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_ "" VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1915 NO. 182
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THREE KILLED IN
A TRAIN WRECK
*wwenger and Freight Trains Meet
in Head-On Collisslon on the
Missouri Pacific Railway.
OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 24.—Three
pereons were killed and scores in
jared in an accident which occurred
«m the Missouri Pacific railroad last
night, when a passenger train met
in a head on collision with a heavy
taught train. The passenger train,
which was on down grade, was trav
eling at a high rate of speed and the
engine" 6f the freight telescoped sev
eJtaj.of the coaches.
t-ne engineers of both trains jump
ed after setting the brakes when
they realized that the collision was
inevitable. The baggage and express
ears with the two engines form a
twisted and broken mass.
Several of the passengers are re
ported to have suffered severe injur
ies and may not recover. It is be
lieved that the accident was due to
a mistake in the transmission of dis
patcher's orders.
POPE ILL ACT
ALONE FOR PEACE
Benedict Believes Policy of United
States Tends to Lean Towards
the Entente.
LONDON, Sept. 24.—A dispatch
to the Daily Telegraph from Rome
says concerning the visit of Cardinal
Gibbons to the White House:
“The Pope is a stranger to any in
itiative that Cardinal Gibbons may
have taken. The Pope is awaiting
aiV opportunity to take fresh steps
wheli the moment shall arrive. At
present any demarche would be pre
mature.
“1 have learned that the Pope
judges that mediation by the United
States would be less suitable at the
present moment because relations be
tween that country and Germany
are not of the best, and because the
whole policy of the United States ap
pears to tend toward the Entente.
"According to the Pope’s belief,
mediation could only be offered by
Governments which were in no way
committed toward belligerents, such
Switzerland, Spain, or perhaps the
Scandinavian, countries. But when
the time arrives the Pope will not
seek for an alliance with the civil
States.’’
The correspondent goes on to say
that the Pope as the head of the
Homan Catholic church, “will con
tinue to raise his voice in favor of
peace, and It will be so much the bet
ter if some civil states desire to ally
themselves with him.”
SEWARD LOTS MAY NOT
BE SOLD THIS YEAR.
A. Christenson, of the Alaska land
office field service, who handled the
government’s real estate deal at An
chorage, has stated that there is a
possibility that the sale of lots at
Seward will not be held until after
the first of the year. He states that
the land at Seward, consisting of 300
lots, Jias been found unsatisfactory
for Railroad ''terminal purposes and
■will be sold at auction. Mr. Chris
tenson is now in Seattle, and will
return to Alaska on one of the first
hosts.
Tonlght, Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the Liberty
Theatre, featuring Mary Ellne, the
Thanhouser Kid,' as Eva, and Irving
Cunnings as Harris. Some show, in
hve acts. *
PETROGRAD, Sept. 24.—This
city is rejoicing today over the an
nouncement by the Russian war office
that the Russian army near Vilna has
not only evaded the efforts of Gen
eral Hindenburg to effect its capture,
but has turned the tables on the Ger
mans by annihilating many of Ger
many’s first line of troops. Dispatches
from the front state that the Rus
sians have retreated to new positions
and that the victory of the Germans
in capturing Vilna was an empty one,
as the city had been stripped of ev
erything having a military value. The
fighting before the city is reported
to have been the most desperate
since the second campaign of Gen.
Hindenburg against Warsaw. The
advices from the front state that the
Teutons have lost more than two
hundred and fifty thousand men since
the invasion began east of Warsaw.
Teutons Ready for Invasion.
NISH, Sept. 24.—It is believed
that an army of eight hundred thou
sand Germans has been mobilized
in southern Austria and in the prov
ince of Bosnia to begin the invasion
of Serbia. Several Serbian cities
along the Danube river were sub
jected to a heavy bombardment by
the Teutons yesterday. The new Ser
bian army, greatly reinforced by the
Allies, are replying to the bombard
ment across the river.
GERMANS ILL
Only Carriers of. Munitions will Be
Seized as Prizes of War and
None Will be Destroyed.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.—
The German reply to President
Wilson's note concerning the sinking
of the Frye indicates that the Ger
man admiralty has instructed com
manders of submarines to search all
American vessels in order to learn if
they are carriers of munitions of war
to nations at war with Germany, be
fore seizing the ships. The instruc
tions to the commanders of the un
dersea fighters are not to sink any
vessel engaged in commerce unless
search of the vessel is refused. In
the case of ships carrying munitions
and other contrabands, the comman
ders are instructed to let the ships
go free if they cannot be taken to
German ports as prizes of war.
