V0L 10 VALDEZ, ALA8KA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1914. NO. S21
GERMANS HAVE REACHED THE COAST
CAPTURE OSTEND AND OTHER BELGIAN PORTS ON NORTH SEA
GERMANS SINK BRITISH CRUISER HAWKE AND 500 MEN DROWN
RUSSIANS DRIVE GERMANS BACK FROM WARSAW WITH LOSSES
WE MUST DEFEND
MONROE DOCTRINE
Says Congressman Gardiner—Insists
U. S. Get Ready for War So
As To Be Prepared.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Disre
garding President Wilson’s desire that
all public officials refrain from in
any way violating the neutrality laws
by word or action, Congressman Gar
diner in his speech yesterday charg
ed that German militarism was the
caus of the war and was a menace
to the principles of democracy.
Congressman Gardiner also insist
ed that the United States should be
prepared for war and that the prep
aration should start at once because
the victor of the present conflict in
Europe would of a certainty challenge
the Monroe doctrine and would seek
for colonies in North and Soutli Amer
ica.
DISCOURAGE LOANS
TO BELLIGERENTS
Administration Is Opposed To Prac
tice But Admits It Is Not Con
trary To Law.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Adminis
tration officials have announced that
private concerns may loan money to
any of the governments now at war,
or can buy the bonds offered by them
lor sale, but that the administration
urges them not to do so and thus aid
the president in maintaining a strict
neutrality.
The loans are not prohibited but
are discouraged by the administra
tion and many bankers have refused
to make them. In fact it is believed
that no large loan has been made to
a European government since the wdr
excepting that made to Switzerland,
which, however, is a neutral country.
HARVARD 10 KEEP
MUNSTERBERG
BOSTON, Oct. 16.—It was official
ly announced today that Professor
Munsterberg, the German exchange
professor, would remain at Harvard
in spite of the offer of $10,000,000 to
the college provided he were dis
charged. The offer was made by Ma
jor Weiner, of London, partly to help
the university and also because the
major opposed the German profes
sor’s efforts to make sentiment for
his country.
MUCH FAMINE II
CHINESE CITIES
I
HONG KONG. Oct. 16.—The famine
in two Chinese provinces caused by
the floods last summer which destroy
ed the crops beggars description.
Thousands of men, women and chil
dren are starving In Quantung and
Quagsl provinces and the death toll
has been terrible. The people are
walking skeletons and are begging for
jfooil, eating roots and herbs wherever
they can be had, and are resorting to
all sorts of device to keep alive. The
government's aid Is Ineffective be
cause of the tremendous number of
people involved.
Germans Also Driven Back Across the Lye By the Allies Who Appear Well Satisfied With the Out
look—Turks Are Domobilizing Because of Lack of Money—Germans Will Demand One Billion
Dollars From Residents of Paris If They Capture That City—Allies Still Occupy Ypres In
Belgium—British and Belgian Troops Taken From Ostend In Ships.
(WIELD WIMTS
COWLIGHTED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1C.—Secretary
Itedfield, of the Department of Com
merce, met with the congressmen of
the Pacific coast yesterday and dia
ussed the needs for more lights
along the coast and for more aids to
navigation. The secretary is hopeful
of securing an appropriation to build
lighthouses and many smaller aids
to navigation along the roast of Alas
ka.
If Secretary Itedfield and the Pa
cific coast congressmen do it, "I did it
Wick” will claim the credit.
MISS PANKHURST
IS IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Oct. Hi— Miss Pank
hurst arrived in this city today in
cognito. No effort was made by the
immigration officials to prevent her
landing. No one knows her object
in coming to the United States at
this time, but it Is expected that she
will try to raise money for the Brit
ish Red Cross, although some believe
an arson campaign is to be started
in the United States to secure the
suffrage for women in all states.
PMUMHilHL
Sill BE OPENED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16—The war
department has announced that the
Panama canal would be re-opened
in a week. The slide at Culebra cut
was ;expected, by Colonel Goetha^s
and he was ready to start work at
a moment’s notice. More slides are
expected in the future because of the
character of the ground and owing
to the fact that all new cuts sluff off
for considerable time.
