VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1915 NUMBER 271
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VIENNA JUSTIFIES
SINKING ANGONA
Austrian Government in Replying U)
Lansing's Note Will Insist Liner
Tried to Kscape Sub.
VIENNA, Nov. 26.—It is unoffi
ially reported that the Austrian
government in replying to the note
of Secretary Lansing of .the American
state department, concerning the
sinking of the Italian liner Ancona,
by an Austrian submarine, will in
sist that the captain of the Ancona
would not stop his vessel when fired
apon by the submarine.
The report of the commander of
the submarine which sent the Anco
na to the bottom of the Mediterra
*iaean sea, causing the loss of nine
AmHrican lives, states that the offi
the Ancona were given 46
MjSes to get their passengers into
places of safety before the vessel
was shelled and sunk. The statement
from Rome that the guns of the sub
marine kept up a constant fire upon
tbe Ancona during the time when
the life boats were being launched
and passengers leaving the ship, has
been denied by the officers and crew
of the submarine.
'"Jloeisbest
(•'lading of Copper Ore Near Valdez
Determined Frank Kinghorn
to Bniid a Dock Here.
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One of the officers of the Alameda
Inst night, being in a reminiscent
mood, recalled a little of the early
history of Valdez, as he had been on
one of the first steamers to enter Val
dez bay after the stampede started.
He said that in the early days it was
the custom to land passengers in
small boats, the sailors carrying the
fair passengers ashore, leaving the
men to get through the mud as best
thor could.
Thj^: first settlers believed that on
account, of the glacial mud that it
would be useless to construct a wharf
at Valdez, believing that the glacial
stream or the high tides would take
it out. This officer, who was a close
friend of Frank Kinghorr, talked
with him regarding the establish
ment of a wharf here. He says that
Kinghorn was undecided until he was
shown a piece of rock frpm the La
touche or Ellamar copper mines,
When he immediately decided that a
town which was as close to a mine
as Valdez was entitled to have wharf
facilities and interested himself in
the dock:
The navigator, who has been on
the Alaskan coast for years, believes
3that the commission made a serious
mistake in selecting Anchorage or
Seward as the terminus of the gov
ernment trunk line from tidewater to
interior Alaska. He declares that
Valdez has by far the best harbor
cn the coast and says he has been
coming here for nearly a score of
years, and has never yet experienced
difficulty of jny sort in the harbor.
POSTMASTER AND 25
CLERKS WENT ON STRIKE
FAIRMONT, W. Va., Nov. 26.—
Postmaster Fleming and 25 employes
of the Fairmont postoffice have been
Indicted by a federal grand jury for
engaging in a strike because the as
mstant postmaster was dismissed by
a postal inspector.
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•■*OKT-T< Mi ETHER” PICNIC
DINNER IS PLANNED.
On Tuesday evening next a “Get
Together” picnic dinner will be held
at the Congregational church, begin
ning at 6:30 o'clock. All who attend
will be expected to contribute some
thing and families may come and
bring their friends to engage in the
evening’s entertainment. A program
«f speeches, music and singing is be
ing arranged.
GENERAL HINDENBURG HASABANDONED
EFFORT TO CAPTURE DVINSK AND RIGA
PETROGRAD, Nov. 26.—The Ger
•\ . A .
man troops under command of Gen.
Hindenburg have apparently aban
doned further attempts at capturing
Dvinsic and Riga and are retiring to
ward Warsaw. The Russians have
succeeded in piercing their lines and
have captured thousands of prisoners
since the retreat began. The German
troops have been forced to retire into
swamps where they are suffering
hardships which is working havoc
with the troops. German prisoners
captured during the retreat of Hln
deuburg’8 command state that orders
from Berlin have been received for
the troops to fall back until spring
when another campaign will be made
to capture Riga and to march to Pet
rograd.
More Serbians Captured.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—Advices from
Nish state that during two days
fighting Teutonic troops captured
seventeen thousand Serbian troops
when Mitrovitza and Pistina were
captured. The main Serbian army is
GERMANS ARE CREDITING
RUMORS OF PEACE,
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AMSTERDAM, Nov. 26—Recent
; arrivals from Berlin state that a no
iticeable drop has taken place' in the
price of shares in companies engag
ed in the manufacture of munitions
owing to persistent rumors of peace
at early date. Speculators are re
ported to be turning their attention
to stocks of industrial companies in
view of the tremendous industrial
activity which is expected to follow
the war. Berlin papers are, however,
warning the people against specula
tion in securities of an International
nature and brand the peace rumors
as baseless.
