v0L 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. NO. 278.
ALLIES ARMY AGAIN DEFEATED
GERMANS BREAK LINES AND TAKE FRENCH TOWNS
FEARING CAPTURE OF BERLIN BY RUSSIANS WEALTHY GERMANS LEAVE CITY
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LONDON, Aug. 27—The news of
another defeat for the allies by the
Germans and the loss of 75,000 men
in killed and wounded and taken pris
oners has been announced this even
ing by the war office. The Germans,
in spite of the severe check they re
ceived during last night’s attack, con
tinued this morning and after fight
ing all day have forced the French
and allies to fall back. The losses
of the allies are estimated at fully
75,000 men, but the war office here
announces also that the German loss
was much greater but that by th?
very weight of numbers they broke
the French resistance.
French Contracting Lines.
The French are contracting their
lines and are fighting from behind
fortifications, waiting for more troops
from Paris and from the South cf
France. Troops from England are
being sent across the channel as fast
as possible.
War Losses Staggering.
The war office is staggered at the
terrible loss of life during the past
few days’ fighting and realizes that
more troops will be needed to hold
the German advance on Paris.
Russia Mobilizes Eight Million Men.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 27.—The
war office here has announced that
the mobilization of the Russian forces
are now complete and that 8,000,000
men are under arms.
Organize Fourteen Armies.
Fourteen seperate armies have
been organized to operate against the
Germans and Austrians and it is ex
pected to divide the attack so that
the Germans will be forced to weak
en their army, estimated at more
than 4,000,000 men, which is operat
ing against France.
Attack Berlin In Three Weeks.
The general staff has completed
plans for the advance on Berlin, which
they claim will be attacked in three
weeks, as the Germans are now fall
ing back towards the Oder and will
be overwhelmed by the superior Rus
sian force, which is slowly working
west.
Russia Is a Unit.
The people of Russia have never
entered a war in which the people
were so determined to win as in
the present conflict, in which they
believe they are fighting for their
Slav brothers of the Balkans from
German oppression. The army has
responded loyally to the call to arms,
many of the peasants walking miles
to answer the call and they are fight
ing with spirit and determination.
German* Take Remainder of Namur
Forts.
BERLIN, Aug. 27.—The German
forces have captured the remainder
of the Belgian forte at Namur, which
held out until today against the Ger
man attack and blocked the advance
upon the French.
German Gunners Do Wonderful Work.
The German gunners have done
some remarkable shooting, sending
shot after shot from the big siege
guns into the forts until the garri
son were forced to surrender.
Germans Far Into France.
OSTENDE, Aug. 27.—The German
advance Into France has penetrated
as far as Lille, Roubiax and Valien
cennes in Northern France, and now
threaten to cut off the English army,
between Roubiax and Calais.
German Battle Cruiser Sunk.
LONDON, Aug. 27.—The German
battle cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse, a 11,000-ton warship, was
sunk by the English cruiser High
flyer off the African coast. The High
flyer was not seriously hurt during
the conflict.
(NOTE: The Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse carried four 9.4-inch guns;
eighteen 5.9-inch guns and twenty-four
smaller guns and had a crew of 715
men. The ship cost almost $5,000,
000. The Highflyer is not listed
among the English ships and must
be a new cruiser.)
Jap* Blockading Kiao-Chau.
TOKIO, Aug. 27.—Because of the
effort of the German cruisers to es
cape to the sea from the German
protectorate the entire battle fleet of
superdreadnoudbts and fast cruisers
are patrolling the entrance to the
German harbor and will prevent the
Kaiser’s ships from preying on the
commerce of the allies.
Austrian Defeat 8erlou*.
NISH, Servla, Aug. 26.—The war
office here have announced that the
Austrian loss In the battle at Drlna
river last Sunday was very heavy.
The Austrian force numbered 300,000
men and they lost 14,000 In killed;
30,000 wounded and 14,000 captured.
First Attack On Forts Unsuccessful But After Twelve Hours Fighting the Ger
mans Force Allies Back—Lille, Roubiax and Valenciennes Fall Into Hands
of Kaiser’s Soldiers—German Battle Cruiser Sunk By British Ship—Russia’s
Organized Force Numbers Eight Million Men and Expects To Capture
Berlin In Three Weeks—Have Fourteen Armies—All Forts At Namur Fall.
The Servians also captured seventy
five field pieces of the latest pattern,
besides much ammunition and war
munitions, which were abandoned by
the Austrian army when its defeat
turned into a riot.
Servian Army Following Up Victory.
The Servian force have followed up
their victory and are persuing the
Austrians into Bosnia, where they
have also been able to recruit many
soldiers from among the Slavs.
French Repulse Germans.