FOREIGN TRADE
IS IMPROVING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—President
Wilson announced today that the for
eign trade of the United States was
Bteadily increasing and had shown
great gains the past few weeks. The
custom officials in all parts of the
United States report larger exports
than at any time since the war be'
gan.
IORTHWESTERN
IMSSEATTLf
SEATTLE, Oct. 16:—The steamer
Northwestern left here yesterday
morning for Valdez with the follow
ing passengers: William Kramer and
wife, C. C. Rudloph, wife and chil
dren, Martin Graham, Mrs. Brown.
Delegate Wlckersham will leave on
the Alameda for Cordova and will
then go to Chltlna and on to Fair
banks, where he will arrive a few
days before election.
LONDON, Oct. 16—The outlook to
day is better than yesterday in spite
of the loss of one more cruiser by a
German submarine. The situation in
France and Belgium is improved, and
while no great gain is made in Bel
gium the defeat last night of a large
force of Germans resulted in giving
the allies time to prepare for the
German attack by bringing up more
mien.
Petrograd News Excellent.
The reports from Petrograd are al
so good, indicating that the Germans
have met a severe defeat near War
saw and have lost many miles, as
they were within seven miles of War
saw yesterday and today are thirty
miles away from the capital of Po
land.
Reported Germans Occupy Ostend.
It is reported here and generally
believed that the Germans have fin
ally occupied Ostend on the coast
and that the British and Belgian
troops were taken from the city on
transports and then landed in France
for operations against the Germans.
Will Use Dreadnoughts.
The British will now use the big
dreadnoughts to shell Ostend and the
positions taken up by the Germans
near the coast.
Britains Lost a Cruiser.
The admiralty admits that the crui
ser Hawke was sunk by a German
submarine off the coast of Heligo
land, and 500 members of a crew
of 550 were lost, as none of the oth
er ships would go to the aid of the
men in the water for fear that the
submarine would also get them. The
cruiser Is of the second line and was
used for scout purposes.
Germans Will Use Howitzers.
BERLIN, Oct. 16—The German
forces at Ostend are preparing to
use the new and powerful Howitzers
against the British fleet, should the
English dreadnoughts attempt to shell
German positions.
Germans Satisfied With Eastern Po
sitions.
The war office announces that the
conditions in the East are good. It is
admitted that the Russians have oc
cupied ground formerly held by the
Germans, but which they abandoned
because of the strategic reasons. At
no place have the Russians been vic
torious.
Boer War la Fizzle.
CAPETOWN, S. F., Oct. 16.—The
threatened Boer war has fizzled out
and only 1,000 men revolted and they
are being held in check by a small
force. The revolutionists are poorly
armed and have no reserve stock of
ammunition.
Portuguese To Help the Boers.
MADRID, Oct. 16.—The Portu
guese troops are to be used to sup
press any Boer uprising and not
against Germany, is the report re
ceived here from Lisbon.
Germans Reach Coast.
LONDON, Oct. 16.—The Germans
occupy Dlankentberghe, a Belgian
coast town ten miles north of Os
tend. Ostend is still held by the Brit
ish and Belgian forces. The Ger
mans cannot hold Blankentberghe
permanently unless they dislodge the
allies from Ypres.
Germans Forced Out of Estaires.
The allies have worsted the west
ern end of the German line in north
ern France and driven the Germans
from Estaires across the Lys river
towards Lille.
Germans Want Paris.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 16.—Reports
from Berlin received here by diplo
matic agents indicate that the Ger
mans plan a campaign to take Paris
at once.
Will Demand One Bltlfon Indemnity
It is stated that should they suc
cessfully carry out the plans of the
campaign and take Paris an Indemnity
of $1,000,000,000 will be demanded of
the city and the money used to car
ry on a campaign against the other
French cities and against England and
Russia.
Germans Driven Back At Warsaw.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 16.—The Ger
man troops yesterday were within
seven miles of Warsaw when the ar
rival of reinforcements for the gar
rison allowed the Russian command
er to take the offensive and he drove
the Prussian hosts back thirty miles
with tremendous losses. The Rub
sian general staff has made arrange
ments to reinforce the Warsaw gar
rison without weakening the other
armies by sending 300,000 men from
the mobilization camps. These troops
are en route to Warsaw and are ex
pected to hold the Germans until af
ter the battle on the Vistula and
along the Sams river, which will to
a great extent decide the winter cam
paign of the Russian forces.