Instructions will be issued to all
officers of American vessels not to
resist search by the officers of the
submarines, but to afford them ev
ery opportunity of carrying out the
instructions under which they are
acting from the German admiralty.
Themew orders issued by the German
admiralty has caused many shipown
ers who feared to send their vessels
into the war zone to seek charters
and the freight rates to Europe are
sure to take a decided drop.
POSTOFFICE APPLIED FOR
AT THE GRANITE MINE.
A petition has been presented to
the postal department for the estab
lishment of a postofflce at the Gran
ite mine, Hobo bay. The name of
the new office when established will
be “Granite,” with W. R. Millard as
postmaster.
There are more than one hundred
men employed in the Granite mine,
and developing properties in that
district, and the postofflce will prove
a great convenience for them. The
launch Shamrock, which carries the
mail to Port Wells and way ports,
calls at the Granite nearly every trip,
and the added expense* of crossing
th bay from Golden will be very
small.
Messrs. Reiter and Stahl, under
whose guidance copper properties at
Fidalgo Bay are being developed, re
turned to Valdez yesterday on the
launch Shamrock. They report that
the property is showing up wonder
fully under development being done
by their crew of men.
PETROGRAD DISPATCHES STATE THAT RUSSIANS HAVE EXTRI
CATED ARMY FROM GERMAN VISE AND OCCUPY NEW POSI
TIONS NORTH OF VILNA—GERMAN LOSS DURING MONTH RE
PORTED TO BE 250,000 OF FIRST LINE TROOPS—GERMAN ARMY
OF NEARLY MILLION MEN REPORTED READY TO BEGIN INVA
SION OF SERBIA—GREESE WILL HELP SERBIA AND MOBILIZES
1,500,000 MEN—NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED RAGING IN NORTH
SEA—RUSSIANS HAVE CHECKED MACKENSEN’S ARMY.
Greece Will Help Servia.
LONDON, Sept. 24.—Greece is of- ;
ficially stated to be mobilizing an j
army of one million five hundred j
thouand men to go to the assistance j
of Serbia if the threatened invasion |
of the Teutons takes place. All re- !
serves have been called to the colors,
and war will be declared immediately
after the invasion begins. |
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Trying to Make Balkan Treaty.
LONDON, Sept. 24.—It is report
ed that the Duke of Meikleburg, who
is now in Rumania in endeavoring
to form a new alliance of the Balkan
states which prevent their entrance
into the European war and which
will permit of German munitions of
war reaching Turkey through Ruma
nia. Bulgaria, Rumania and Greece
have been requested to send repre
sentatives to Bucharest to arrange a
treaty. It is believed here that Ger
many plans to prevent Rumania and
Greece sending troops into Serbia
when the Teutonic campaign through
King Peter’s country begins to Tur
key. Advices from Athens state
that Greece has mobilized a strong
army and is ready to defend Serbia
from invasion, as Greece fears that
she too will prove a victim should
Serbia be conquered.
Fighting in North Sea.
LONDON, Sept. 24.—Heavy bom
bardment is reported from the North
Sea and it is believed that the Ger
man fleet has been engaged while at
tempting a raid upon the coast of
England. Excitement prevails here
as it is reported that a large fleet is
taking part in the naval battle.
corns INSIST THAT UN
TOR RILL BILLION OOLURS BE MADE
AMERICAN BANKERS HAVE SIGNIFIED WILLINGNESS' TO FINANCE
HALF OF LOAN BUT MANY SUBSCRIBERS ARE WITHDRAWING
FROM HUGE GAME OF FINANCE—COMMISSIONERS HAVE RE
CEIVED SCORES OF LETTERS THREATENING THEIR LIVES.—
FRANCE HAS PLENTY OF GOLD TO SEND TO AMERICA IF
NECESSARY, SAYS FRENCH SENATOR.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—The dead
lock between the commissioners of
the British and French governments
and the American bankers over the
huge loan which the European na
tions are endeavoring to secure from
American bankers remains unbroken,
and negotiations may utterly fail.