DELEGATE SATS
ALASKANS UNITED
Commissioner Edes Reviews Work
on Railroad Accomplished Dur
ing the Present Year.
SEATTLE, Nov. 26.—Delegate
Wickersham, of Alaska, and Chair
man Edes, of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, were banquetted by
the Arctic club Wednesday evening
when more than two hundred gues's
were present.
Delegate Wickersham asserted that
for the first time in years Alaskans
were united in their efforts to secure
legislation beneficial to the territory.
He promised to work for an emer
gency appropriation for the govern
ment railroad from Anchorage to the
Matanuska which would enable the
work to be continued all winter.
Commissioner Edes reviewed the
work accomplished during the past
summer and asserted that if congress
grants a special appropriation enabl
ing the work to be continued during
the winter that the railroad would
undoubtedly be hauling coal from
the Matanuska coal fields to tidewa
ter next fall. He stated that the
matter of constructing the road from
Anchorage and Fairbanks simulta
neously next summer would depend
upon the extra cost of operating
from the interior as shown in the re
port of Commissioner Higgs, who had
spent the summer in Interior Alaska.
VALDEZ COUPLE ARE
JOINED IN WEDLOCK.
Manuel Swanson was married to
Priscilla Gongoff by Rev. J. P. Dupe
tan, of the Congregational church at
8 o’clock Wednesday evening. Xenia
Swanson, sister of the groom, attend
ed the bride, and Paul Swanson was
best man. The ceremony was attend
ed by only the Immediate relatives
of the young people.
Hundreds of ptarmigan shot by
Rudolph’s fresh loaded shells, 90c
per bo*. tf
GERMAN TROOPS ARE FALLING BACK FROM POSITIONS IN RUS
SIA AND WINTER CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN ABANDONED BUT
PRISONERS ASSERT THAT MARCH UPON RIGA WILL AGAIN
BE RESUMED NEXT SPRING—TWENTY THOUSAND SERBIANS
CAPTURED BY TEUTONS—GERMAN CRUISER SUNK IN BALTIC
—GREECE WILL PERMIT ALLIES TO OPERATE THROUGH THEIR
COUNTRY AGAINST BUIjGARIA—SERBIAN CAPITAL IN MONTE
NEGRO.
reported to have been driven into
Montenegro.
German Cruiser Torpedoed.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 26.—The Ger
man cruiser Frafuenlob was torpedoed
by a British submarine in the Baltic
sea. The fate of her crew is un
known, only the merest details of the
sinking of the warship having beeh(
received.
Balkan Situation Cleared.
LONDON, Nov. 26.—The news
from Athens that Greece has bade a
definite agreement permitting the Al
lies to operate through Greece
against the Bulgarian frontier has
cleared the Balkan situation and it is
predicted that a large force of Brit
ish and French troops will be sent to
clear Serbia of the .enemy. King
Constantine has been persuaded by
(Premier Skouloudis to guarantee the
safety of the Allies in Macedonia,
and it is stated in official circles that
many members of the cabinet are in
favor of Greece joining the Allies in
AMERICAN CAPTAIN TESTIFIES
AGAINST GERMAN OFFICERS
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AMERICAN STEAMERS WERE CHARTERED BY
CAN OFFICIALS TO CARRY COAL AND FOOD TO GERMAN RAID
ERS OF COMMERCE—FEDERAL PROSECUTOR STATES THAT HE
IS PREPARED TO PROVE THAT CAPTAIN BOY-ED DISTRIBUTED
TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO AID RAIDERS — BECOMING EVI
DENT THAT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS SECURED EVI
DENCE AGAINST THE CONSPIRATORS.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26.—As the
trial of the four officials of the Hara
burg-American Steamship company
progresses it becomes more evident
that the department of justice is in
possession of many facts in connec
tion with the conspiracy to aid the
German commerce raiders, which
have not been permitted to leak out.
During the trial Saturday afternoon.
Captain Falkenburg, of the Ameri
can steamer Berwind, testifying on
behalf of the government prosecu
tion, made oath that his steamer
had been operated by the Hamburg
American company to render aid to
the German warships.
Captain Falkenberg testified that
during September, 1914, with Capt.
