"- VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914. NO. 361.
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RUSSIANS ARE IN GREAT DANGER
GERMANS ARE SURROUNDING CZAR’S POLAND ARMY
BOMBS DROPPED UPON KRUPP GUN WORKS AT ESSEN
GERMANS ESTIMATE RUSSIAN CASUALTIES AT 1,000,000
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FOR Dt
Bankers of the Country Predict
That Mills Will Be Running
Day and Night.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The Treas
ury department states that bankers
in every part of the United States
report better financial conditions and
in the manufacturing sections of the
country the bankers claim that the
mills will soon be running day and
night to fill the orders. The farmers
are also reaping a big harvest as
the result of the heavy foreign de
mand for foods and in turn they are
buying heavily from farm implement
manufacturers and from automobile
houses.
The country has recovered from
the shock of the war and is now set
tled down upon business conditions
as they exist today. The fear that
the United States would become in
volved has passed and money is again
seeking investment. The reserve
banks are ready to aid all legitimate
business ventures.
WAR EXPENSE
SHOWS DEGREASE
Average for November $6,000,000 a
Day, a Decrease of a Million
From October.
BORDEAUX, Dec. 3.—The cost of
the war to France for the month
of November will probably be some
what less than' was the monthly av
erage for August, September and Oc
tober.
A supplementary credit for extra
ordinary expenditures, authorized to
day, for November, amounts to 910,
772,520 francs ($182,154,504), being a
daily average of a little above 30,
000,000 francs ($6,000,000.) The daily
average for the first three months of
the war was 35,000,000 francs ($7,
000,000.)
The navy receives an extraordinary
credit of 4,275,000 francs ($855,000.)
The government will dispense im
mediately 65,000,000 francs ($13,000,
000) for repairs to the railroad sys
tem. These have probably been made
necessary by the wear and tear due
to transportation of troops.
A total of 6,570,000 francs ($1,314,
000) has been set aside for the relief
of the unemployed, while various
smaller amounts will be used to re
lieve the suffering in the departments
of Prance which were invaded by the
Germans, but are now free of sol
diers.
J. C. Simmons came in this morn
ing from Beaver Dam, bringing the
body of Sergeant Pierce, who died
suddenly while walking along the
government road.
Complete Change In Poland Campaign—Germans Now On the Offensive—
Russian Plans Upset and Army In Disorder—Petrograd Admits Disaster
King George of Great Britain Is On the Firing Line—German Field Forts
Are Exceptionally Strong—Bombardment of Przemysl Continues and City
Must Soon Fall Says Dispatch From Rome—Activity In German Navy.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—The position of j
the Russian center is precarious. The j
Russian endeavor to envelope the Ger
mans at Lodz has failed. General
Hindenberg has resumed the offensive
and in turn threatened to encircle the
(Russians. The plans of the czar’s of
ficers have t>een upset and the army
is in confusion.
Przemysl Must Soon Fall.
ROME, Dec. 3.—The bombardment
of the forts and city of Przemysl con
tinue day and night. The forts are
almost in ruins and are expected to
surrender soon. Thousands of non
combatants in the town have been kill
ed and conditions in the Austrian
stronghold are terrible. Military ex
perts here predict that the city will
be surrendered within a week unless
relieved.
Krupp Works Wrecked.
THE HAGUE, bee. 3.—The big
Krupp plant where the German guns
and small arms are manufactured was
attacked today by hostile aviators and
while the reports are conflicting the
general belief is that the big cannon
manufacturing plant has been destroy
ed. The reports from Berlin show
great excitement among the people,
who believe the gun works have been
destroyed by the bombs and res which
followed and that the nation has lost
more by the bombardment from the
air by a few aeroplanes than the
armies of the enemy have inflicted
to date
Socialist Opposed War Appropriation.
BERLIN, Dec. 3.—One Socialist
member of the reichstjig was tjhe
only opponent to the appropriation of
$1,250,000,000 passed by the reichstag
to carry on the war. The Socialist
opposed the measure as being against
the interests of Germany. He braved
the storms of disapproval from his
fellow members and the galleries.
