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.... VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1915 „ NUMBER 280
VOL.U MK 18 __ / • __;
BRITISH OFFICERS
SUFFER HEAVILY
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Twenty Thousand Have Been Wound
ed Since Beginning of Hostili
ties—losses Are Heavy.
LONDON, Nov. 27.—In an official
Bulletin the British war office states
that the casualties among the British
officers since the beginning of the
war haB been very heavy, twenty
thousand officers having been put out
of commission.
The British losses were heaviest in
France during the earlier stages of
the war before the British officers re
alized that their conspicuous dress
made them the targets of the German
nbatpshooters.
Lord Kitchener, commander in
chief Wte British army, is reported
to ha?fe lnpued orders for officers to
observe every possible precaution in
guarding their lives and to discon
tinue the practice of leading their
commands in the charges against the
enemy’s positions.
Many of the officers wounded have
recovered and returned to the front
while others are engaged in the train
ing camps instructing recruits in En
gland, but the shortage of trained of
ficers is seriously handicapping the
efficiency of the troops.
FORDBEIBES
PEACE POSSIBLE
Huy Prominent Americans Will
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Participate in the Conference at
The Hague in December.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Henry
IM. of Detroit, in a statement made
public last night, claims that he has
signed statements from high officials
of the Allies governments as well as
from the Teutonic governments de
claring that they are ready for peace.
j*ord states that the peace negotia
tions have been going on for some
time and that such well known Amer
icans as Thos. Edison, John Wana
maker, Jane Addams, Helen Keller,
and Judge Ben Lindsay have accepted
the officer to participate in the peace
convention at The Hague in Decem
ber.
It is understood that President
Wilson, nor any of the members of
his cabinet, will participate in the
conference.
It is stated that Spain, Denmark,
Norway and Sweden will send a dele
gates to the congerence which it iB
hoped will result in restoring peace
to Europe.
ADMIRAL EVANS IS
EN ROUTE NORTHWARD
SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—The steamer
Admiral Evans, the Pacific Alaska
Navigation company's liner, sailed
(Or Southwestern Alaska ports this
morning, with a light passenger list
but a capacity cargo of freight. A.
Cray was the only passenger for Val
des. The Admiral'Evans will go to
Kodiak and carfles a number of pas
sengers for the westward.
Bank of England Has Money.
The London Economist, in its re
cent issue, asserts that tjie position
of the Bank of England and the
treasury is better now than at any
time since early last spring. The
Economist states that Wall Street is
showing ability to absorb the Amer
ican securities held in England, mgfc^
tag exchange firmer. .
Von Won’t Regret It.
“The Scales of Justice” the mag
nificent 5-act drama at the Empress
tonight for the last time. Two shows
at 8 and 9:30 sharp; swell change
on Sunday eve.
A Vwenty thousand acre rice field
ts planned for the Sacramento val
ley In California next year.
A commercial wireless service has
been established between stations in
Pern and Brasil. •
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FEARED THAT PARTY OF SIX PERSONS
HAVE PERISHEDjN COOK INLET WATERS
SEWARD, Nov. 27.—It is feared
that Fred Tracy, general passenger
agent of the Alaska Steamship com
pany, the captain of the government
launch Matanuska, as well as the cap
tain and three members of the crew
of the launch Onward, have perished
in Cook Inlet.
The Onward left the Admiral Far
ragut last Tuesday afternoon to at
tempt to return to Anchorage, but
has not been heard from and it is
feared that all have been lost. The
ice in Cook Inlet has been getting
firmer and it is believed the launch
was crushed in the ice.
The Alaskan Engineering commis
sion has sent a rescue party along
the beach to render assistance if pos
sible, as it is hoped that the men
were able to reach shore over the ice.
PARTY WID1. GO OVER
ROAD TO RUBY CAMP.
A party of four men left this morn- !
ing to go over the government road
to Fairbanks and on to the Ruby j
camp. The members of the party,
C. Carlson, A. L. Kelle, Mike Thom
as and W. R. Taylor. All are old
timers in interior Alaska and secured j
their trail outfits in Valdez.
FIGHT WILL BE
Predicted that He Will be Forced Out
of Chairmanship for Approving
Bryan’s Stand on Defense.