The commissioners insist that the
loan, if arranged at all, shall be for
one billion dollars, while the Ameri
can bankers are equally insistent
that the loan shall be for one-half
billion only. Many American bank
ers who subscribed for the bonds are
withdrawing their names from the
list and will not take part in the big
game of finance.
The members of the commission,
composed of four English and two
Frenchmen, have received scores of
threatening letters, and the police
have requested them not to appear
in public unless accompanied by a
strong guard. Sir Edward Holden,
Baron Reading, Sir Henry Badington
Smith and Basil B. Blackett are the
British commissioners and Octova
Hornboy and Ernst Mallet, the rep
resentatives of the French govern
ments
Daily conferences are held by rep
resentatives of the banking house of
Morgan & Co., the American financial
agents of the British and French gov
ernments in the United States and the
commission. It is reported that the
Commissioners have communicated
with their governments regarding the
difficulty in placing the unsecured
bonds in American banks and that
further negotiations may be dropped.
It is also stated that while the Euro
pean governments are desirous of se
curing the huge loan in order to fa
cilitate the handling of trade between
Vmerica and the European countries,
that there is no shortage of gold in
England and France.
Speaking on the subject of the
loan, Senator E. Aimond, chairman
of the finance committee of the
French senate, recently made the
statement that "France could send
before the end of the war 1,500,000,
000 francs ($300,000,000) in gold
to the United States without affect
ing her financial position in Europe.
While we can do this, we consider
that the greatest service which can
be rendered to France is to co-oper
ate in stabilizing the exchange mar
ket, which Americans can do to their
own advantage as well as to ours by
granting a loan, the proceeds of
which would pay for supplies pur
chased in America. The only alter
native is to submerge American
banks with gold to meet all payments.
This we can do as easily as was done
a few years ago, when the banks of
France sent 100,000,000 francs to
relieve the situation in Wall street.
Gold is flowing from individual
French purses into the Bank of
France at the rate of 80,000,000
francs a week, and peasants are sub
scribing to the national loan at the
rate of 1,200,000,000 francs a month,
which France is spending on the war,
1,200,000,000 francs are used Inside
the country and 600,000,000 abroad;
besides the gold reserve of 4,200,000
000 francs in the Bank of France,
the government has another gold re
serve of 5,000,000,000 francs in pri
vate banks.” j
COAL. MINERS STRIKE
IS SOON TO TERMINATE.
OTTAWA, Sept. 24.—Advices re
ceived here today from London
state that the British Labor Commis
sioners have received promises from
the labor leaders that the strike in
the coal mines will soon be termin
ated.
Ice! Ice! Ice!
One cent a pound delivered to any
part of tttt city Phone Love-Whlt
ley Company. tt
PIONEER WOMEN WILL
GIVE A DANCE OCTOBER 18.
The Pioneer Women of Alaska, Ig
loo No.' 2, will commemorate Alaska
Day, October 18th, by giving a grand
dance In Eagle Hall. The ladles are
arranging for the entertainment of
their guests and promise a home
cooked luncheon will be served dur
ing the evening.
LOST—13-link penny of U. S.,
Reward for return to Prospector of
fice or E. Y. Taylor.
German Loan a Success.
BERLIN, Sept. 24.—It has been of
ficially announced that the bankers
of Germany have subscribed for the
three billion dollar loan authorized
by the Reichstag. The entire Ger
man nation is participating in making
the placing of the bonds a success,
as it is regarded as a patriotic duty.
Turkish Supplies Exhausted.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 24.—
It is reported that supplies at Con
stantinople are nearly exhausted and
that the government has ordered still
further ertrenchments in the supply
of food being dealt out to the citizens.
That the Turkish army has also ex
hausted its supply of munitions is be
lieved, as the Allies are reported to
have made substantial gains on the
Gallipoli peninsula, where several
Turkish strongholds were captured.
Mackensen Meets Reverses.
LONDON, Sept. 24.—The Russians
are reported to have checked General
Mackensen's army and are reported
to have placed the invaders on the
defensive. Prince Leopold, com
manding the other wing of the Ger
man army is stated to have made
slight advances but the Russian war
office expresses the belief that the
German invaders have spent their
strength.
ROCKEFELLER IS
Has Promised Mining Camps That
They Will Not Lack for Music
but Does Not Mention Food.
