VOLUME 18 VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1915 NUMBER 154.
BEEN RECOGNIZED
l*M8ldcnt Orders Embargo of Muni
tions Unless Accompanied by
Mexican Government Officials
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—
President Wilson yesterday officially
recognized General Carranza as the
head of the Mexican government and
is soon to appoint a representative to
Mexico City.
The president has also ordered an
embargo on all shipments of arms
and munitions to Mexico where the.
shipments are accompanied by rec
ognized officials of the Carranza gov
ernment. Border patrols have been
instructed that all shipments to Mex
ico will be made through channels
designated by General Carranza and
' that all others will be confiscated.
It is reported that precautions
have been made to render support to \
CaMAnza’s troops in clearing the
,TjdJp border of the bands of outlaws
who have been raiding towns and
ranches across the line but always es
caped into Mexico when pursued by
the United States troops.
Carranza’s agents in Washington
have assured President Wilson that
the Carranza forces will afford pro
tection to foreigners and that Villa’s
forces will be scattered or captured
before the close of the year.
GERMAN OFFICERS
HAVE ESCAPED
Three Officers of Prince Friedrich
Escape from Detention at Nor
folk Navy Yards.
NORFOLK, Oct. 20.—It has been
discovered that three more German
efficers of the Interned crews of the
German warships have escaped from
the detention station here, and the
news has caused a sensation. The
officers belonged to the Prince Fried
rich which interned late last fall
when her commander feared to make
the dash for the open sea as British
and, jpcench warships were reported
ae 'waj|tlng for them off the capes.
The six officers who escaped last
week have not been apprehended al
though every ship on the Atlantic
coast has been instructed to keep a
sharp watch for them.
The departure of the Prince Fried
rich officers in violation of their pa
role, has created a sensation and an
Investigation is being conducted by
the navy department. It is claimed
that the officials at the station were
cognizant of the fact that the Ger
mans had escaped but failed to re
port to the department for several
days.
The belief is expressed that Ger
man sympathizers have secured a ves
sel and have fitted her with guns, to
raid the commerce of nations with
which Germany is at war in the hopes
that the British fleet which is now
guarding the German coast will be
forced to scatter to capture the raid
er.
NEW JERSEY TURNS
SUFFRAGE DOWN.
JERSEY CITY, Oct. 20.—Com
pleted returns of yesterday’s election
shows that suffrage has been defeat
ed by a majority of more than fifty
thousand votes. The leaders of the
National Suffrage League have an
nounced that they are undaunted by
the defeat suffered and have started
a campaign to secure pledges from
candidates for the state legislature,
andjbelieve that the legislature will
accomplish what the voters have fail
ed to sanction. ^
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Tonight at the Liberty.
The Master Criminal Is on the
screen at the Liberty Theatre tonight,
and with increasing Interest the hunt
and the capture and escape of the
Master Criminal is depicted in a suc
cession of thrilling scenes, and Is four
■cels of sensations and surprises. 2t
TEUTONIC AND BULGARIAN ARMIES HAVE
FORMED JUNCTION SOUTH OF BELGRADE
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LONDON, Oct. 20.—Eight Bulga
rian armies are reported as overrun
ning the northern and eastern por
tions of Serbia and have captured
the railroad connecting Nish with Sa
lonika, completely isolating the Ser
bian capital. It is also reported that
the Serbians suffered severe defeat
north of Nish and were forced to re
treat to the mountains leaving their
guns and munitions on the battle
fields. Teutonic troops have also in
vaded Montenegro from Bosnia and
are reported to have gaineu a strong
footing near Nikshidsh.
Italian Reservists Called.
ROME, Oct. 20.—The last Italian
reserves have been called to the col
ors to form the new army which
Italy will send to the Dardanelles. It
Is reported that the Austrian resis
tance in the north is stiffening and
it is believed that the German rein
forcements have joined the Austrians.
Teuton Meets Bulgar In Serbia. j
BERLIN, Oct. 20.—The German
troops have effected a junction with
the Bulgarian army through north
ern Serbia, when the Bulgariansj
forced a landing on the west bank of 1
Morava river near Semendria. The!
Serbian troops, caught by the Teu- i
tonic troops from the north and west j
and by the Bulgarian armies from
TERRITORIAL RECEIPTS
SHOW AN INCREASE.
