V0L 1Q VALDEZ, ALA8KA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1914. NO. 320.
GERMAN FLANK MOVEMENT CHECKED
ALLIES MADE SOME GAIN ON WESTERN END OF BATTLE LINE
RUSSIANS OUTGENERALED BY KAISER AND WARSAW IN DANGER
BIG BATTLE EXPECTED ALONG VISTULA RTVER ANY MOMENT
I
MONROE DOCTRINE
is ni on
Congressman Gardiner Wants Com
mittee To Investigate Our Read
iness for War.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Congress
man Augustus P. Gardiner, of Mass
achusetts, who has just returned here
after a three months’ tour of Eu
rope and having spent the past two
months in Austria and Germany, to
day introduced a bill in congress pro
viding for the appointment of three
congressmen and- three senators to in
vestigate the preparedness of the Un
ited States for war.
Congressman Gardiner asserted that
no matter what the outcome of the
present war in Europe the United
States must be prepared to defend the
Monroe doctrine, as the victor would
pay no attention to the desire of
the United States to keep North and
South America free from foregn pow
ers.
The bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs for con
sideration.
SENATE ACCEPTS
LEASING BILL
Royalties From Coal Claims To Be
Used for Railroad Building and
Other Alaska Improvements.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—The Sen
ate today confirmed the report of the
Conference committee, which had
charge of the adjustment of the dif
ferences between the bill as passed
by the Senate and the House. The
new bill provides that all royalties
taken from the coal lands output shall
be used for the construction of rail
roads and for other Alaska improve
ments.
It is expected that the bill will
pass the House this afternoon and
receive the signature of the president
a few days later.
The coal land leasing bill is con
sidered by the administration as com
pleting the administration’s present
plans for Alaska legislation. More
legislation will be urged at the next
session of the present congress should
its need become apparent to the ad
ministration.
HAINES SOLID
FOR C. E. BUNNELL
HAINES, Alaska, Oct. 15.—C. E.
Bunnell spoke to a crowded house
here last night and much enthusiasm
was shown, and approval of his
speech was often evidenced by gen
erous applause. A big majority for
the Democratic candidate and the leg
islative ticket Is predicted.
MDE2 BO) FOR
■ML CODE!
Delegate Wickersham has appoint
ed John Meals, of Valdes, as a cadet
to Annapolis. In the event of the
failure of young Meals to pass the ex
amination, John Miller is to take the
examnatlon as the alternate.
Austrians Have Reoccupied Lemberg and Are Driving the Russians From Galicia—Germans Claim
Big Victory Over Russians Near Warsaw, Taking 11,000 Prisoners and Captured 60 Cannon
Germans Occupy Ghent—Cossacks Charged With Outraging Women and Children When
They Were Forced To Evacuate East Prussia—Killed All Men of Military Age—Kiao Chau
Commander Refuses To Surrender and Final Assaults Take Place Shortly.
WICKITE5 RESORT
Fairbanks Supporters of the Present
Delegate, Hard Pressed, Make
Baseless Charges.
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 15—Wickersham
ites here accuse C. E. Bunnell of
questionable transactions while act
ing receiver of the Reynolds bank.
They charge him with accepting de
posits when he knew the bank was in
solvent. Can you supply refutation by
wire over signature of responsible
party?
(Signed). FAIRBANKS TIMES.
The above message was received by
the Prospector yesterday and indi
cates that the Wickershamites in Fair
banks fear the inroads being made by
the administration supporters and
have resorted to deliberate lying to
save their candidate and injure Bun
nell.
At the time the Reynolds bank sus
pended Bunnell was assistant cashier
of the bank, having held the position
about two weeks. At no time was
a dollar of the deposits of the bank
loaned and the greater portion of
the Reynolds bank’s money was on
deposit in Seattle. A few days after
Bunnell went into the bank J. C.
Martin, the cashier, left for Seattle,
and upon his arrival there found that
H. D. Reynolds had withdrawn all
the bank’s funds from the Seattle
depositories, against which the local
bank was issuing exchange. He tele
graphed Bunnell. The bank was clos
ed. Not a dollar was received in
deposits following the receipt of the
telegram. Bunnell never knew the
bank was insolvent until the wire was
received from Seattle. Bunnell act
ed with good judgment. Everybody
here knows the facts, but the cheap
Wickersham politicians in Fairb&nks
are resorting to dirty politics to save
their candidate.
I Wickersham in his address here the
j other night could find nothing to say
I against Mr. Bunnell as to his person
al character. He said: "Both Mr.
Brooks and Mr. Bunnell are person
ally as good men as I am,” and that
is considerable of a concession for
James to make, for he would be on
ly too glad to have been able to ex
pose any irregularity in Bunnell’s
past life.