Seventy members of the reichstag are
fighting with the army.
Russia Is Crippled.
BERLIN, Dec. 3.—The heavy losses
inflicted upon the Russians in Poland
and the Ion resistance of the Austri
ans in Galicia have so crippled the
Russian military force that the con
dition of the enemy is serious and
the war office expects to inflict a
terrible defeat upon the soldiers of
the czar.
Russians Admit Failure of Plans.
, PETROGRAD, Dec. 3.—It is official
ly addmitted here that the efforts of
the Russians to encircle the Germans
at Lodz have failed and that the
Germans are now trying to envelope
the Russian center. The reinforce
ments sent from mobilization camps
to Warsaw are now being rushed
west to the army and are expected
to give the grand duke a large enough
force to hold the enemy in the cen
ter while the two wings continue the
advance in East Prussia and Galicia.
German Force Immense.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—The French and
British general staff now admit that
the Germans have a huge army at the
front. The force In France andd Bel
gium is fully 3,000,000 men, while 2,
000,000 additional are held in close
reserve to be sent to any part of the
army threatened.
King George On Firing Line.
King George was on the firing line
today and will remain at the front
for several days. The troops gave
his majesty a rousing reception.
Heavy Russian Losses.
BERLIN, Dec. 3.—The Russian loss
es to date are estimated at fully
1,000,000 men. The Germans contin
ue to advance while the Austrians are
holding the Russians from any furth
er advance into Hungary.
Activity in German Fleet.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—A dispatch from
Copenhagen to The London Times
says:
“Military experts here attach im
portance to the news that great and
unusual activity prevails among the
German warships and auxiliaries in
Kiel Canal.”
Ypres a Wedge Into German U>;.
\ PARIS, Dec. 3.—General Joffre, the
French commander, Is alive to the
great straiegic importance of Ypres,
and, according to an officer just re
turned from there, another severe at
tack in that district has been provid
ed against. Although the artillery of
lhe Germans is formidable, that of
the allies is still more so. Ypres and
the villages of Zonnebeke, Paschen
daele, and Hollebeke, within a radius
of six miles, constitute a dangerous
wedge, thrust into the German line.
While Ypres remains in the posses
sion of the allies, military strategists
say that the German advance toward
the coast by way of La Bassee and
Bethune will be Impossible, since their
north flank would be threatened by
the allies. If the allies should suc
ceed in advancing further from Ypres,
according to these officers, the Ger
mans would be compelled to abandon
Lille and virtually give up hope of
reaching the coast through Artois.
German Entrenchments Strong.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—The German en
trenchments in East Prussia are sim
ilar in strength to those constructed
by the kaiser’s troops in France and
Belgium. In spite of the heavy re
inforcements sent to the British and
French in the west and the superior
ity of numbers held by the Russians
in East Prussia no gains have been
made in the fighting of the past few
days. The failure to advance is due
to the great strength of the enemy’s
field forts.
Russians Capture Wieliczka.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 3—The Russians
have captured the city of Wieliczka,
seven miles from Cracow, and part
of the defenses of the Austrian city.
The lines about Cracow are tighten
ing and the Russians expect soon to
have the garrison cut off from the
rest of the Austro-German force.
Germans Repulsed, Say Russians.
The war office states that the new
German attack from Silesia has been
repulsed The Germans tried to re
lieve the army of General Hinden
berg of the heavy pressure it now sus
(Contlnneg on page 2.)
The attorneys for the roads insist
that the railroad engineers are the
best paid men In the United States
,and that the average wages paid to
engineers on passenger trains is far
greater than that earned by either
doctors or lawyers and yet the men
are not satisfied and they work but
six hours a day.
The comihission will be several
weeks hearing the evidence present
ed by both sides.
Julius Jensen is up from Port Wells!
