GERMANS SENDING 800,000 MORE TROOPS TO EAST PRUSSIA
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Wants Gen. Calderon To Be Made Pro
visional President and a Fair
Fight for the Presidency.
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Sept. 28.—
General Villa today told American
newspaper correspondents that he
will not quit fighting General Carran
za until he quits as provisional pres
ident and allows the appointment of
General Calderon as provisional pres
ident and provides that the coming
election shall be fair and open to all.
No objection is made to the candi
dacy of Provisional President Car
ranza for the presidency, but he must
first leave his present office and tight
on equal terms with the other aspir
ants for the position.
JUAREZ, Sept. 28.—Another big
battle is expected today between the
forces of Governor Maytorena, of So
nora, who is a Villa supporter, and
those commanded by General Hill,
who favors Carranza. The provision
al government has sent heavy rein
forcements to General Hill, who hopes
to retrieve his defeat of several days
ago.
LIVED FOR DAYS
FLOATING ID SEA
Radies of Passengers On Ill-fated
Francis H. Leggett Found Today—
Were Dead Only Two Hours.
HOQUAIM. W|ash., Sept. 28.—Two
bodies of victims of the ill-fated
Francis H. Leggett were found this
morning near this port. The men had
been dead only a few hours, although
t!ie Leggett had sunk eight days ago.
The men had floated about since
i .e wreck but were not seen by pass
ing boats and lingered and lingered
until death mercifully ended ‘their
sufferings.
Boats are now searching for other
bodies believing that possibly they
may be in the same condition as
the two men found and might yet be
saved.
Wi« COMES
FROM THE WO
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in Valdez at 2 o’clock Sunday
morning and sailed at 6 for Seward,
Ship Creek, Kodiak and Iliamna, and
is due back In this port on Thursday
or Friday. The Watson brought fifty
tons of freight. Purser Kehoe, who
was formerly on the Admiral Samp
son and who was aboard that vessel
wfcenshe sunk, is purser on the
Watson- Pilot Obert, who was on
the, bridge of the Sampson when the
vessel went down and the. last per
son to see Captain Moore, is also
aboard the Watson. He Is considered
as one of the best pilots In Alaskan
waters. Duke, the popular .steward,
is also aboard. : The offioers of the
boat are as follows: E. D. Hickman,
captain; P. A, Obert, pilot; C. A.
Glasscock, pilot; Thomas J. Kehoe,
purser; H. A. Carey, freight clerk;
Ed. Griffin, chief engineer;- H. A.';
Duke, steward. , |
The Admiral Watsoot hed-tke fol
lowing passengers
Hkssard. 3. ^
Nels Jensen, T. ff, <
Pryer..o. JB.
ond-class.
local brevities.
S. Kitz is in town from the west
ward.
Jim McConnell went through on
tlie S. S. Alameda to Cordova and
will go from there to the Kuskalina.
Dr. German, the Valdez dentist who
has been spending the summer in
‘he Cooks Inlet country, where he has
a large clientele,, returned to Valdez
this morning on the Alameda and
will remain here this winter.
SOUS ARE
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Discord Over Building of Big German
Navy—«Socialist Members Reich
stag Are Not Consulted.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 28.—The first
sign of discord among the German
people is revealed in the Berlin pa
pers today. The Social Democrats
are beginning to deplore the terrible
German losses. All the citizen parties
except the Socialists have formally
notified the Minister of Marine that
they will continue a support of tj»e
government in its naval program tor
1915-1916, but the Social Democratic
papers which have loyally supported
tiie government hitherto bitterly com
plain of not being consulted by the
other parties, and while they are not
actually refusing support to build
ships to replace those lost, there is
an apparent feeling that a hitch has
occurred. Continued heavy military
losses may widen the breach.
It is stated in Berlin that Zeppe
lins are working under great difficul
ties. The Krupp aeronautic engi
neers declare it is necessary for the
airships to fly at a great altitude to
escape the enemy’s range and accu
rate bomb dropping is difficult under
these circumstances. Bomb throwers
are encased in armored steel baskets
suspended hundreds of feet below the
cars of the Zeppelins. This entails
great risk to the engineers, and al
ready one had been shot while the
Zeppelin was undamaged.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—A dispatch to
The Express from Amsterdam says:
“According to a Berlin message,
statements made by members of the
Reichstag on the subject of naval ex
pansion point to the building ’ of
twelve torpedo boat divisions, eix
airship divisions, a number of mine
layers and other craft. The rapid
construction of three large warships
and two smaller cruisers is also ad
vocated.’’