LONDON, Aug. 27.—The German at
tack on the French border fortifica
tions resulted in a terrific loss to the
Germans, who were repulsed and
forced back into Germany. The Ger
mans lost much ground, left dead and
wounded on the battle field, and also
lost many cannon, cut off by French
cavalry, and small arms abandoned
by the men were secured by the
French.
Stars and Stripes To Front.
PARIS, Aug. 27.—Americans enlist
ed in the French army and paraded
last night through the city en route
to the front. The Americans were
cheered as they marched through the
streets of Paris.
Namur Well Fortified.
LONDON, Aug. 27.—The Belgian
and French engineers had fortified
Namur so that the cost of life to the
Germans was terrible. With broken
glass and barbed wire entanglements
and electric wires carrying a voltage
of 1,500 volts, with deep pits and
wide ditches, the place was almost
impregnable and the retreat of the
Belgians is inconceivable here.
Belgians Claim Were Forced To Bear
Brunt.
The Belgians claim that they were
forced to bear the brunt of the bat
tle and that in as much as they had
nothing further to gain by holding
the Germans and were paying a heavy
toll of life from the bombardment of
the German siege guns, they were
willing to retire.
French Tried Desperate scheme.
The French played a desperate
game when they withdrew all their
troops from Alsace and quickly threw
them against the Germans in West-.
ern Belgium with the expectation that
the entire right of the Germans could
be cut off, but it was in vain, as they
no sooner had the troops on the fir
ing line than Namur fell and the al
lies were forced back. Just as soon
ag the Germans realized that the
French invasion in Alsace was only
a skeleton they turned upon them,
forcing the invaders back across the
line following up the advantage and
captured Nancy. The Germans have
now been checked and every attack
on the French lines has been driven
back with a terrible loss.
Battle Still Rages.
The Germans are pressing against
the allies lines from the Swiss border
to Mons, sending attack after attack
in an effort to locate the weak spots,
but so far have only sacrificed many
men in vain.
England Rushing Reinforcements.
Under the imperative orders of
Lord Kitchener, secretary of war, the
entire fighting strength of England is
to be sent across the channel in Bel
gium to check the Germans and to
drive them back if possible from Os
tend, where they constitute a menace
to London, besides being in a posi
tion to fill the English Channel with
floating mines, as they have done in
the North Sea.
England Takes Right of Search.
ROME, Aug. 27.—One of the Ital
ian boats arrived at Naples from Nev
York and reports that when passing
Gibraltar the steamer wras stopped
and fifty-four German reservists and
twelve Austrian reservists were tak
en off the boat and imprisoned by 'he
English in spite of the protest of the
captain, who insisted that the Eng
lish commander had no right to
search his ship and take off passen
gers.
Germans Give Up Togoland.
LONDON, Aug. 27.—The German
governor of Togoland, on the gold
coast of Africa, yesterday surrender
ed the colony to the English. For
several days the German governor
tried to make terms, but the English
refused to accept any surrender ex
cepting an unconditional one and in
the end the Germans were forced to
give in, as they were outnumbered
two to one.
Italian Army Threatening Austrian
Border.
CHIASSO, Switzerland, Aug. 27.—
Italy was continuing today its mass
ing of troops along the Swiss and
Austrian frontiers.
So far as Switzerland was concerned
the explanation was readily accept
ed that the concentration was mere
ly "precautionary.”
With Austria, however, it was gen
erally believed the Rome government
thought it was likely to have trouble.
The Italian authorities’ position was
considered decidedly delicate. The
Italian labor leaders were watching
as a cat watches a mouse, every mili
tary move the war office made and
no doubt was felt that their threat
ened general strike would be declar
ed the moment a step was taken cal
culated to involve the country in hos
tilities.
On the other hand there was no
question that by refusing to join its
allies, Germany and Austria-Hungary,
Italy was risking a declaration against
itself by the two Teutonic nations,
and it was considered here that it
was only natural for the government
to want to be prepared.
What the labor leaders would do
if. by insisting on remaining neutral,
Italy embroiled itself with its two
powerful neighbors, was not clear.
The general opinion was that they
would sanction resistance to an in
vasion, but veto an aggressive cam
paign.
Had Italy lined up with Germany
and Austria-Hungary against France.
Great Britain and Russia, nobody ser
iously questioned that the anti-mili
tary leaders would have behind them
sufficient popular sentiment to have
precipitated a widespread revolt—per
haps a revolution.
Feeling against Austria has been
growing rapidly, however, and if the
Austrians and Germans forced war on
Italy, it did not seem so sure that
the anti-militarists would have back
ELEVEN LIVES LOST ON SAMPSON
Revised List of Dead.
CAPTAIN ZIM MOORE.
CHIEF ENGINEER NOON.
L. CABANES, third cook.
MISS CAMPBELL, stewardess.
C. MARQUETTE, quartermaster.
S. SALER, nightwatchman.
W. REKER, first wireless operator.
J. WILLIAMS, mess boy.
G. BRYANT, a Seattle paintfer en
route to Seward.