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 27.—
It is predicted that Wm. McCombs,
chairman of the Democratic Nation
al committee, will be forced to re
sign as he is not in sympathy with
the administration’s national defense
policy and method of increasing In
ternal revenue. It is understood that
in the recent threatened disruption
of the Democratic party that Mc
Combs was lined up with the Bryan
forces in opposition to President
Wilson.
Secretary McAdoo is opposed to is
suing bonds to provide for the $112,
000.000 shortage in the treasury as
a result of the decreased internal
revenues owing to the European war.
The secretary believes that incomes
and corporations should be taxed to
take care of the deficiency and will
urge that the Income tax be lowered
to include yearly incomes of $2,000.,
It is understood that President
Wilson favors the issuance of short
time bonds to meet the shortage In
the National treasury.
POUT BOYS AND GUESTS
WIEIi DANCE TONIGHT.
The Fort Liscum Social club will
give another of their delightful
dances at the Post thiB evening and
it is whispered that some new treat
is to be extended to the guests, but
no inkling of its nature has been per
mittd to leak out as it is regarded
as a military secret. The Post launch
Donaldson will meet the guests at
the City dock, leaving for the Post
at 8 : IB sharp and will bring them
home again after the dance is over.
The Post dances are becoming very
popular with Valdez young people
and it is expected that the launch
will have a capacity crowd of passen
gers. '
In the last mail a letter was re
ceived from Capt. L. C. Peabody, of
the Peabody-Alaslta Copper corpora
tion, atating that his company had
been incorporated and that he was
busy selecting machinery for the de
velopment of the property on SuU
phide gulch, near Valdez.
Far good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
The largest sugar mill in South
Africa will begin operations In Na
tal in September.
FRED TRACY, CAPTAIN OF GOVERNMENT LAUNCH MATANUSKA,
AND CAPTAIN AND CREW' OF LAUNCH ONWARD HAVE BEEN
MISSING SINCE TUESDAY WHEN THEY LEFT ADMIRAL FARRA
GUT TO RETURN TO ANCHORAGE—TWENTY DEGREES BELOW
ZERO ON COOK INLET AND FEARED MEN MUST HAVE PER
ISHED EVEN IF THEY REACHED SHORE—ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
LANDS MANY ANCHORAGE PEOPLE AT SEWARD.
The Admiral Karragut was unable
to discharge cargo at Anchorage and
brought all her freight to Seward,
where it has been discharged. She
also brought Mayor Moore, of An
chorage and fifty longshoremen from
Anchorage, who had been unable to
land. The barges, lighters and gas
boats, which had gone out on the
tide from Anchorage to meet the Ad
miral Farragut, were unable to get
back as they were forced away from
the short by the ice. They were res
cued by the steamer and taken into
Seldovia.
The steamer Kansas City did not
ATHENS REPORTS SERRIANS
STARVING RY THOUSANDS
SERBIAN' TROOPS TRANSPORTED OR DESTROYED PROVISIONS TO
PREVENT THEIR CAPTURE BY INVADERS AND CITIZENS ARE
STARVING_WINTER PREVENTS ACTIVE FIGHTING ALONG THE
WESTERN BATTLEFRONT—FRANCE MUST HAVE MORE MON
EY TO CONTINUE THE WAR—SERBIANS DRIVEN FROM MOUN
TAINS_BULGARIANS ATTACK FRENCE—RUSSIA’S NEW ARMY'
READY TO INVADE BUIjGARIA FROM DANUBE SIDE
ATHENS, Nov. 27.—Advices from
Serbian cities state that thousands of
people who remained when the Ser
bian troops were driven from the
cities by the Teutons and Bulgarians
are in a starving condition as the
Serbian troops transported or de
stroyed provisions to prevent their
being captured by the invaders. It is
reported from Prilip that in many of
the mountain towns where the citi
zens fled to Montenegi^i, leaving
their stock behind, that dogs are
prowling the streets and even attack
men in their starving condition.
France Must Have Money.
PARIS, Nov. 27—The French min
ister of war has asked the Chamber
of Deputies to provide one' billion
six hundred million dollars to con
tinue the war to a successful issue. It
is asserted that the money can be
raised in France through the sale of
bonds as statistics show that depos
its in French banks have not fallen
off during the war.