1 mKttle
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—The steamer
Northwestern left here Saturday
night for Valdez with a light load
of freight and the following passen
gers: Colin Murray, A.' Wh'tehead,
W. Moore, Robert Odear, Rev. Malon
ey and wife, Mollle Maloney, Shellla
Maloney, E. Fleming.
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German General Staff Confident of Victory—Van Kluck
Hard Pressed Blit Still Holding Allies Back—Aviator
Escapes After Dropping Bombs In Paris—Bombs Are
Also Dropped In Belgian Towns—Reported Austrians
Will Revolt If Battle at Cracow Is Victory for Russians
Cholera Reported Among Austrian Wounded in Vienna
PARIS, Sept. 28—The Germans still
continue to gain at St. Michael in
spite of the desperate resistance be
ing made by the French troops guard
ing the center. Strong reinforce
ments are being sent to the scene
from the Paris garrison In an effort
to stop the advance of the Invaders,
which, if continued, will force the
army to take up a new position along
the Marne. It is also admitted here
that the French at Reims are being
hard pressed and in need of more
men. The newspapers have been pro
hibited from publishing the positions
of the French troops.
German General Staff Confident.
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—The German
general staff are confident of victory
in the present battle along the River
Aisne. The allies are being repeat
edly repulsed with great slaughter
when they assault the strongly en
trenched German positions and the
German advance at St. Mihiel and at
Reims continues although desperate
ly contested.
Pu,«*ians Lie, Say German*.
The war office denounces as a lie
the reports sent out by the Russians
regarding a German defeat in Po
land. The conditions in the East are
all satisfactory say thie military offi
cers.
French Hear of Death of Kaiser.
BORDEAUX, Sept. 28.—The report
has reached here that Emperor Wil
liam is suffering with lung fever con
tracted after falling into a ditch while
watching his soldiers attempt to take
Nancy. The report is unconfirmed.
London Is Still Hopeful.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—The military
experts here are hopeful that the
French center will not give and that
the envelopemeht of the German right
can be carried out. It is believed that
if the French can delay the German
■advance at St. Mihiel for forty-eight
hours General von Kluck and the en
tire German right must give way.
The British are attacking at every
point to. relieve the pressure on the
center and the French have started
an aggressive action north of Verdun
and east of Nancy in order to force
the Germans to keep the men scat
tered and thus prevent them aiding
the German right. The French have
also sent forward part of the Paris
garrison and the new army from Am
iens is being Used against von Kluck
and operating against General von
Boehm. The German fortifications
at St. Quentin have proven wonder
ful entanglements and have so far
baffled the allies, although terrible
pressure has been brought to bear
on them.
Servians Demoralized.
VIENNA. SePt. 28—The Servians
are demoralized, Is the statement giv
en out by the war office. They have
been forced to retire from Austria and
are now on the Servian side of the
Danube. It 1b believed here that the
gr?at battle before Cracow, will be
the decisive battle of the war, and
that If the Russians win another vic
tory the people will not only demand
peace but will turn upon the gov
ernment and force peace by over
throwing the military party and es
tablishing a republic.
Revolution Threatened In Austria.
ROME, Sept. 28.—A revolution to:
threatened in Aubtrla-Hungaxy and
the military party pin their faith on
the coming battle near Cracow, where
the Austrians are preparing to atop
the Russians and have , been strong
ly reinforced by the Germans. Re
ports have reached hern of another
jlmidta Victory In tOPotaM* <*ver.
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German forces, but this is unconfirm
ed.
Germans Ready To Lose One Mil
lion Men.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Letter ad
vices received here from Germany
state that the German people are a
unit in the present war and tlial the
stories of the passible overthrow of
[the German Kaiser are founded upon
Action. The nation will lose 1,000,000
men to win if necessary and will not
compromise with the allies. The
workmen worship the kaiser, whom
they consider a wonder as a business
man, who has brought German com
mercialism to such ah igh standard
that the people have enjoyed wonder
ful prosperity.