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The office of the territorial treas- j
urer has compiled figures In relation ;
to receipts for the quarter ending J
September 30, which shows a total j
of $28,045.03. This amount Is $10,- 1
688.31 In excess of the amount col
lected for the previous quarter and
is due to the fact that the quarter
just ended carried the licenses pre
scribed by the last territorial legisla
ture.
FOURTEEN KILLED
IN BUTTE MINE:
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Feared that Others near Bottom of
Shaft May Have Been Caught
by Falling Timbers.
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BUTTE, Mont., Oct. 20.—Fourteen |
miners were instantly killed yester- j
day and scores injured by an explo
sion of dynamite near the mouth of,
the Granite Mountain mine. The
cause of the explosion is a mystery
but it is believed that dynamite was
being sent down the shaft while the
miners were coming to the surface
after completing their shift.
The explosion closed the shaft and
it is feared that several miners in the
lower workings have been killed by
the concussion resulting from the ex
plosion and the falling timbers and
rocks.
$72,000 PAID FOB SEAT |
ON N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE, ■
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NEW YpRK, Oct. 20.—A seat on j
;he New York Stock exchange was j
sold yesterday for $72,000, and lndi-;
cates that prosperity is returning.
During the past two years, while the
administration was investigating and
prosecuting trusts, the price of seats
on the exchange declined, one seat
having been sold for $42,000 in May. j
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URGING SENATOR WEEKS S
FOR REPUBUCAN CANDIDATE
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Al White, Republican territorial
organizer, has received a number of
copies of an able article, prepared by
Charles G. Washburn, former con
gressman from Massachusetts, and
printed in the Boston Telegram, in
which the Republican party is urged
to consider Senator John Wingate
Weeks, of California, as their presi
dential candidate next year. Mr.
White 1b distributing the pamphlets
to tried and true disciples of his
party in Alaska.
SERBIA IS REPORTED AS OVERRUN BY EIGHT BULGARIAN ARMIES.
GERMANS HAVE INVADED MONTENEGRO, AND HAVE GAINED A
STRONG FOOTING NEAR PRINCIPAL CITY—LONDON CLAIMS AL
LIES SUCCESSFUL ALONG WESTERN FRONT WHERE SEVERE
BATTLES HAVE BEEN WAGED — GERMANS SENDING REIN
FORCEMENTS TO WEST WHERE THEY ARE BATTLING TO RE
COVER LOST GROUND—ITALY CALLS OUT LAST RESERVES.
the south and east, were forced to
surrender and thousands of prison
ers were taken. The battle has clear
ed the passage across northern Ser
bia for shipments of munitions into
Bulgaria destined for Constantinople.
Russia Needs Money.
PETROGRAD. Oct. 20.—It is an
nounced that the duma will be asked
to raise a half billion dollar loan to
prosecute the war. It is believed that
the loan can be raised in Russia. It
is also stated that Russia’s purchases
of munitions in Japan are more than
$2,000,000 daily.
Ozernowitch Kvacuted.
BUCHAREST, Oct. 20.—The Rus
sians are reported to have defeated
the Austrians in northern Galicia and
the fortified city of Ozernowitch is
being evacuated by the Austrians.
The Austrians are reported to have
lost heavily in the battle, thousands
of them having been captured.
Germans Sending Troops West.
BERLIN, Oct. 20.—The war office
has issued a bulletin in which it is
admitted that the situation in north
ern France and Belgium is critical.
The Allies are reported as having
started another offensive movement
but have gained small successes. It
is announced that heavy reinforce
ments are being sent to the west
when the German troops will recover
the lost ground.- It is announced
that no vital positions were lost dur
ing the drive.
Petrograd Hays Germany Exhausted.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 20.—Minister
Maklakov, of the interior department,
has issued a statement in which he
declares that the Teutons have be
come exhausted and are meeting with
defeat on both the eastern and west
ern frontiers, as well as having suf
fered severe defeat in northwestern
Serbia near Shabatz.
Zeppelins Destroy Submarines.
BERLIN, Oct. 20.—The German
admiralty reports that the coast of
Belgium and the Baltic sea has been
cleared of British submarines thru
the activities of the Zeppelins. The
: operators of the airships have been
I enabled to watch the movements of
the undersea craft from a great height
and have dropped bombs upon them.
