that the po
lice and troops were being driven
back and only by using their guns
and firing into the mobs, killing
many, were they able to stop the
crowds long enough to make the an
nouncement that the government
would recognize the Huerta notes
held by the people.
Angered by the inability of the po
lice force to maintain order, Presi
dent Carranza fired the entire force
following the quelling of the riots
and a new force will be organized
at once.
STEAMER ALAMEDA
REACHESSEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 29.—The steamer
Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship
company, reached here this morning
from the north and will sail for Val
dez next Monday evening one day
late. Mrs. Durschia, of Fairbanks,
who was a southbound passenger,
died on the trip and her body was
brought here for interment.
For measuring sea depths a Massa
chusetts doctor has invented a dyna
mite bomb which explodes on strik
ing the bottom, tue distance being
estimated by measuring the time it
takes the sound to reach the surface
of the water.
British War Office Announces That India Troops Are To Be Brought To
France—More Algerian Troops Coming—Russians Take Konigsberg and
Also Take All of Galicia—Paris Is Preparing for Siege Which Is Now In
evitable—Germans Force French and Belgian Non-Combatants to Work In
German Fields and Save Harvests—German Cruisers In North Atlantic
Still Prey On British Commerce—Germany Calls Out Her Last Reserves.
ROTTERDAM, Holland, Aug. 29.—
It is reported here that the Kaiser
has ordered the German army to con
tinue its advance on Paris and to
stop for nothing, no matter how hard
the resistance, as time is now every
thing to the Germans, who must take
Paris at once.
Engage Enemy Wherever Found.
The German general staff has is
sued orders to every German com
mander to seek a fight at every pos
sible chance and to give the allies
no rest and if possible to bring on
a general engagement all along the
line, as the purpose is to crush
France before the arrival of the
troops from England and India, from
Algiers and the south of France, be
sides which the Russians must still
be dealth with.
BERLIN, Aug. 29.—It was official
ly announced here last night by the
German war office that after a bat
tle lasting for nine days the German
troops had utterly routed the allies
with heavy losses. The defeat is
said to have been overwhelming and
is expected to decide the fate of the
French republic forever.
General von Kluck Defeats English.
The forces under General von
Kluck defeated the English troops
under Field Marshal General French
at Maubeuge, while General von Bu
low and General von Hausen had de
feated the French and English be
tween Hambre and Namur and w-as
now pursuing them into Franco, while
the Crown Prince was advancing to
wards the Muese and General von
Herring was following the retreating
French through the Vosges moun
tains.
Belgians Sally From Antwerp.
The Belgians sallying from Ant
werp were checked and driven be
hind the fortifications according to
the statements Issued by the war of
fice and are now being attacked with
renewed vigor in order that the
troops engaged in protecting the rear
and clearing out the Belgians shall
be freed for work against the French
or Russians.
Germans Delirious With Joy.
The people here went wild with
delight at the news and cheered and
paraded before the palace, cheering
for the Kaiser and for the German
army
Happy To Whip Englishmen.
The Germans are especially happy
at the defeat of the English, as they
have deep resentment because the
English entered into the fight against
Germany, which they believe was un
called for and unjustified.
Germans Destroy Louvalne.
The German army completely de
stroyed the Belgian city of Louvaine
because the populace had perfidiously
fired upon the Germans from the
windows and roof tops, killing many
officers. The 40,000 people in the
city, men, women and children, are
all prisoners of war, while the city
was burned to the ground.
German Ships Are Sunk.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—The admiralty
today issued a statement regarding
the sea fight this morning off the
German Island of Heligoland, in
which two German cruisers and two
torpedo boats were sunk and several
others damaged. The British loss was
the damaging of several small ships
but no ships were sunk.
Caught German Ships In Morning.
The British fleet came upon the
German cruisers early in the morn
ing after they had gone out into the
North Sea under cover of darkness.
The British vessels came from the
north along the Danish coast and
were able to force the Germans to
battle before they could get under
the cover of the'fortifications on the
German coast. The names of the two
ships sunk were not learned, but they
were of the type of the cruiser Wet
tin.
Germans Must Respect Holland Neu
trality.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—Because of
the immense importance to Germany
of Holland’s neutrality, as affecting
food supplies, no hostile act by Ger
many against the Netherlands is ex
pected.
Even in normal times a very large
proportion of Germany’s imports en
ter by Dutch ports, and now the
trade that formerly entered through
Hamburg might easily be transferred
in part to Rotterdam, which affords
a far more direct avenue to indus
trial Germany than the famous Ger
man port. There is nothing to stop
American, Canadian and Argentine
grain from being consigned in vast
quanti ies to importers in Rotterdam,
so long as it is carried in other than
German ships, and these Dutch im
porters cannot be prevented from
shipping this grain at once into
barges and sending it up the Rhine.