Winter on Western Front.
PARIS, Nov. 27.—Only intermit
tent fighting is reported from points
along the western battle zone owing
to winter having set in. The Allies
are said to have been prepared for
winter, the British and French gov
ernments having profited from expe
riences of last winter when thousands
of men were lost to the ranks through1
frostbites and rheumatism as the re-1
sulk of insufficient unsuitable cloth
ing to withstand the winter in the
trenches.
Serbians Driven From Mountains.
LONDON. Nov. 27.—Advices from
the near East state that the Serbians
have been driven from the mountains
and are fighting along the borders of
Rumania and Montenegro, and that
King Peter’s country is practically in
the hands of the Teutons and Bul
garians.
Bulgarians Attack French.
BERLIN, Nov. 27.—It is reported
from Soflia that the Bulgarian troops
have abandoned the captured Serbian
city, Monastir, and are now attack
ing the French and Serbian troops
which retreated from the city.
Russia's New Army Ready.
LONDON, Nov. 27’.—It is reported
from Petrograd that Gen. Kuropat
kin, the Russian officer who led the
Russian troops during the Russo
Japanese war, will lead a huge Rus
sian army in the invasion of north
ern Bulgaria. The Russian army
has been assembled at Sebastopol, in
the Crimean district on the Black
Sea, and will be landed on Bulgarian
soil from transports on the Danube
river. The Russian Black sea fleet
has subjected the Bulgarian coast cit
ies to heavy bombardments, which is
believed to presage the landing of
troops at a number of places.
BANKERS MAKE A
LOAN TO BRITISH
Fifty Million Dollars Loaned on
Short Time Bonds and Secur
ed by American Securities.
■ NKW YORK. Nov. 27.—A syndi
cate of New York bankers are report
ed to have loaned the British gov
ernment an additional fifty million
dollars on bondB maturing in six
months. The bonds bear tour per
cent interest and are secured by
British bonds.
It is reported that the total gold
Imports of tlie United States since the
beginning of the year, has reached
the enormous total of $350,000,000,
establishme nts greatest record ever
made by gpy country in the same
length of tfoe.
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THOUSANDS SEE
MURDERED DIE
Being Denied Admission to Yard,
Climb Trees to Witness Hang
ing of Condemned Man.
SNOWHILL, Md„ Nov. 27.—Thou
sands of spectators perched in the
tops of trees In the forest yesterday
witnessed the legal hanging of Frank
Grano, who had been convicted and
sentenced to death for the murder of
three persons.
The enclosure where Grano paid
the extreme penalty for his crimes
is surrounded by a forest and every
tree was crowded by spectators who
had been denied admission to the
hanging by the sheriff.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
make the second attempt to reach
Anchorage add is discharging her
cargo here. The combined freight
of the Admiral Farragut and Kansas
City, which was destined for An
chorage, but failed of delivery, will
total more than four thousand tons
and may mean that Anchorage will
I be short of supplies for the winter.
Telephone messages from Anchor
j age today state that the temperature
I has dropped to twenty below zero,
j with a bitterly cold wind blowing in
j from the ocean.
j The steamer Alameda discharged
her freight here and immediately
left for Seldovia to tow the steamer
Dora to Cordova. The Dora blew out
her cylinder head while en route
to the westward.
| NORTH WESTERN WILL
SAIL ON DECEMBER 3.
The local office of the Alaska
Steamship company received a cable
this morning from the head office in
Seattle stating that the steamer j
Northwestern would be delayed in t
leaving Seattle and will sail north on
Friday. December 3.
PRESIDENT RUST
REUS OFFICE
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Will Devote His lime to Mining In
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terest* In Alaska—Reported Go- ;
lug with New Syndicate.
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TACOMA, Nov. 27.—W. R. Rust,
who has been president of the Ta
coma Smelter company for a number
of years, has resigned from the presi
dency and has announced that he
will devote his time to Alaska mining
interests. He believes Alaska is des
tined to become the greatest copper
producer of the world and is already
interested in a number of properties
!in the north.
i The Tacoma Smelter company is
controlled through stock by the
American Smelting and Securities
company, which is believed to be the
moving spirit in financing the new
Kennecott company now extending its
operations over Alaska and to South
America.