MRS. BRADBURY, wife of the Ad
miral Line agent at Skagway.
EZRA BYRNE, who was burned so
severely that he died at the Seattle
Hospital shortly after his arrival at
the institution.
t The first reports gave First Officer
Kenny and Second Officer Cocomo
among the dead, but the revised list
does not give them, and it is ex
pected that in the confusion their
names were added to the list of dead
by mistake. The passengers and crew
deny that any explosion tore the decks
off, but that when the stern of the
ship sank the bow of the Sampson
was naturally lifted high in the air
and that it was this which made many
believe that the boat had been lift
ed by an explosion.
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.—Eleven mem
bers of the crew and passengers on
the Admiral Sampson were lost In
the collision yesterday morning at
Point No Point, when the Admiral lin
er was rammed by the Princess Vic
toria.
The big Canadian steamer, coming
through the fog at a terrific speed,
caught the Sampson near the stern
and pushing her prow almost through
| the ship dealt a mortal blow. The
oil tanks on the Sampson caught fire
and soon prevented the passengers
from climbing over the bow of the
Canadian boat.
Fire Spreads to the Victoria.
The lire spread to the Princess Vic
toria and forced Captain Moore to
send his passengers and crew off the
port side into the water to be hauled
up by ropes upon the Victoria.
Good Discipline On Sampson.
.Captain Moore maintained good dls
Coolness of Captain Zim Moore, Who Went Down With
His Ship, Saved Scores of Lives—Crews of Both Ships
Behave Admirably—Chief Engineer Noon Sacrificed
Himself In Attempt To Save Woman Passenger
Wireless Operator Wiehi, of Illfated Steamer, Proves
Hero—Capt. Moore Eulogised—Valdez People Safe.
cipllne among his crew, hardly rais
ing his voice, but every order he gave
was obeyed without a second’s hesi
tation and to his coolness and the
strict discipillne of the crew on the
Sampson the passengers owe their
lives.
Englishmen Act Well.
The officers and crew of the Ca
nadian boat were also calm and did
much to save those in the water. A
boat was lowered from the Princess
Victoria and picked up many who
were in the water, having jumped be
cause they feared to be drawn down
by the sinking Sampson.
Sampson Going Three Knots An Hour.
Captain Moore was on the bridge
at the time of the accident and had
reduced his spfeed to three knots an
hour, barely crawling through the fog.
He had also kept his fog horn blowing
every few seconds, wishing to take no
chances.
Chief Engineer Noon Dies Like Hero
Chief Engineer Noon died like a
hero, trying to save Mrs. Brambury
and to swim with' her to the Princess
Victoria, but he was caught in the
whirlpool and drawn down with the
Sampson when she made her final
plunge.
Everybody Aroused.
Captain Moore ordered the crew to
arouse all the passengers as soon
as the accident happened and they
broke all windows to the staterooms
as the quickest way to make the peo
ple realize that haste was Imperative
and the men went from room to room
making sure that all were up, forc
ing them to leave in their night
clothes, although many wanted to
wait and dress.
Wooden Legged Man Saved Wife.
W. Goodrich, with a wooden leg,
en route to Seward, saved his wife,
who was in the water and could not
reach the Victoria. He jumped into
the water, caught and held her while
he was drawn down in the whirlpool
and suction of the sinking boat, but
on coming to the surface was able
to grab a rope thrown him from the
Victoria and was hauled aboard, still
holding the almost lifeless body of
his wife.
Seward Teacher Saved.
Mrs. Ethel Forgy, a widow from
New York, who was en route to Sew
ard, was one of the last to leave the
Sampson. She was afraid to jump
and only did so when almost pushed
overboard by a member of the Samp
son’s crew. She was picked up by
the lifeboat from 'the Princess Vic
toria.
Second Wireless Operator a Hero.
Second Wireless Operator Wiehr
saved the life of Palmer Cook, the
3-year-old son of Palmer Cook, the
foreman of the Midas mine, and swam
with the little fellow to the Victoria.
Wiehr found the lad whimpering in
the 8octal hall, where he had fled
in terror and realizing that but a
few seconds remained the wireless
operator jumped Into the water, tak
ing the lad with him and swam to
the Victoria, where he was hauled to
safety and the boy restored to the
grandmother, who was almost hyster
ical when she missed the child.
Mrs. Cook, mother of Palmer Cook,
of the Midas, and grandmother of the
two children, Palmer and Helen, was
aided and almost forced upon the Ca
nadian boat by the crew and had no
chance to watch Palmer. Neither of
the children suffered any harm.
Start 8uit for Damages.
The officials of the Admiral Line
have started suit against the Canadian
Pacific Steamship line for $670,000 for
damages because of the loss of the
Admiral Sampson, which is valued at
$600,000 and the other damages which
the company will suffer because of
the wreck.