HERS TO KEEP
Executive Committee Not Ready To
Abandon the Ship—May Fight
Again.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—The executive
committee of the Progressive party
met here yesterday and after the
meeting announced that the party
would not be disbanded, but that the
organization would continue. While
admitting that the defeat of the last
election had seriously handicaped the
party in its enorts to secure unite
liberal legislation for the people, the
leaders still believe that mucl\ can
be done by an Independent organiza
tion towtfds forcing the old Republi
can party to accept more liberal views
upon progressive legislation.
It is believed here that the party
will be kept alive until 1916, when
the Moose leaders will insist upon
positions for themselves with the Re
publican party under threat of con
ducting another campaign unless the
demands are granted.
NO WHOLESALE
LEGAL HANGING
New Sheriff Will Hang Them Sep
arately and Not In a Bunch As
At First Planned.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 3—Five of
the murderers held in the state pen
itentiary to be executed on Dec. 19
have been granted a stay by the
courts. They will not be hung on
the date set by Governor Hill. Six
men will hang the week before Christ
mas and the rest of the condemned
men hang during the holiday week.
The sheriff stated today that the
men to Hie on Dec. 19 would not be
taken out in a gang and all hung
at once, but that one after the other
Would be taken from the sells and
executed.
Dr. M. O. Adams, the dentist, has
moved his ofTice from the Dleringer
office building on Wall street to the
rooms over the Valdez Drug Store on
McKinley street.
FEBERM. TROOPER
ROBS POSTOFRCE
Cavalryman Sent To Colorado Strike
Zone Robs Postoffice He Is
Supposed To Guard.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—Federal
Trooper Howard was arrested here to
day by the military authorities charg
ed with having stolen $15,000 from the
local postoffice. The arrest follow
ed an investigation made by secret
service detectives and military offi
cers.
The military authorities are greauy
angered at the looting of the post
office and other buildings in town by
soldiers who were brought here for
the purpose of protecting the prop
erty which Howard stole. It is pre
dicted that the military court which
will try the trooper will seek the
books for the longest penalty they can
find to give him as a warning that
soldiers mus* protect property and
not loot.
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POWDER SI0P3
Surgeons Dedicate Their Discovery,
Coagulen, To Armies—May Save
Thousands of Lives.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 3.—A
preparation which, it is said, will stop
almost instantly the flow of blood
from a wound has been discovered
by Prof. Theodore Kocher, of Berne,
winner of the Nobel Prize for surgery
in 1912, and his assistant, Dr. A.
Fonce. The preparation is called
coagulen.
It is in the form of a powder and
is dissolved in water before it is ap
plied to a wound. The surgeons have
made a gift of coagulen to the arm
ies in the field, and have sent large
quantities of the powder to the sur
gical headquarters of both the French
and German armies. The discovery
is- regarded by medical men here as
likely to save the lives of thousands
of soldiers. It can be applied by un
trained hands, and the wrounded man
himself or his comrade may use the
solution.
ENGLISH GHEED
CAUSED THE WAR
German Foreign Minister Tells Mem
bers of Reichstag That Kaiser
Opposed Conflict.
BERLIN, Dec. 3.—Dr. Bethmann-,
Hollweg, imperial chancellor of the
German empire, in speaking to the
reichstag this morning charged that
British jealousy was at the bottom of
the present war and that Great Brit
aln and ner ministers caused me pres
ent tremendous conflict in which mil
lions must lose their lives and all so
that British financiers might contin
ue to hold the bulk of the world's
business.
“The kaiser made every effort to
avoid war, refused to allow the mob
ilization of the German troops until
long after the Russian soldiers had
been concentrated on the German
frontier, wired personally to the Brit
ish king and the Russian czar asking
their aid and co-operation to localize
the war between Servia and Austria
and offering to guarantee that not
one foot of territory of Servia would
be taken by the Austrians, and yet
the war was forced upon the kaiser
and the people and must be fought to
the end that German culture might
not be destroyed by the barbarians
from Russia.”
The foreign minister was cheered
to the echo by the members of the
relchstag and by the hundreds who
were crowded into the galleries.
Dr. Henry Cockerllle, the dentist,
has returned to his former office
rooms in the Brown building.