Poppinghause, one of the Hamburg
American officials now on trial, on
board the Berwind, the vessel had
taken two thousand tons of coal and
food to five German warships and
that he had witnessed the battle in
which two of the German warships
were sunk.
VANCOUVER ISLAND
REEFS CLAIM SHIP.
VICTORIA, B. C.. Nov. 26.—The
j Chilian ship Mapu waB driven on the
I rocks off Vancouver island during
ithe gale which swept the coast yes
iterday and last night. The ship
| broke up soon after striking the rocks
land the entire crew, numbering 26
!men, were drowned,
l The ship endeavored for hours to
| keep off the rocks in the gale and
sent up signals that she was in dis
tress, but no steamers appeared to
lend assistance or to take off the
doomed crew. ■
Several bodies have drifted ashore
and a sharp watch is being kept for
possible survivors of the tragedy.
THE CANNY SCOT
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY.
PITTSBURG, Pa.. Nov. 26.—An
drew Carnegie celebrated his 80th
birthday here yesterday by having
the educators of the Carnegie Insti
ture of Technology as his guest.
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U'kI! Deputy Marshal Isaac Evans
and Wife, of Seward, were returning
passengers on the Alameda last
night.
The federal prosecutor stated that
the steamer Berwind was but one of
sixteen American vessels which were
known to have been operated by the
Hamburg-American Steamship com
pany officials In supplying the Ger
man warships, while they were raid
ing commerce of the nations with
which Germany is at war. It is as
serted that Captain Boy-Ed, naval at
tache of the German ambassy at
Washington, paid two million dol
lars to the company for chartering
the steamers and assisted the officials
of the company in securing clearance
papers under false affidavits as to
their cargoes and destinations.
Capt. Falkenberg stated that he
ihad picked a crew carefully with a
jview of preventing the operations of
[the Berwind becoming known and
[said that during the time the coal
and food was being transferred to
!the warships the members of the
crew, except the German sailors, were
kept in the hold where they could not
gain knowledge of what was taking
place.
SCORES ARE KILLED
BY ARKANSAS TORNADO
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Nov. 2G.—
Thousands of persons here watched
a tornado which swept through the
farming district near here yesterday,
resulting in a score of persons being
killed and many injured.
Everything in the path of the tor
nado which narrowly escaped sweep
ing over this city, was destroyed.
CORDOVA MAN WIl.I;
FIGHT FOR GERMANY
Word has been received in Cordo
va from Paul Meyer, who left that
place somfe time ago to return to
Germany to fight for the fatherland,
that he has arrived safely in New
New York. After experiencing some
difficulty in securing a passport he
finally went to Washington, D. C.,
where one was finally tssued. He
sailed from New York on Ootober
21, from which place he will take
passage to his home port. He says
that after the war he will return to
Cordova.
Dr. W. W. Council, of Cordfeva, has
gone to the states to visit his parents
[and will be absent from the railroad
town for several months.
the Bulgarian invasion. It is believ
ed that the military party which is
strongly in favor of the Allies, wilt
come into power after the national
elections next month.
Serbian Capital Moved.
PARIS, Nov. 2G.—The Serbian
capital has been moved to Scutari, a
town in Northern Albania, which was
ceded to Montenegro following the
war of 1913.
’ Capital Will Move Again.
BERLIN, Nov. 26.—King Nicho
las, of Montenegro, has offered to
permit King Peter of Serbia, to rule
Serbia from Cettinje, and he has ac
cepted. Serbia is now entirely under
control of the Teutonic and Bulga
rian troops, the Serbian capital hav
ing been moved from the country.
Allies Place Machinery Order.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 26—The Poole
Machinery company has been award
ed a contract for supplying the Allies
with twelve million dollars worth of
machinery for industrial purposes.
' BRITISH MINING COMPANIES
COMING TO NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26.—During
the past two months scores of Brit
ish mining companies operating the
United States. Africa and South
America have established headquar
ters In New York to escape the tax
levied on mining companies by the
British government. A recent order
provides that fifty per cent of the un
earned profits of the British mining
companies shall be turned into the
national treasury to provide war fund
and It is predicted that unless the law
is changed that New York will be
come the mining headquarters of the,
world.
DEALERS GETTING
RID OF LIQUORS
Seattle Saloonmen See Futility of
Fighting Prohibition and Are
Clearing House for First.