More German Troops for France
BERLIN, Oct. 16.—Yesterday Lite
war office dispatched an additional
100,000 troops to northern France to
reinforce the west wing of the army,
wbicb is being hardpressed by the
allies.
Turkey Quits the Game.
ROME, Oct. 16.—The Turkish gov
ernment has ordered the demobiliza
tion of troops, as the treasury is emp
ty and the troops cannot he kept un
der arms without money to feed them
and to pay them with. I
London Saloons Closed.
LONDON, Oct. lti. The military
authorities have issued orders that
all saloons in London shall dos? at
10 o’clock at night, while saloons in
smaller towns must close at 7.
German Cruiser Is Sunk.
The British cruiser Yarmouth re
ports having sunk the German cruis
er Markemania off the coast of Su
matra. The Markemania was a con
verted cruiser.
Calais People Terrified
CALAIS, France, Oct. 16. -The peo
ple of this town are terrilied, expect
ing that the Germans will break
through the allies lines and try to
take Culals in order to have a port
for operations against England.
Canadians Reach England.
LONDON, Oct. lti.—More Canadian
troops have arrived here from the
Dominion. The troops were given a
rousing reception.
French Active In Alsace.
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. lti.—Alt
klrch and Mulhausen, two German
towns in Alsace, have been retaken
by the French, who drove the Uer
(Contlnued on page 4).
WICK FAILS TO ANSWER. CHARGES
BUT HE IS THERE WITH THE ROAST
Wick held a meeting and every
body went. He never answered a
single charge made by the Prospector.
Said they were bald-headed and for
gotten. Would not read the telegram
received by himself from Congress
man Johnson, who asserts that Wick
ersham asked to have the bill in
troduced to save non-resident own
ers of placer claims who had not
done the assessment work for 1914.
(Own any claims yourself, Jim, upon
which the work has not been done?)
Johnson says you wrote the bill—you
say you did not.
It is true you roasted the Colonel.
Now, the Colonel Is a constructive
man, and has been building up all
the time, while you are destructive
tearing down. The Colonel, with his
little appropriation, has built some
fine roads. He received the money
In spite of your opposition; has spent
It as well as possible, built as much
road and trail as possible and given
to all parts of the territory part of
the money. Possibly you don’t know
that the cost of freight from MCor
dova to Chltlna on the Guggenheim
road 1s regulated by the cost of
freighting from Valdes to Chltlna.
The Guggenhetms have been making
a light for years to have Colonel
Richardson removed because he will
not abandon the Valdet-Fairbanks
road and place this town and the
people of the interior at the mercy
of the Guggenhelms. Steve Birch
would like to get the Colonel’s goat
and so would you. It is funny how
you two work together, always.
About tho Prospector.
As usual, you are wrong, Jim. You
said last night the Alaska Steamship
Company owned the Prospector.
Guess again. One-sixth of the stock
is owned by E. E. Ritchie, the hard
est fighter against the Guggenheims
In the north. He has had several
cases against them and won. Then
Elliott Stewart owns one-sixth of the
stock and is a director in the com
pany. He is an organisation union
man, whose interests are in Valdes.
He has the respect of every man,
woman and child in the conimunlty
that knows him. Then C. G. Wulff,
the manager and editor, owns a sixth;
that accounts for one-half of the
stock. Where can the Guggenheim
oontrol come inT George Treat owns
some stock, and he la your friend;
maybe your supporter. Charles Craw
ford has some stock and every dol
lar he has la invested In Valdes. Ed
round Smith owns some; he is out of
Alaska. Colonel Millard owns a slice
of stock. Nobody ever dared to call
him a Guggenheim man. Ho ships
his freight on the other steamship
line always.
Bless your heart. Jim, if the editor
wanted to make a Guggenheim paper
out of this dinky sheet he would have
to support you.
You get the next guess, James.
Now, Jim, why did you not tell
the ladies, that you owned a lot at
the corner of Cushman and Front
Streets in Fairbanks, and that the
building on that lot was used for a
'gambling house while you were on
the bench. You got $400 a month
ground rent, did you not? Captain
Barnette, the bank wrecker, gave It
to you. Shortly after the court head
quarters was moved to Fairbanks, was
It not? You don’t care how you get
your money, or your voteB, do you?