WALSENBURG, Colo., Sept. 24.—
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the New
York millionaire, who is in Colorado
investigating conditions in the coal
mines in which the Rockefellers are
interested, is the honored guest of
the miners, who fought his guards
and the state militia during the
strike in his mines. The young mil
lionaire attended a public meeting
last night at which the miners and
labor leaders were given opportunity
to state their side of the causes lead
ing up to the strike, and the many
tragedies which followed the closing
of the mines.
Following the meeting, which was
marked for its orderliness, Rockefel
ler suggested a dance in the school
house and danced with nearly every
woman present. He has not signified
as to what remedies he will adopt to
prevent further labor troubles in his
mines, but has endowed many of the
camps with bandstands and has an
nounced that in future the miners
and their wives will not want for
good music.
FAIRBANKS MAN WILL
BUILD AT ANCHORAGE
A. E. Robarts, formerly of Fair
banks, was a passenger on the Admi
ral Evans for Anchorage, where he
will open a modern hotel, with bil
liard and pool parlors and a bowling
alley in connection. The hotel will
have about thirty rooms. All mat
rial to be used in the erection of the
building was on board the Evans, and
Mr. Robarts expects to have the hotel
ready for business in a few weeks.
He is an old timer in the north and
left Fairbanks six years ago, going
to Fort George, B. C., where he built
one of the finest hotels in northern
British Columbia. His place was de
stroyed by fire and the outbreak of
the war, with its attendant financial
stringency in British Columbia, caus
ed Mr. Robarts to decide upon tak
ing a chane at the new Alaskan rail
road town.
MRS. E. WINTER
Will retrlm or make your bats to
order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sev
eral years’ experience before coming
to Valdez.
LADIES’ FURNISHING 8TORE,
tf. McKinley Street.
ARMENIAN RELIEF
BEING ORGANIZED
Kaiser Will Also He Asked to Com
pel Turkey to Stop Massacre
of Armenians by Turks.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 24.—
An appeal will be made to the people
of the United States to come to the
assistance of the suffering Armenians.
The organizers of the relief plan to
work along the lines employed by the
Rockefeller foundation, which result
ed in the people of the United States
sending millions of dollars worth of
food and medicinal supplies to the
striken Belgians. Petitions are also
being circulated to request President
Wilson to urge the Get'man emperor
to compel Turkey to stop the mas
sacre of Christian Armenians.
It is reported that believing that
the government of Turkey would re
sent any official action on the part
of the United States, President Wil
son will refuse to act in the matter
and has suggested that the petitions
be filed with the German ambassador
for transmission to Berlin.
HEAVY FIGHTING
ON WESTERN LINE
Paris Dispatches State that Germaa
Positions at Many Points Have
Been Wiped Out.
PARIS, Sept. 24.—The armies of
the Allies have kept up an incessant
bombardment of the German posi
tions along the western battle front
for forty-eight hours and have suc
ceeded in wrecking the German
trenches and field fortifications at
Arras, and in the Argonne and Cham
pagne districts.
The bombardment is reported to
have been the most extensive and
concerted movement of the Allies
since the deadlock through France
and Belgium was established nearly
one year ago, and is believed to be
the opening battle of the promised
campaign to drive the Germans back
into their own country. In the Ar
gonne district, where the German po
sitions were concealed in the forests,
the surface of the earth has been
changed, not a vestige of the trenches
being left, the thousands of troops
which occupied the trenches were
wiped out.
The Paris dispatches state that the
French field guns proved superior to
the cannon of the Germans and after
getting the range of the batteries
soon silenced them or forced the
Germans to withdraw. Aviators kept
the French gunners informed when
the Germans changed positions and
many aviators lost their lives in bat
tles in the air or from being hit by
shells.
SURVEYORS FINISHING
WORK IN NENANA FIELDS.
Recent arrivals from Firbanks
state that the surveyors who have
been working in the Nenana coal
fields for the past two months have
nearly completed their work, and.
will soon leave for the states. The
party has been headed by W. H.
Thorne and W. C. Guerin. It Is
stated that the horses which have
been used for packing the party’s out
fit during the summer will not be
sold but will be turned over to the
Alaska Road commission.
Tonight, Uncle Toni’s Cabin.
Uncle Tom's Cabin at the Liberty
Theatre, featuring Mary EUne, the
Thanhouser Kid, as Eva, and Irving
Cummings as Harris. Some show
in five acts. *
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