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^ — VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1914. NO. 355.
VOL. 10. _ _
FIGHTING CONTINUES IN POLAND
GERMANS REINFORCED; MAKING STAND AT KAL1CZ
RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN EAST PRUSSIA STILL CONTINUES
AUSTRIANS CLAIM SIEGE OF PRZEMYSL BEEN RAISED
COlCIED BANKER
MAY GET PARDON
Friends Will Pay Back 15,000 Deposit
or* If Banker I* Not Sent To
Jail for Crime.
i GENESEO, N. Y., Nov. 25.—Henry
Siegel, the New York banker, con
victed of having violated the bank
ing laws of the state, may escape pun
ishment. He has offered the state
authorities to repay fully the 15,000
depositors of his bank if permitted to
go free and start again in Chicago.
Siegel is connected with a number of
wealthy families who are willing to
raise the necessary money. Every
dollar of the Siegel fortune will be
turned over to the depositors and the
friends and relatives of Siegel and
Vogel, his former partner, who died
before the trial, will pay the balance.
The state authorities are inclined
to accept the proposal, believing that,
the punishment received by the bank
er will be a lesson to him and others
and the return to the depositors of
the money will be of greater service
to them, as many are poor and hun
gry, than the revenge of sending the
guilty banker to jail.
New Aid To Surgery.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 25.—An ap
paratus which should prove of con
siderable service to the surgical pro
fession has been invented by M.
Shim Friedricksen. It photoraphs
the interior of the stomach through
the mouth, thus enabling doctors ac
curately to locate cancers, ulcers, and
other abnormal affections. The ap
paratus has been tested, and is said
to have given successful results.
Halibut fishing was restricted for a
time in Southeastern Alaska waters
owing to a scarcity of herring bait.
The arrival of 400 barrels of herring
from the Wrangell narrows relieved
the situation.
SWALLOWED OIL
Tanks of Steamer Hanalei Smashed,
Waters Covered With Oil—Mc
Culloch Brings Survivors.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 25—The
revenue cutter McCulloch reached
here today from the scene of the
wreck of the steamer Hanalei on Dux
bury reef, bringing 40 survivors of
the wreck and 15 bodies picked up
along the beach and In the water.
Many of those drowned were killed
because they swallowed oil which
covered the sea about the oil burner,
as the tanks were smashed and the
oil spread out on the sea.
The number of passengers and crew
lost cannot be known until the rec
ords of the office at Los Angeles can
be secured. It Is believed that be
tween 40 and 60 were drowned, how
ever.
Chilean Government Worried At Violation of Neutrality of German Warships
Appalling Loss of Germans In Fighting About Nieuport When Caught Be
tween Cross-Fire From Fleet and Allies Artillery—Russians Claim Victory
At Czenstochowa-Germans Broke Through Line and Almost Won Victory
Zeebrugge Destroyed By British Fleet-British Lost 1,000 Men In East Africa
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PETROGRAD, Nov. 25.—The bat
tle of Lodz still continues. The Ger
mans are making a determined effort
to save the army by fighting a rear
guard action which will give the main
army an opportunity to re-form. The
Russian commanders are pushing the
attack with great vigor and hope to
crush the kaiser’s troops before the
army can be made serviceable by the
gathering together of the different
commands which have been scattered
by the retreat.
Russian Victory At Czenstochowa.
The Russian troops at Czenstoch
owa won a victory yesterday, defeat
ing the Austro-German forces from
Cracow, which are operating north
of that city in Poland. Six thousand
of the enemy were captured and the
invaders set back in disorder upon
the reserves. The Germans broke
through the Russian line at Brzeziny
and for a time it was feared that the
czar’s troops would be forced to re
tire, but the arrival of the reserves
at a timely moment changed the tide
of battle and the Germans who had
broken through the line were cut off
from retreat and captured. The en
emy also lost heavily in killed and
wounded.
Advance in tasx Prussia.
The Russian troops commanded by
General Rennenkampf and operating
in Bast Prussia still continue to ad
vance, although the German forces
are stubbornly resisting the invasion.
The fighting has been continuous for
the past week. The enemy have built
immense field forts protected by wire
entanglements, but the freezing of
the lakes and swamps has given Gen
eral Rennenkampf an opportunity to
threaten the rear of the field forts
and he is now pushing troops across
the swamps with the object of attack
ing the enemy in the rear unless they
retire. The German garrison at Koe
nigsberg has been greatly weakened
by the demands for aid from the field
army.