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; London Claims Western Successes,
j LONDON, Oct. 20.—The British
war office has slightly relaxed the
rigorous censorship which has been
'maintained during the past few days
and has announced that the Ger
jmans have been repulsed everywhere
i along the line near the coast. No
] detail of the battles have been made
i public but it is believed that desper
|ate fighting has taken place as thou
J sands of wounded are reported as
j reaching French hospitals from the
north.
PAID LOW WAGES
Girls Testify Before Committee That
Average Wage was Less Than
Seven Cents an Hour.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.—Scores of girl
workers, who are members of the
striking Garment Workers’ union,
offered testimony before the Alder
manic committee here yesterday. The
mayor appointed the committee to in
vestigate conditions in the factories
where the employes are on strike and
to endeavor to settle the strike by ar
bitration.
The testimony of the girls showed
that the average wages which they
were able to earn was less than seven
cents per hour and that they were
forced to pay five cents per week for
drinking water.
The committee has reported that
many of the factories where the girls
were employed are death traps and
that provisions have not been made
for their escaping from the buildings
in case of fire. The building inspec
tor will be asked to explain his neg
lect in enforcing the law requiring
all factories to be equipped with mod
ern fire escapes.
Most of the striking garment
workers are foreigners, and the com
mittee reports that they live under
sanitary conditions which are a men
ace to the health of the public, ow
ing to the possibility of disease being
transmitted through the clothing.
MARIPOSA HAD VALUABLE
CARGO MIXED FREIGHT
The steamer Mariposa, which hit a
rock at Porcher island, near Bella
Bella, B. C., and which it is now be
lieved can be saved, carried a heavy
cargo of general freight fol Alaskan
coast points. The estimates of the
values of the shipments for the dif
ferent towns are as follows; Cordo
va, $8,000; Juneau, $5,000; Thane,
$3,600; Seward, $4,500, Knik, $17,
000, Dawson, $9,600, Latouche,
$5,500, Unalaska, $2,200, Valdez,
$4,200, Anchorage, $7,000, Afognak,
$7,00; various other points $20,000,
making a total of $9^.200.
'fhe steamer Admiral Evans left
Anchorage at 6 o’clock last night for
Seward and is expected to reach Val
dez some time tomorrow.
Wm. layers, the Golden-Port Wells
storekegj)+r is in Valdez on business,
having come up in his own launch. ,
STEEL STOCKS ARE
SOARING UPWARD
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation Stocks
Jump to $5.00 as Result of
Prosperity from War Orders.
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NEW YORK. Oct. 20.—The Euro
pean war orders have resulted In the
stocks of all steel corporations In the
United States advancing but a new
record was established yesterday
when the shares of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation advanced to $5.00
per share owing to heavy war orders
having been received.
The Bethlehem Steel corporation
shares were selling last April at 117,
the highest point in its history, but
dropped back to 102% when it was
reported that the attorney general’s
office was to investigate the organi
zation, charges of stock manipulation
having been made by shareholders
when the April dividend had been
passed.
The stock of the Bethlehem corpo
ration is controlled largely by Brit
ish and German investors and was
reorganized during the past summer
when C. M. Schwab resigned from the
directorate to organize another steel
corporation. It was currently report
ed that Schwab’s resignation was
forced owing to his having refused
an offer of $100,000,000 for a con
trolling interest in the corporation by
German investors.
The outstanding shares of the
Bethlehem Steel corporation reach
the enormous total of 14,862,000 and
the rapid advance in the price has
made millionaires of those who held
the stocks.
SEWARl) PEOPLE PETITiOS
FOR 9 ARE OF THE ROTS.
Chairman Edes of the Alaskan en
gineering commission announced to
day that the petition of Seward peo
ple for the sale of lots has been for
warded to Andrew Christensen, chief
of the field division of the land of
fice for consideration. Commissioner
Edes declined to give his opinion as
to what the probable action would be
in the matter. He stated, however,
that he could not comply with the re
quest of the petitioners that he “or
der” the sale of the lots, it not being
within the province of the commis
sion to issue such an order.
The launch B. P. M. Is expected up
from the Granite Mine this evening
or tomorrow.
The launch Shamrock left for
Landlock Bay this morning with a
number of passengers.
RUSSIA PAYS CASH
FOR HER MUNITIONS.
NEW YORK. Oct. 20.—The Rus
sian government today, through the
banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
paid the Bradley Construction com
pany $60,000,000 for munitions of
war supplied during the past three
months. It is estimated that the
daily purchases of Russia in the Uni
ted States approximates $2,000,000,
but the greater portion of her muni
tions are purchased in Japan.