Berlin Hears of Many Dead.
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—The war office
yesterday announced that 15,000 more
German soldiers had been killed in
France, 65,000 wounded and 23,000
missing. The total to date is not
given.
German Birdmen Drop Bombs in Bel
gium.
ANTWERP, Sept. 28.—'The German
aviators continue the practice of
dropping bombs into unfortified Bel
gian towns and yesterday dropped
bombs in several different cities, ter
rorizing the inhabitants but doing lit
tle damage.
British Would Starve • Dutchmen.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Shipping
men here have been warned that
cargoes of food destined for Holland
will not be permitted to be landed,
as the British government intends to
stop importations of food to Germany
through Holland. Neutral countries
like Holland, Denmark and Norway
and Sweden will be effected by the
new order. What course the United
States will adopt if the allies nations
attempt to stop American boats go
ing to neutral ports is not known.
Aviators Must Fly High.
PARIS, Sep*. 8.—The aviators of
both armies are being forced to fly
a mile in the air as the rifle fire,
which is more dangerous than the
cannon lire, has already taken a dead
ly toll among the airmen. At 5,000
feet the observations of the air
scouts are almost useless, and even
with powerful glasses they cannot lo
cate the concealed batteries nor the
positions of the men. The French
have been forced to depend largely
upon the reports of spies scattered
over all of Northern France, Belgium
and Germany.
Rumanians On Austrian Border.
BUCHAREST. Rumania, Sept. 28.
—Five full army corps have been
sent by King Charles to the Austrian
border. The people expect that war
will be declared within a few hours,
as the military preparations have
been rushed for the past few days.
The country is determined to secure
some recompense for the terrible cost
of mobilisation of the army and its
cost under arms and as Russia has
stated that neutral countries would
not be allowed compensation after
the , war is over, King Charles has
determined to seek It while the trou
ble.,is on. Because of t'e successor
the Russian arms and the fact that
the dttsenshtp of Rumania Is large
ly >gl*v this country will Join with
the Russians.
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; AMiee Center-In: Danger.
I LONDON, Sept 28 —TWO water
soaked, armies in northern France are
striving desperately to end this bat
tle ot the Atone, which h«A now
beep in pMgreae for two ntfe As
sail It after assault is being made by
the French and Germans at different
points of advantage along the line
of battle. The allies still continue
the encircling movement around Gen
eral von Kluck, hut on the other
hand tlie Germans are breaking
through the French positio-.- ,n the
center and if they continue sV'cessful
will force the withdrawal of tlie al
lies to the Marne river.
Germans Preparing for Russians
The Germans are sending an army
of one million men to meet the Rus
sians in East Prussia. The Russians
divided their army In two in East
Prussia and also have t' i armies in
Galicia forcing tin Germans lo gath
er a formidable force to oppose them
and also to divide the force because
nf tlie wide range of Russian activ
ity.
Germans Take St. Michael Forts.
. HEREIN, Sept. 28. The Germans
yesterday captured two of the French
forts at St. Michael protecting the
French center and with the full of
the remaining forts the way is clear
to pierce the French cen*er, after
which the Frar.co-British troops on
■ he left dill bo cut of and at the
■mercy of General von Kluck.
Would Force Allies Retreat.
The piercing ot the allies posiMon
at St. Michael would force the al
lies back again to the river Marne,
where they mkde the tirst successful
stand against the German army.
Von Kluck's Communication Threat
ened. ,
BORDEAUX, Sept. 28.—In spite of
the large reinforcements sent the
Germans on the right wing of the
invading army they have been un
able to stop the enoircling movement
and the Franco-British troops are
threatening vop Kiuck’s communica
tion and may force his retirement.
Austrians Invade Ssrvla.
While admitting that the Servians
have invaded Bosnia the tKJtr depart
ment states that the Austrian inva
sion of Servia is being pushed and
that the counter invasion very suc
cessful and that the Servians ,.»re be
ing driven into the interior of King
Peter’s country ahd will--6b forced
to withdraw their forces t*cm Bosnia
to meet the Austrlatx^enierlng from
the north. Tho cold in the Balkans
continues bamperlilg military opera
tions, but making the roads, which
in summer are almost impassable*
now useful lor transport service.