Hindenberg’s Army Cut Up.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 25.—The army
of 500,000 men, the pick of the Ger
man army, which was sent into Po
land under the command of Over Gen
eral Hindenberg, was badly cut up
during the fighting between Wartha
and Vistula. The Grand Duke Nich
olas retired until he had drawn the
kaiser’s army from its supports and
the railroads and then turned upon it
with a terrific attack which resulted
in the defeat of the army and its re
tirement to the border.
German Offensive In West.
LONDON, Nov. 25.—The German
bombardment of Soissons, Ypresand
Rheims has been increased in fury.
The Germans have brought forward
a large number of the new Krupp
siege pieces nick-named by the Brit
ish troops "Jack Johnsons," and with
these additional big guns and the
regular field artillery the positions of
the allies are receiving a terrific rain
of shells.
British Defeat In Africa.
The war office admits that on No
vember 4th the British force lnvad
ed German East Africa, was badly
beaten, losing 1,000 men. The invad
ing army consisted of loyal blacks
commanded by British officers. The
expedition was for the purpose of
seizing the German railroad center,
but it failed.
Germans Check Russians.
BERLIN, Nov. 25.—The strong re
inforcements sent to General Hinden
berg have enabled that general to
check the desperate counter attacks
made by the Russians upon his posi
tions, which threatened to force the
abandonment of the Poland cam
paign. The Russians have been block
ed and the German offensive will be
resumed at once.
Germans Claim Russians Checked.
BERLIN, Nov. 25.—The official
statement issued this afternoon by the
war office has led the people to be
lieve that the Russian attacks have
been checked by the strong rein
forcements sent to General Hinden
berg In Poland. The statement also
announces that the army commanded
by General Rennenkrampf which has
been invading East Prussia has also
been brought to a standstill.
Russians Say Germans Still Retreat
ing.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 25.—The mag
nitude of the German retreat is now
becoming apparent. The kaiser’s
troops have abandoned every effort
to hold back the Russians east of
Kalicz, which is a border town be
tween Poland and Germany. A tre
mendous amount of military supplies
have been captured. The Germans
buried a large amount of their artil
lery, making the ground appear like
a huge grave, marking the graves
with the number of men supposed
ly buried, but the suspicion of the
officers was directed to the graves
because of the evidence of artillery
having reached to them, but never
passed beyond and as a result the
graves were opened and found to con
tain guns and ammunition, which the
Germans had hoped to recover at
some future time.
Heavy Losses In Flanders.
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 25—The Ger
man losses near Nieuport have been
appalling. The troops of the kaiser
were caught between the artillery
fire of the allied armies and the ter
rific fire from the British and French
naval guns which made the positions
untenable. The slaughter of the Ger
mans continued until finally the com
mander of the enemy retired and the
positions formerly held by them are
now in the hands of the Belgians.
Germans Violated Chilean Neutrality.
VALPARAISO, Chile, Nov. 25.—The
German warships remained several
days at the Fernandez islands off this
coast, which belong to Chile, and have
thus violated the neutrality laws of
WHEAT EXPORT
BECOMING HEAVY
CHICAGO, Nov. 25—One million
bushels of wheat was sold here yes
terday for export. Reports from oth
er grain centers indicate that an ad
ditional 1,000,000 bushels were sold
in the other cities, making the total
sales for export 2,000,000 bushels.
The shipments of grain are now mov
ing fast but the closing of the canals
by freezing will make it necessary to
send the grain by rail to New York
or across the Canadian line for ship
ment on British boats. The sales are
mostly made to Great Britain, al
though Denmark, Italy and Norway
have also purchased wheat.
INVENT GRAVE"
DIGGING MACHINE
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—A Chicago
company has just completed the build
ing of an automatic grave digger. The
machine will be offered to the differ
ent governments now at war and will
save much time in disposing of the
bodies of the war victims. The grave
digger will also be used in America
as soon as the machines can be put
on the market.
GREAT VIOLINIST
ESCAPES win
NEW YORK, Nov. 25—Freitz Kreis
ler, the great Austrian violinist,
reached this city today from Aus
tria, coming via Italy. Kreisler was
in the battle of Lemberg during the
early stages of the war and was
wounded by a Russian Cossack, but
he states that he succeeded in kill
ing the lancer who injured him.
Kreisler’s wife, who accompanied him
to this city, nursed the violinist back
to health, but the military authorities
discharged the musician because of
his injury. Kreisler will tour the
United States playing in most of the
large cities.
MARIPOSA SAILS
FROM SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 25.—The Maripo
sa sailed from here last night for
Valdez with the following passen
gers: Richard Bell, Russell Herman,
S. Douglas. For Fort Liscum, T.
Sheehy. For Latouche, A. Wallbank,
C. Hodge. Mrs. Stoedahl and five
steerage.