Another thing you charged Monday
night was that the Prospector would
wait until you left town before open
ing up and exposing your record. Did
we?
Lota more of your past is known
to us and it will come up later. We
are sorry you are going away. Stick
around awhile; makes It Interesting.
SEWARD GETS
THEJRAILROAD
The 1’rospector today received a
telegram from Mayor Ritchie, who is
at Seward. His telegram is as fol
lows:
"W'ickersham supporters here claim
he assured them if elected he will
get the government railroad for Sew
ard. This claim is securing him re
cruits. liallaine, Morford, Sauers,
Nelson, Romlg, Tecklenberg and oth
er lillmoreites of 1912, distinctly place
present support of delegate on that
ground.”
Now, last night the delegate prom
ised to get the road for Valdez. Be
a little careful, Jim, and don’t get
your dates mixed.
CONGRESS WILL
SQONJOJOURN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—It is ex
pected that congress will adjourn
next week. The war tax bill is the
only administration measure that re
mains to be passed and as many of
the congressmen want to return to
their districts to work tor re-election
or else to aid friends in other dis
tricts it is expected that no opposi
tion to the administration war tax
hill will be serious enough to delay
its passage.
COIL MS MUST
GOJ PRISON
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.—The
Circuit Court of Appeals has
affirmed the conviction of Bullock and
Houston, the two Tacoma millionaires
who were convicted of conspiracy to
defraud the government in selling coal
to the military posts in Alaska at ex
orbitant rates.
POPE SELECTS
NEWSECRETARY
HOME, Oct. 16—Pope Benedlctus to
day appointed Cardinal Uasparrl as
papal secretary of state, succeeding
Cardinal Ferrati, who died last week
after a ebort Illness. Cardinal Fer
•ati baa been papal secretary since
the election of the new pope.
ADMIRAL EVANS
REACHK SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—The steamer
Admiral Evans reached here today
fiom the north and will sail again on
i be 22nd. The steamer Mariposa al
so arrived today and will sail north
uext Monday.
Bob McIntosh is in town from Min
eral creek.
The Geological Survey party arrived
In town last evening and today sold
all their horses at auction.
PRESIDENT WILSON
ENDORSES GLYNN
Give 8upport of Administration to the
Democratic Nominee In New
York City.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16—President
Wilson has given his personal en
dorsement to Governor Glynn, the
present Democratic governor of New
York, who recently won the nomina
tion to succeed himself at the Demo
cratic state primaries.
Administration officials will tour
New York state in an effort to se
cure the election of Governor Glynn
and of Ambassador Gerard, who Is
the party nominee for senator, be
cause of the war and was a menace
tration to have its work endorsed by
the people and therefore the cabinet
officials and other high administra
tion officeholders are to speak In
an effort to advise the people of what
the administration has done.
GOVERNOR HUNT
HELPS WILSON
Will Not Send State Guards To the
Border—Federal Troops Will
Handle the Situation.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.— Governor
Hunt, of Arizona, has agreed not to
send state troops to the border and
cause any unnecessary friction be
tween the United States government
and Mexico. The federal border pa
trol, however, will be enlarged, be
sides which the commander of the
American troops has been Instructed
to warn the Mexican rebels and Car
ranzaltes that they must take up po
sitions so that no shots cun fall across
the border, and that if either army
puts its back to the border hoping
to receive protection in that way, that
the American troops will be ordered
to Are upon them.
Considerable anxiety is felt here at
the conditions in Mexico and fears
that the United States may be drawn
into a war to protect foreigners and
establish a stable government in Mex
ico are expressed among diplomats.
WANT GOVERNMENT
TO BUY COPPER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16—Senator
Smoot today offered an amendment to
the bill Introduced by the southern
members for a bond Issue to buy
cotton so that the copper interests
might also be protected and asks that
the government buy copper also, and
thus aid the mine owners who must
close down shortly, as copper is not
moving and the production is being
accumulated in storage and waiting
for a market.
PRESIDENT MS
DUST Ml
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—President
Wilson yesterday signed the anti
trust bill passed by congress a tew
days ago. The bill aims to regu.
late all large trusts and corporations
and prevent them grafting upon the
ipeople.