It is also reported that Rust will
be identified with a syndicate of Eu
ropean and Seattle capitalists who
are acquiring interests in the Alaska
copper fields and that they plan the
establishment of a smelter near Seat
tle.
LOOKS FOR BIG RUSH
TO MAYO SILVER CAMP.
SEATTLE: Norman D. Macaulay,
of Mayo. Y. T., believes there will be
a big rush into that country next
spring on account of the silver and
lead strike on the Stewart river. Mr.
Macaulay is proprietor of the Royal
Alexandra Hotel of Mayo and is out
for the winter. “The silver and lead
strike is a bigger thing that the
people on the outside imagine,” he
said yesterday, as the Northern Ho
tel. “They are already producing
and expect to ship about 2000 tons
; tills coming spring. This is the first
| silver mine to be developed in thej
I North, but it won’t be the last, once |
I the country is opened up.”
Wilin' Family Lungs for North.
In a letter received recently from
Charles WulfT's family, they state
that living and rents are almost pro
hibitive in Brooklyn, and that Valdes
is much cheaper living, with the ex
ception of fuel. Mrs. Wulff and the
children are homesick for the north,
and are longing to return to Valdes.
The Hit of the Year.
Tonight at the Liberty Theatre the
funniest comedy ever seen in Valdes.
A laugh from start to finish. Be sure
to see "His Fatal Wedding,” nothing
hut fun and joy while on the screen.
DECLARE EUROPE
READY FOR PEACE
Promineut European Peace Workers
with 50« American Women Visit
President to Urge Action.
WASHINGTON, U. ( Nov. 27.
Mrs. Schwimmer, the wife of a noted
Hungarian statesman, and Mrs.
Snowden, wife of a member of the
British parliament, accompanied 1>y
flve^ hundred prominent American
women, were granted an audience hy
President Wilson yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Schwimmer, speaking
for the committee, told the presi
dent that they had definite informa
tion from the belligerent nations of
Europe that peace would he welcom
ed by all and that they were ready to
suspend hostilities.
The committee urged official ac
tion on the part of President Wilson
and asserted that the governments of
European neutral nations were ready
to follow the lead of the United States
in recognising the coming conference
at The Hague as expressing the offi
cial sentiment of the various coun
tries. It is understood that Presi
dent Wilson has declined believing
that the request for mediation should
come front some of the governments
involved in the struggle.
AMERICAN TROOPS
Yillaista* Shoot Across Border and
Wound American while Looting
Nogales, a Border Town.
NOGALES, Nov. 27.—A band of
Mexican bandits who had been firing
across the border at the United States
troops drew a return fire from the
American side yesterday afternoon,
which caused them to decamp. One
American was wounded before the
United States troops were permitted
to return the fire.
After looting Nogales the Villaistas
evacuated the town and going south
ward with the intention of joining
the main Villa army which is attack
ing Hermosillo. It is reported that
General Villa has gone to take per
sonal command of the attack upon
Hermosillo, which is being defended
by the citizens reinforced by three
thousand Mexican federal troops.
Y. P. 8. C. K.
The Young People Society of Chris
tian Endeavor will hold a meeting in
the Congregational Lecture Room, on
Sunday, at 6:30 p. m. All young
people are cordially invited. Topic
“Opportunities for Christian Service
in our Community.” Leader, MIbs
Dorothy Spence.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT DUE
IN VALDEZ TONIGHT.
The Admiral Farragut. which has
been to the westward for several
days, left Seward at 10 o’clock this
forenoon for Valdez, and should be
here early tonight. She will carry
a number of Valdez people to the
States who will enjoy the holidays
with friends on the outside before re
turning to Valdez.
/ Chit inn lieader Suspends.
In a letter received from Chitina
this week, the writer states that the
Leader, published in Cordova in the
interests of the Chitina section, for
several years, has suspended publi
cation. and that the camp is now
without a paper.
Mr. an<^ Mrs. Fred Butterworth
will be outgoing passengers on the
Admiral Farragut tonight en route
to the states where they will spend
the winter. They will return to Val
dez early next spring.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Mlddlecamp
will leave for the States on the Ad
miral Farragut tonight.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdea.
Drug Store. •
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