DETENTION CAMP
GERMAN SOLDIEOS
Navy Department will Prevent More
Interned Germans from Escap
ing From United States.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—It is an
nounced that the Navy department is
considering the plan of placing five
hundred German sailors, the crews
of the interned German warships, in
detention camps at Norfolk owing to
nine of the German officers having
broken their paroles and escaped
from the country.
The escape of the German officers
has been investigated and shows that
regulations requiring them to report
had relaxed and that they had often
failed to appear in person. It is
claimed that many of the sailors will
also be found to have escaped should
the order placing them in detention
camps be issued.
DRESSMAKERS FINDING
MRS. GALT ECONOMICAL.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 20.—Mrs. Nor
man Galt, fiancee of President Wil
son, who is here in company with
Miss Margaret Wilson, buying her
trousseau for the wedding which will
take place early in December, is re
ported by dressmakers to be insist
ing on buying American made goods
and has refused to purchase expen
sive articles.
NOTED MEN WILL BE
BANQUETTEI) AT FAIR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.—The
directors of the San Francisco expo
sition will entertain three of the most
illustrious men in the United States
at a banquet tonight. The guests of
honor will be Henry Ford, of Detroit,
Luther Burbank of California, and
Thomas A. Edison of New Jersey.
More than one thousand guests will
attend the banquet.
HALF BILLION
IN FIVE YEARS
Secretary Daniels Prepares Estimates
the Cost of Naval Force Fav
ored by Administration.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.—The
Navy department yesterday opened
the bids for the construction of twen
ty-two ships, sixteen of which will
ibe submarines, to be delivered to the
department as soon as the vessels
ican be rushed to completion. The
! identity of the successful bidders has
not been disclosed but it is reported
.that one of the submarines will be
I built at Bremerton and will remain
on the Pacific coast.
The vessels include two battleships
of the Tiger class, four torpedo boat
destroyers, and sixteen submarines,
all to be fitted with latest power en
gines which the government has been
demonstrating under greatest secrecy.
Secretary Daniels has announced
that estimates have been prepared
showing that the government of the
United States in order to build up the
naval forces to which the administra
tion has committed itself, must spend
$500,000,000 during the next five
years, which would include an expen
diture of $6,000,000 in establishing
aviation schools and aeroplanes.
Unmasked Men Enter Bank at Noon
and Empty Cash Drawer of
91,500 and Make Escape.
SEATTLE, Oct. 20.—One of the
boldest holdups in the history of this
state was perpetrated yesterday at
noon when the Renton Citizen’s bank
was held up and robbed of 11,500 in
gold coin and currency, by two un
masked men.
The robbers had hired an auto and
instructed the chauffeur to visit the
bank before making a hurried trip to
Seattle. He was instructed to keep
his motor running and ready for ac
tion. As the holdup occurred at
noon only the casher of the bank was
present and while one of the robbers
kept him covered with a revolver the
other emptied the cash drawer. The
men then backed from the bank, in
the meantime keeping the cashier
covered.
Placing a revolver at the chauf
feur’s head the robbers compelled
him to throw on full speed to escape
the fusillade of shots from citizens as
the cashier had instantly given the
alarm after the departure of the ban
dits. In the general duel between
the citizens and the bandits one boy
was wounded, but is expected to re
cover.
The bandits deserted the auto be
fore reaching Seattle and threatened
the chauffeur with death if he at
tempted to follow them or if he
attempted to give an alarm. Police
are rounding up all suspicious char- ;
acters as it is feared that more rob
beries will follow owing to the sue
icess of the Ro-'ton affair.
BONANZA COPPER 18 COMING
• FROM 81,IDE ON MOUNTAIN.
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Reports from the Bonanza Copper
mine at Kennecott are that rock as
saying 70 per cent copper is being jj
taken out daily in great leads. The t
ore is that which slid down the a
mountain side about a year ago,
leaving the pure copper exposed. The |
suae has yielded ten times the jj
amount of pure copper that under- |
ground development has produced, it j
is said. It is estimated that it costs j
the Guggenheim8 about 5 cents per 3
pound to mine and ship Its copper ?
ore from Kennecott. Copper is now |
bringing 18 1-4 cents a pound, which *
leaves a handsome profit to the own- |
ers of the property
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