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this country. The foreign minister
has made a vigorous protest to the
German ambassador. The news of
the refusal of the ships commanded
by Admiral Spee to leave Chilean
waters after remaining 24 hours has
caused much fear here that the Ja
panese may retaliate and seize coal
ing stations.
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Austrians Claim Victory.
VIENNA, Nov. 25.—A sortie made
by the garrison of Przemysl was suc
cessful and theRussian besieging force
was driven back and finally routed
and the siege has been raised. The
Russians are in full retreat toward
Lemberg.
German Naval Base Destroyed.
LONDON, Nov. 25.—The British
fleet succeeded in destroying the new
naval base built by the Germans in
the Belgium seaport of Zeebrugge.
The city was set on fire in a dozen
places and is still burning, the efforts
of the kaiser’s troops to stop the fire
proving unavailing. Several subma
rines were destroyed by the shells
from the warships.
Germans Ready for New Attack.
The German general staff have
sent a new army of reserves to re
inforce the army commanded by the
Duke of Wurttemberg in Flanders and
the final effort of the kaiser’s troops
to reach the coast will be made. The
allies will be forced to greatly
strengthen the forces now operating
in southwest Belgium and northwest
France.
Bulgaria to biock iutks.
The Bulgarian army is being con
centrated to block any effort on the
part of the Austrians to join forces
with the Turks. The Turks are pre
paring to open a line through Bel
gian territory to Servia and thus gain
access to the stores of military sup
plies promised from Germany. Bul
garian diplomats are fearful that if
successful the Turks will turn upon
Bulgaria and try to recover the form
er Turkish provinces secured by Bul
garia as the fruits of the successful
war of the Balkan allies against the
Sultan. The third class of reserves
have been called to the colors by
King Ferdinand.
Alarmed Over Bulgaria.
VENICE, Nov. 25.—The Reichspost,
the Austrian military Organ in Vien
na, betrays alarm over what it says
is an attempt by Russia to bring
about a reconciliation between Bul
garia and Servia. This paper’s Soflt
correspondent sends a dispatch say
ing that a political agent of the Rus
sian emperor recently went to Nish,
Servia, where he had long conferen
ces with the crown prince and the
president of the council. The Rus
sian minister to Servia also was pres
ent at these meetings. The corres
pondent says that several Important
questions regarding Rumania, Servia
and Bulgaria were discussed.
300,000 Prisoners Held By Germany.
LONDON, Nov. 25.—The magnitude
of this war Is Illustrated by the num
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ZAPATA ENTERS
MEXICO CITY
Rebel Who Has Been Feared By Both
Federals and Constitutionalists
Controls Capital.
MEXICO CITY. Nov. 25.—General
Zapata entered this city today with
his band of rebels. The mobs dis
armed all the police, killing a number
during the fighting and then they
looted all the stores and residences.
The city is in the hands of the mobs
who hungry and starving have turn
ed upon the upper classes and in
tend to secure some of the wealth
of the land owners. Fires have been
set in many parts of the town and
the fire department is helpless to ex
tinguish the flames.
General Blanco, commanding the
Constitutionalists, left the city when
Villa and his command approached
the city, but the followers of Zapata
were in the city before the Villa
troops were able to enter and now
control it.
Villa soldiers are now camped at
the outskirts of the capital and are
expected to attempt to enter tomor
row.
VERA CRUZ, Nov. 25.—General
Aguilar, the former federal command
er, is now in control of Vera Cruz
and has established a new police sys
tem and military guard. It is report
ed here that General Carranza will
make this city his headquarters and
direct the campaign against Villa from
Vera Cruz.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—It is re
ported here that General Villa Is has
tening to Mexico City to take the
capital before the arrival of General
Zapata and his band of robbers. It
is reported here that General Blanco
will surrender the city to Villa when
he reached it with enough troops to
protect the people from looting.
EUROPE WANTS
110 WAGONS
Studabaker Automobile Company Se
cures $15,000,000 Contract
From Allies.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 25.—
Frederick Fish, a director of the
Studabaker Automobile Works, reach
ed here today from London, bringing
with him orders for $15,000,000 worth
of wagon automobiles, which are to
be shipped within five months and
delivery must commence within 30
days with the completion of the con
tract early in the spring.
Mr. Fish predicts that the manufac
turers in the United States will be
swamped with orders from the Brit
ish, French and Russian governments
of supplies for the armies.
The launch Brighton is expected
this evening from Port Wells.