The Prospector sent to Fairbanks
a statement written by Mr. Martin,
who was cashier at the time, and
whom Mr. Bunnell worked under until
the crash, also one from Mayor Ritch
ie, who was receiver of the Reynolds
banks and knows the conditions.
Many people here know that the Ha
sey-Guggenheim hand picked jury,
picked while James Wlckersham was
the presiding judge of this division,
Investigated the charge, and found
not one lota of truth in it.
The telegram states that Wick’s fol
lowers also assert that Bunnell was
guilty of irregularities while acting
as receiver for the Reynolds com
panies.' Bunnell was never receiver;
Ritchie was appointed by Judge Reed
and when his receivership was vacat
ed by an agreement of the creditors
Judge Hanford appointed Wills, of
Seattle.
Qo it, you slanderers!
Launch Mary Lee returned from
Port Wells with E. Campbell, Edwin
Eckern and P. Cook.
LONDON, Oct. 15—The outlook
from the front Indicates that the al
lies have more than held the Ger
mans in the movement towards the
coast, inflicting heavy losses upon
them.
Petrograd News Not So Bad, Say the
British.
The news from Petrograd is not as
good as the war department would
like, yet it is not as bad as the first
reports indicated. The Russians were
outgeneraled. Expecting the Germans
to invade Suwalkl provincee and the
kaiser turned his army to Warsaw,
where the Russians have only a small
force. The big battle is expected with
in a few days along the Vistula. The 1
Germans have a force of one million
men on the firing line, while the Rus
sians have 1,500,000 men and the test
will come within a few days, possibly
hours.
Russians Claim Victory At Warsaw.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 15.—The Rus
sians have inflicted a severe defeat
upon the German troops near War
saw and thousands of prisoners have
been taken, guns captured and the
main army is in flight.
Germans Tell Different Story.
BERLIN, Oct. 15.—The Germans
have been victorious before Warsaw
•and have captured 11,000 Russians
and a total of sixty guns.
Vistula Battle To Decide Fate of East.
It is admitted here that the war
on the Eastern frontier hinges up
on the outcome of the battle along
the Vistula, which will be fought with
in a day. If the Russians are defeat
ed their offensive for the winter is
stopped dead, while if the Germans
lose the outcome is in doubt, as then
the invasion of Germany is certain.
Allies Left Successful.
PARIS, Oct. 15.—The allies left es
caped the encircling movement and
were also able to deliver a smash
ing blow at the German right.
Russian War Department Suspends
Plans for Present.
PETROGRAD. Oct. 15—It is offi
cially admitted that all plans of the
war department has been suspended
except to meet the Germans on the
Vstula. Troops have been withdrawn
from all other points and the Rus
sians will aim to crush the Germans
with one terrific blow. They also ad
mit that the kaiser tricked the war
office into believing his objective was
Suwalkl, and then all the German
troops were concentrated for the at
tack at Warsaw, when the Russians
Were concentrating further north.
Many Reservists In New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—It is esti
mated that fully 500,000 German and
Austrian reservists are in this city
waiting for an opportunity to return
to the colors. Many of them have
come from interior points and are
being fed by the German-American
committee here and will be sent to
fight for the "fatherland” as soon as
transportation can be secured to some
neutral country, through which the
reservists may travel in safety to one
or the other of the countries at war
with the allies.
England Orders Stretchers.
READING, Pa., Oct. 15.—The Brit
ish government has ordered 50,000
stretchers from a local merchant. De
livery is called for as soon as pos
sible. The local British consul plac
ed the order.
k Able To 8pend Two Billion.
BERLIN, Oct. 15.—The response of
the German public to the efforts of
the government to raise a war fund
of 5,000,000,000 marks ($1,250,000,000)
has, it is asserted here, removed all
anxiety which the nation may have
had regarding its ability to meet
financial obligations due to the war.
Originally the reichstag allowed a war
credit of 5,000,000,000 marks in addi
tion to the war treasure, and of this
amount 4,500,000,000 marks lias been
subscribed by the public without
straining seriously the financial re
sources of the empire.
According to military authorities,
the war is costing Germany about
20.000,000 marks ($5,000,000) a day,
inclusive of the money spent on be
half of those who have been deprived
of their bread-winners. The means
of the government at the beginning of
the war, not counting the permanent
war treasure but including the re
serve funds of tlie Iteiclisbank,
amounted to about 300,000,000 marks
($125,000,000), which, in the mean
time, however, has been considerably
increased through the issue of notes.
It is thought, therefore, that the mon
ey available for the purposes of the
campaign can be increased, if neces
sary, by several billion marks.