It is a matter almost of life or
death to Germany that this open gate
way for food and trade should not
be closed, and it is doubtless solici
tude on this account that explains to
a large extent why the Germans have
been so careful not to violate Dutch
territory.
Montenegrin* In Austria.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—A special dis
patch from Rome cays that the Mon
tenegrin troops, aided by the inhab
itants of Herzegovina, are success
fully invading Austria, whose block
ade of the Montenegrin coast has
practically ceas d.
A dispatch from Cettinje, Monte
negro, to the Excchange Telegraph
company, officially denies the occu
pation of Scutari by Montenegrin
troops and also all other reports of
ho8'lle intentions against Albania.
Rebellion Brewing In Albania.
ROME, Aug. 29.—Serious -roubles
in Albania are causing anxiety. In
surgents are threatening Durazzo and
Valona.
Germane Make Prisoners Harvest
Crops.
COPENHAGEN. Aug. 29—'The Ger
man war office has ordered all men,
women and children of Belgium, be
sides the captive French and Eng
lish soldiers into the German fields
to harvest the rops, which are bad
ly needed by the army, but which
the German people cannot harvest,
as the old men and boys have been
ordered to the front and the women
cannot harvest the grain.
Captives Forced To Work.
The captives from Belgium have
been driven in herds into the Ger
man fields, where old men and boys
are placed as guards over them and
they are forced to work long hours.
American Ambassador Makes Pro
test.
It is reported here that the Ameri
can ambassador at Berlin has made
a formal protest to the German for
eign office against the practice of
forcing non-combatants to work for
the Germans, especially the people
of Belgium.
Germans Going the Limit.
BERLIN, Aug. 29.—The war office
has called on, the last German re
serve to mobilize and they will be
sent into Belgium towns to hold the
cities now captured and to protect
the line of communication from
raids by the allies, especially the
Belgians, who are constantly blowing
up bridges and destroying the rail
roads in spite of the efforts of the
troops. The last reserve of old men
and boys will thus relieve the first
army for operation against the allies.
Russians Take Konigsberg.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 29.—The
Russian troops have captured Ko
nigsburg, one of the largest cities in
German Poland. The German, garri
son has withdrawn into the castle,
but are being shelled and are ex
pected to surrender at any moment.
Thousands of prisoners were taken
besides many killed and wounded.
Escape By Water Cut Off.
The Russians have planned batter
ies on the shore of Dancig bay, so
that no Germans can escape down
the river and out into the Baltic Sea.
Russians Continue March Westward.
Three big Russian armies of sev
eral million men are continuing the
march on Berlin and the advance
guard of Cossacks are fighting their
way across the Vistula, where the
permans are striving to hold them
back.
English eNwspapers Admit Defeat.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—The papers
published here admit the defeat of
the allies in Belgium and northern
France, but claim that the defeat was
not unexpected, because the Germans
outnumber the allies two to one and
they all maintain that the war has
only begun and that the Germans
will be brought to a standstill before
they can capture Paris.
No trong Fortifications Left.
The papers also admit that no
strong fortifications are left to bar
the way of the Germans on their
march to Paris, yet they expect that
the French will check them before
the Germans can cross the 150 miles
still intervening or at the worst that
the forts at Paris will hold the Ger
mans out until the Russians capture
Berlin.
Germans Fine City of Charleroi $300,
000.
The German commander occupying
the city of Charleroi, from which
place the French held the Germans
for a week, Inflicting terrible loss of
life on the Kaiser’s troops, has fined
the city $300,000, which must be paid
at once.
More Troops Preparing.
The English war office is raising
an army of 500,000 men to be sent
to France as soon as they can be
equipped and sent across the chan
nel, and another 500,000 will be rais
ed immediately to follow them up as
a Reserve and for reinforcing the
first line. The English government
is determined that success must be
secured or the British government is
doomed to destruction.
French Algerian Army Coming.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—The French
war office has issued orders to bring
to southern France an army of 500,
000 Algerian troops and the trans
ports are now en route to the African
coast for the men. The army will
be brought north to peorate against
the Germans as they approach Paris.
Parle Preparing for Siege.
Th.e minister of yrar has ordered
the people of this city to prepare for
a siege, thousands of non-combatants
have been ordered to leave for the
south and women and children are
starting for safer quarters. Food
supplies are being stored. Troops are
working day and night on the Im
mense fortifications about the city,
barbed wire and electric wire en
tanglements are also being built,
mines are, laid and every possible de-1
vice for successfully withstanding the
Germans la being planned.
French Physicians With Army.
PARIS, Aug. 29.—Almost all of the
physicians of this city are now with
the army at the front and are work
ing day and night to help the wound
ed.
French Say Still Holding Germans.