SEATTLE, Nov. 26.—The whole
sale liquor dealers in this city are
withdrawing their stocks of import
ed liquors from the government
bonded warehouses and are disposing
of it as quipkly as possible in order
to prepare for prohibition, which will
go into effect on January 1. Much
of the surplus stock has beep sent
to California and Alaska and no new
shipments have been received for sev
eral months.
Scores of the liquor dealers have
notified their landlords that they will
surrender their leases at the begin
ning of the year as it is feared that
no business to which they could be
turned will stand the rent now being
asked from the saloons. The closing
of the saloons will cause some of the
best business locations in Seattle to
become vacant, but many of them are
preparing to enter other businesses.
LIBERTY BELL IS
BACK AT PHILADELPHIA
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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26.—The
liberty bell has been returned from
the San Francisco exposition. It is
estlbated that more than twenty mil
lion people have seen the bell since
it started for the Pacific coast last
spring.
Price of Medicines Advance.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—As a re-j
suit of the European war there is a I
shortage of drugs in the United
States and it is announced that an
other advance In the prices will be
made at an early date. Many arti
cles coming from Germany and Aus
tria have advanced from two to 20
times above the normal price. Qut-I
nine is $2.60 an ounce, as compared
with 14 cents before the war.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
United States Ambassador to Bel
glum Will Return to His Oif
ficult Rost of Duty.
BOSTON, Nov. 26. Ambassado
Brand Whitlock, United States rep
resentative in Belgium, arrived fron
Washington Saturday night accom
panied by Mrs. Whitlock, and wil
leave for Europe on one of the firs
steamers. The ambassador has beei
on a vacation owing to ill health bu
has fully recovered.
The return of Brand Whitlock t<
Belgium has effectually silenced th<
rumors that he was recalled owing t<
his having become discredited witl
the German authorities in Belgiuu
as a result of the British governmen
making public his correspondence ii
connection with his efforts to savi
Edith Cavill, the English nurse, fron
execution. The German governmen
was apparently satisfied with Whit
lock's explanation that the letters t(
the British government were not in
tended for publication and that th<
publicity given them was embarrass
ing to him.
Ambassador Whitlock haH beef
mentioned as a possible candidate foi
the vice-presidency with Presidem
W'ilson as his running mate.
CM. LANE TELLS
OF BLONDE ESKIMOS
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{Reports that They Often Kill their
Female Children Because they
Cannot Hunt for Game.
Captain Louis Lane, the Arctic ex
plorer, who rescued Explorer Stefans
son and outfitted him to continue his
explorations in the far north, gave a
graphic description of his experiences
in the north before the school chil
dren of Cordova while en route to
!the States.
Captain Lane said that Stefansson
and his companions had lived for six
months and fifteen days without tast
ing any food other than meat and tea,
;the former consisting chiefly of cari
i bou and polar bear. He says Stefans
!son is a wonderful shot and as a hun
ter excels any of the natives of the
north; Jhat he traveled on until he
gained his purpose—found the land
for which he was looking.
Captain Lane described the blonde
Eskimos as savages and told how two
Catholic priests and two hunters had
heen killed by them. There are more
than one thousand members of the
tride and they have four guns, which
are believed to have been the prop
erty of their victims.
The natives secure meat by round
ing up the animals, sometimes round
tng up thousands of caribou, foxes,
and wolves which were killed. Cap
tain Lane state that the blonde Es
kimos live on raw meat and as the
girls cannot engage in the hunting
parties they are often killed in their
infancy as they are regarded as of
no use. They have no tents, but
live in lean-to’s made of skins.
Speaking of the Eskimos around
Point Barrow, Capt. Lane said they
were people of the finest principle,
and made splendid companions, as •
they had a keen sense of humor and
never became discouraged no matter
how difficult thetr task.
JUDGE BUNNELL AT
COPPER CENTER TODAY '
Telegraphic advices were received
from Gulkana this morning stating ,
that Judge Bunnell, who recently ad- i
Journed court in Fairbanks and la en :
route to the coast on his vacation,
had reached that place and would be i
at Copper Center tonight. It is un
derstood that arrangements are being
made to have a dog-team meet Judge
Bunnell on other side of the Sum
mit and brinf him to Valdes.
FOR RENT—Furnished house,
will lease at reasonable terms, oppo
site court house. See Chaa. Oanty. tt