The amount which the government
could borrow from the Iteiclisbank is
unknown at the present time, but it
is estimated at about 3,000,000,000
marks, making a total of about 8,
000,000,000 marks ($2,000,000,000). At
the rate of 20,000,000 marks ($5,000,
000) a day; this sum would permit
Germany to carry on the war for over
a year. It is asserted here that these
estimates concerning Germany's finan
cial resources are low rather than
high.
Austrians Retake Lemberg
VIENNA, Oct. 15.—The Austrian
troops have reoccupied Lembertt af
ter a fierce battle in which both sides
lost heavily and in which the Rus
sians lost the larger number of men.
The fifthtinK lasted for several days
and was the fiercest of the war in
Galicia.
Still Pursuing the Russians.
The Austrian-German armies are
SOCIALISTS ANSWER WICKERSHAM
The Socialists of Valdez deeply re
sent the distorted statement of their
position made by Delegate Wicker
sham in his campaign speech at Eag
gle hall Monday evening. He showed
not only an utter ignorance of the
principle of Socialism, but a willing
ness to distort the few facts he had
in hand to serve his purpose of vote
getting.
His statements are Inexcusable in
view of the fact that he had the Alas
ka Socialist party pla'form of 1914 in
his hand, wherein facts entirely con
trary to his statement of them are
set forth in cold print. Moreover, he
declared that he had read, the plat
form with care.
Yet he had the audacity to hold
that platform aloft and say that So
cialist demands are accomplished
facts, playing upon the assumed ig
norance of his audience for accept
ance of this absurdity.
Wickersham reads the platform
with care and declares that Social
ists are back.aum|bers, still shouting
for things he has already accomplish
ed for them, and then reads a few
carefully chosen and abbreviated de
mands from the platform, following
his excerpts by such expressions as:
"Why, we have got that!" "We all
want that,” etc.
Let ub see how far Wickersham is
honest in these declarations. The
"Preamble and. Platform of the Social
ist Party of Alaska 1914” states:
■First, a "demand for a new and com
plete reorganisation of society, based
primarily on the rights of the work
ers and producers as the possessing
class.” Wlckersham did not read that
Have we got it? Yet in that demand
lies the essence of socialism. It Is
a movement of the working class for
power through political action. How
far has Judge Wlckersham under
standing or sympathy with such a
movement? What has he to say of
the thousands of unemployed in Alas
ka today, ready, but without oppor
tunity to work? What has he done,
and what does he propose to do for
them)?
, Again, the platform says, “In order
that we may conserve our immediate
interests, while still under capital
ism, we make the following demands:
“We demand the immediate enact
ment of the Initiative, referendum
and recall."
“We have that,” says Wlckersham,
then he lamely adds, "In some of the
western states.” But we live in Alas
ka, not California.
'‘We demand the establishment of
the Australian ballot system In Alas
ka."
“Why, everybody wants that," says
Wckersham. But have we got it?
“We demand that the government
own, develop hnd operate all coal
mines In Alaska, and that no leases
or contracts shall be made by the
government with private Individuals
,or corporations.”
"We have that, or will have it in
a short time, when this coal bill pass
es,” says Wlckersham.
Now, this attempt of Wickersham's
to identify the present coal leasing
bill with the above Socialist demand
can be nothing but sheer, deliberate
perversion. No sane man, with eyes
to read, could confuse “government
operation” and “no leasing” with a
hill, the very title of which reads,
'“leasing.”
The Socialist platform further de
mands “‘that coal be furnished the peo
ple of Alaska at cost.” But Wicker
sham, adept reader that he is, over
looked that part, nor have we heard
other than Socialist candidates raise
their voice for it.
"We demand that the government
only shall build and operate the rail
road and shall not lease it out to
private individuals or corporations.”
“Why, we’ve got it; that’s my rail
road bili,” says Wick.
Leaving aside the point that we
haven’t got the railroad, but only a
bill and an appropriation of but one
million dollars in sight, how about
the terms of the bill? It specifically
authorizes the president “in his dis
cretion to lease said railroad or rail
roads or any portion thereof,” etc.
But the distinction between leasing
and no leasing is too petty for notice
by a fighting man like Wickershara,
who strides rough shod over the
truth, seeking to reach his Socialist
adversary for a knockout.
It is thus tfiat he demonstrates
that all good Socialists should vote
for him. Socialist demands are all
accomplished htrgetyr through h|s
efforts, so he should now have his re
gard in votes. However, Socialists
were noticeable by their absence from
the trail of “Alaska’s true friend,” as
he took the boys around Monday ev
(Continued on page 4).