Charge Canadian Captain At Fault.
The officers of the Sampson assert
that Captain Moore was going only
at a speed of three miles an hour,
as he realized that Point No Point
was a dangerous position in a heavy
fog and that the Canadian boat was
pushed forward at full speed.
Paid No Attention To Fog Whietle.
Captain Hickey paid no attention to
the fog whistle from the Sampson,
which was being sounded almost con
stantly to warn the Canadian boat
of the position and nearness of the
Sampson. It is claimed that the en
gines on the Princess Victoria were
not reversed until after the accident,
although the captain was fully aware
that he was near the Sampson.
Libel Filed At Once.
The U. S. marshal libeled the Ca
nadian steamer last night to prevent
her slipping away and into Canada,
where she would be safe from attach
ment, and the boat will be held un
til a bond is given to pay any dam
ages which the Admiral Line may se
cure from the courts.
Eulogies for Captain Moore.
All the papers here have printeg
many anecdotes of the life of Captain
Moore and of his experiences in Alas
ka. They call him the founder of
Valdes, as he was one of the first
.white men who entered Valdes bay,
and was one of the party which lo
(Continned on pats
lng enough for the masses to confine
their ruling classes to purely defen
sive tactics.
Militarists have been hoping for an
opportunity to overrun the Austrian
Tyrol and Adriatic provinces. In op
erating along the Adriatic they would
soon be brought in touch with the
Servians and Montenegrins, complete
ly encircling Austria with a cordon
of enemies, except along its German
and Swiss frontiers.
Russians Threaten Berlin.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 27— Because
of the Russian victories in Western
Prussia and the utter riot of the Ger
man army, which was expected to halt
and delay the Russian advance on
Berlin. It is believed that the Ger
man capital is in more danger than
is Paris.
Wealthy Germans Leave the City.
The wealthy Germans have fled
from the city into Norway and Swed
en in the hope of escaping the hor
rors of a siege and the suffering that
all Germans must bear if the Rus
sian advance is not stayed.
Germans To Fall Back To Oder River.
The Germans are preparing to fall
back to the defenses on the Oder riv
er, about seventy-five miles from Ber
lin, where they hope to block the
Russian advance. Huge fortifications
have been built along the river and
may hold the Czar’s troops while the
Germans continue the advance to
ward Paris.
Will Continue Paris Campaign.
The Germans are determined to
continue the campaign on Paris and
hope by taking the capital of France
to force the French to make terms
of peace, pay a tremendous indemni
ty and then the German army will
turn upon the Russians and drive
them back across the border into Po
land.
Wheat Crop of France Harvested.
PARIS, Auk. 27.—The government
has announced that the old men. the
women and children, by superhuman
efforts, have saved the wheat crops
of France, which are as necessary
to the success of the present war as
are soldiers and guns. The govern
ment is taking over the crops and
paying the farmers and will prevent
the raising of prices by the merch
ants.
London Has Hopes.
LONDON, Aug. 27.—The people
here are now more hopeful that the
French line of fortifications will stay
the German advance while the rein
forcements are being sent to France.
The repulse of the German attack
on the French positions has raised
the hopes of the allies and although
the fighting still continues they ex
pect to hold the Germans back.
Russians Sweeping Eastern Prussia.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7.—The
Russian forces are sweeping the Ger
mans from Eastern Prussia, forcing
them back with heavy loss. The Ger
mans made a determined stand at the
border fortifications and a battle was
fought lasting five days, resulting in
the defeat of the Germans and they
were »forced to abandon the forts,
some of which were destroyed, but
others were evacuated so quickly that
large quantities of war munitions fell
Into the hands of the Russians. Many
cannon were also taken.
Charge of the Russian Brigade.
The Novce Vremyea, the leading
Russian newspaper in this city, de
scribes the charge of the Russian
Horse Guards at Gumbinnen. The
Germans held a position in the vil
lage from which they were pouring
a murderous fire upon the Russian
troops.
Cavalry Ordered To Take Batteries.
The Russian Horse Guards were
ordered to take the battery and si
lence the guns. The first squadron
Of Russians charged straight for the
guns and were mowed down by the
awful German fire. The second squad
ron then made direct for the Germans
and would also have been wiped out
but for the fact that the third squad
ron, seeing the danger, rode at the
Germans from the flank and sabered
the German gunners and captured
the battery, which was then turned
upon the Germans.
Germans Ran Like Rabbits.
The Russian paper claims that the
Germans ran like rabbits; that the re
treat was turned Into a rout, soldiers
throwing away their guns and run
ning for aafety, and helmets, clothing
and cartridge belts were dropped in
the mad rush for shelter.
Russian Execution Frightful.
One squadron of the Russian Nles
hni Hussars, all of whom are famous
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