The French war office has claimed
that the second line of fortifications
are still withstanding the terrific
slaughter by the German troops and
that it is believed they will continue
to hold and that the Kaiser’s troops
will be blocked from any further ad
vance.
Beg Russians To Hurry.
The French and English govern
ments have sent a note to the Rus
sian war office to hurry its invasion
of Germany and thus force the Ger
mans to recall some of the troops op
erating against the allies, who are
outnumbered two to one, as the Ger
mans have massed their entire fight
ing strength on the French border,
while they have also 500,000 Austrian
troops operating in Lorraine.
Indian Troops for France.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—Lord Kitchen
er announced today that the 76,000
regular English troops in India and
the 175,000 natives, who have been
drilled and are most efficient, are
to be brought at once to southern
France through the 'Mediterranean
Sea and landed at Marseilles to op
erate against the Germans, along with
the Algerian army of the French now
being brought across the Mediter
ranean.
Japs May Come Altoo.
While it is not announced as yet
that Japanese troops are to be
brought to Europe it is now almost
certain to come. The English army
will be brought back from India and
if necessary their place will be taken
by the Japanese, besides which 500,
000 Japs could easily be secured to
join the allies against Germany.
No Peace With Germany.
The government and the people are
convinced that if Germany wins the
present conflict the Kaiser will have
the world by the throat and they are
determined that he shall not win. To
this end large quantities of war ma
terial are being sent to France to
be placed in Paris for the French to
enable them to hold out against the
Germans un*il the armies of tne pow
ers arrayed against the Kaiser can
mobilize more troops.
Abandon Offensive strategy.
The allies have abandoned all
thought of taking the offensive
against the Germans and General
French, chief of staff of the Eng
lish army, and General Joffre, chief
of the French staff, have agreed that
> the allies will fight strongly on the
defensive, delaying the march of the
Germans, harrassing and annoying
them, but risking no great battles
until the forts at Paris are reached
and then to hold the city at all costs
until the Russians have forced the
weakening of the German army and
the French army of the south can
be brought to Its full strength of sev
eral million men through the aid of
the English colonial troops, the
French colonial troops and the French
reserves, along with the Japanese,
who are expected to be brought to
Europe if necessary.
French -Coup In Alsace a Dismal
Failure.
The French planned a brilliant
coup In Alsace yesterday and threw
a large force of men against the Ger
mans, driving them back for some
time, but In the end the coup was
a dismal failure, because of the huge
German army against which the
French were sent and which should
have convinced them that the effort
was useless. The French were driv
en back adross the border with heavy
losses.
(Continued on page 4).
CAUGHT IN EAST
Deputy Warren Gets Dope On W.
Rogers and He Is Arrested at
Libertyville, Illinois.
LIBERTYVILLE, 111., Aug. 29.—
The police today arrested VV. Rog
ers, formerly of Haines, Alaska, who
is charge by Deputy Marshal Warren,
of Fairbanks, with having atrocious
ly murdered his partner, M. Wixon,
on Christmas creek, near Haines, last
year.
The arrest was made by the local
police and extradition papers will be
forwarded at once and the return of
the prisoner requested from the gov
ernor.
None of the details of the murder
are known here.
To carry smaller boats within
large craft a Dutch inventor has pat
ented a vessel with hinged doors at
one end of the hull, through which
boats can be floated.
WILL CUT OUT
Railroad Commissioners Agdin Change
Plans and Will Go To Cordova
Via Chitina.
Word has been received by the Val
dez Commercial Association that
Commissioners Mears and Riggs will
not make the trip by way of Mata
nuska to Ship Creek and come from
there together with Chairman Edes
to Valdez and go over the trail to
Copper Center, as planned when the
commissioners left Fairbanks a few
days ago.
The continuous rains of the past
week have made travel very slow and
the commissioners are fearful that
they will not be able to get through
before the snow flies, so they have
cancelled their arrangements for
saddle horses at Copper Center and
will go to Chitina, from there to
Kennecott and over the railroad to
Cordova.
Just what their plans are beyond
Cordova is not known, but it does
not look very promising for the com
mission to make a personal inspec
tion of the Valdez route this sea
son.
GAME OF BALL
FORJMORROW
The Valdez Cubs will play a team
of ball players from the revenue cut
ter McCulloch tomorrow at the ball
park. The lineup of the cutter team
could not be secured. The lineup
of the Valdez Cubs Is as follows:
Dayktn, catcher; Hill, pitcher; Stein,
first base; Hnglert, second base;
Kacerosky, short stop; Spence, third
base; Egan, left field; Zahroff, cen
ter field; Keesler, right field.
Deputy United States Marshal
Pursman is en route to Valdes on
the Derigo with a prisoner charged
with assault with a deadly weapon,
and who has been bound oner to the
grand jury for indictment.