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British Strike German Bear.
LONDON. Sept. 28.—British troops
totaling 150,000 men have been land
ed in Belgium to join with the 100,000
Belgians how operating northwest of
Ghent and the combined armies will
strike at the German rear and pre
vent the Germans sending reinforce
ments to the army in France.
Germans Have Been Preparing.
The Germans in Belgium have been
using large numbers of reserves in
building entrenchments and erecting
wire entanglements and every known
method of preparing to receive an at
tack has been resorted to by the
Germans.
Germans Have Mined Roads.
The Germans have mined all the
roads, but by reason of the highly
developed spying system of the Bel
gians most of the preparations made
to receive an attack are known to
King Albert and his stafl and will be ]
discounted.
Germane Preparing for Russians. i
PETROGRAD, Sept. 28.—Two hun
. Hired fifty trains loaded with troops
and a number of steamers plying' on
the Baltic Sea are rushing 800,000
German troops into Bast Prussia,.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Sam Poteet arrived on the Alame
da from Knik.
J. L. Brown, arrived In Valdez on
today’s steamer and will remain for
the winter.
B. P. Watson, assistant general
passenger agent of the Alaska-Pacific
Navigation company, did not go west
on the Admiral Watson as intended
and will leave for Skagway on the
Alameda.
MONEY MAT
WIN THEM
Chancellor, Discouraging Municipal
Borrowing, 8ays Empire Needs
Every Penny.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—“We want ev
ery penny we can raise to help fight
the enemy.” said David Lloyd George,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, re
plying today to a deputation from
municipalities which wanted the aid
of the treasury in obtaining loans at
cheap rates.
“We must come out triumphant In
this struggle,” continued the Chancel
lor, "and as finance la going to play
a very important part In it, we must
husband our resources. We do not
want a penny spent which Is not ab
solutely essential to relieve distress.
In my Judgment, the last few hundred
millions, may win the war.
“The first hundred million our en
emy can spend as well as we, but
the last they cannot, thank God, and
therefore I think cash is going to
count much more than we imagine.
“At the present moment we are:
only at the beginning. We are fight
ing a very tough enemy, who is well
prepared for the fight and will prob-'
ably fight to the very end before he
will accept the only conditions upon
which we can possibly make peace.
“If we are wise, that is where mu
resources will count, , not merely ef
men, but of cash. We have won with
a silver bullet before. We financed
Europe in the greatest war we ever
fought, and that is what won. Of
course, British tenacity and' courage
always come in, and they always will.
But iet us remember thatBrltlsh cash
tells, too."
Statistics published today show
that. German vessels. of a value) of
fchout 1250,008,008 have either been
captured or sunk by the British, whlla
ships valued at |W,000,Q0« are tack
ed up in German ports.
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lUSTHIUMH
ROME, Sept. 28.—That cholera to
raging among the-., 70,000 Austrian,
wounded at Vienna to now certain
agd that It threatens* to spread ins
to other armies and among the non
combatants la feared. The medical
authorities of Austria, aided hr ex
perts from Germany, are striving to
control the dread disease, but so lar
have made little headway/ althoatfhi
the winter months are expected to
aid In stopping the. spread of •‘that
disease.
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Cruiser Iddzuma Fires Shot At Alas
ka Freighter—Captain Gets Red
headed But Japs Search Ship.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 28.— The Captain
of the steamer Santa Anna reported
today that the Alaska Steamship Co.
freighter Seward had been stopped in
Queen Charlotte Sound on her way
north by the Japanese cruiser Idd
zuma and searched from stem to
stern and from topmast to kelson
when off Cape Beal.
The eSwurd had come a consider
able distance outside of her regular
course and an explanation was de
manded of the American vessel. At
first no attention was paid to the
Mikado’s vessel, but when a shot was
put across the stern of the Beward
the captain, immediately stopped for
he understood that they meant- busi
ness. The cruiser came close along
side and tent an officer abpard. i‘8i*e
was detpioed siome little while before
resuming: gef journey north. Af|er
searching ithe vessel the JaptfltMp of
fleer ndixte a close examinattap of gn ,
itM• the ship. The cai«U)» ;,'j
trd was some wrathy whpH’J'«
3lis experience with tho
'eng ther actons totaliyiin
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