CONGRESS GOOD
TO PRIMES
Larger Measure of Self-government Is
Given To Them By the House
Bill—Goes To Senate.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.—The
House today passed the bill enlarg
ing the amount of self-government to
be allowed to the residents of the
Philippines. The independence of the
islands is to be recognized as soon
as a stable government is establish
ed.
The Philippines bill is to go to the
Senate and it is believed it will pass
without much opposition.
pursuing the Russians and are cut
ting down the stragglers, taking many
prisoners. Large quantities of war
material accumulated by the Russians
at Lemberg for the use of their army
in its winter operations fell Into the
hands of the Austrians or was destroy
ed by the retreating foe.
Austrians Take Heart At Victory.
A wonderful change has come over
the people here since the news of
the victory. Before they were de
spondent and downcast and now they
are shouting for the emperor and
many men are enlisting who do not
come under the mobilization orders.
Ready To Take Kiao Chau.
TOKIO, OeL 0.5.—The Japanese
commander of the combined British
and Japanese armies besieging Klao
Chau has demanded the surrender of
the forts at once and the German
commander has refused. The final
assault will be made in a few days
and preparations are being pushed by
the Japanese armies. All non-com
batants have been ordered to leave
the German city of Tsing-Tau at once
and almost all of them have done so.
Final Assault Be Costly.
The final assault will be costly In
human lives as the Germans are well
prepared for the assault and have
maintained a strenuous opposition,
driving back assault after assault and
giving ground before superior num
bers very slowly.
Rome Discount* German Reports.
ROME;, Oct. IB.—After discounting
the reports from Berlin regarding
victories over the Russians the ex
perts here say that the Russians have
uniformly been defeated at every
point and that the Austrians are again
I>ack to the San river, where they
are being held by the Russians. The
retreat of the Germans from Suwalkl
province In Russia Is not considered
important. The reports received here
Indicate that when reinforced by the
Germans the Austrians can hold their
own against Russian advances. Af
ter the first successes of the csar’s
troops the reverses of the past tew
days have been astounding to mili
tary men, who had expected that the
lessons of the RussoJapanese war had
been learned and would result In u
better Russian defense.
Allies Save West Plank.
LONDON, Oct. IB.—The reports re
ceived this morning have set at rest
the terrible fear entertained by the
British for the west flank of the allies
army, where most of the British
troopB are located. Last night It was
feared they would be surrounded and
destroyed, but during the evening
(Continued on past D
'iiaBhWk.
FIRE A DUTCHMAN
AND GET MILLIONS
Englishman Will Give Harvard Uni
versity $10,000,000 If Prof Mun
sterberg Is Dismissed.
CAMBItlDGGE, Mass., Oct. 15.—
Major Weiner, of London, who has
been greatly interested in the work
at Harvard University has announced
that he would give the college $10,
000,000 for extensions and scholar
ships provided Prof. Munsterberg,
who is an exchange professor at the
college, is ousted at once.
Major Weiner objects to the efforts
of the Harvard exchange professor to
make sentiment in America for Ger
many, and desires that he be discharg
ed at once.
Prof. Munsterberg, however, has
handed in his resignation, saying
that he does not wish to be in the
way of any large endowment for the
university, and that as he is a Ger
man citizen he cannot help but state
German views which, however, may
not please those opposed to Germany.
CARRANZA OUT
AS PRESIDENT
National Convention Accept* His Re»
Ignatlon—Will Make a Fight
for Election.
JUAREZ. Oct. 15.—The National
Convention of Mexican leaders at Agu
ascallentes yesterday accepted the
resignation of provisional president
Carranza and a substitute will be se
lected in a few hours to take over
the reins of government.
The Mexican constitution provides
that no Mexican president can suc
ceed himself and Villa opposed Car
ranza as provisional president unless
he would agree not to run for presi
dent. President Wilson also object
ed to the violation of the Mexican
constitution by Carranza and refused
to withdraw the troops from Vera
Cruz or recognize the provisional gov
ernment unless assured that the pro
visional president would not be a
candidate for election.
HID HULKED
TO PRESIDEIT
JUNEAU, Oct. 16—The Empire’s
charge that Wickersham never con
sulted or conversed with the presi
dent in his life, explodes the conten
tion made by the delegate that he
is the counsellor and adviser of the
•Wilson administration regarding Alas
kan affairs. The president depends
upon Democratic advisers for his In
formation.
11 *HEm HERE
TOMORROW RIGHT
The Alameda, of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, is expected in Valdes
tomorrow evening at a late hour, al
though nothing will be known for
certain until the boat is reported from
Seward.
Harvey Sullivan and Mike Sherry
returned from Port Wells last even
ing. ’