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m€ME 18 VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1915 NO. 145
War Has Cost Dominion a Staggering
Sum and Has Caused Suspension
of Business Activities.
TORONTO, Oct. 9.—Although the
Dominion of Canada has just secured
a loan of $200,000,000 she must bor
row another $450,000,000 to meet
kor present obligations, according to
a Statement just issued by Hon. Wm.
T. White, minister of finance.
The European war has cost Cana
ria a staggering sum to train and
equip the force of 200,000 men she
kas sent to Europe to help fight for
Britain. The trade of the Dominion
kas also suffered as manufacturing of
aB hinds, except war munitions, has
almost entirely ceased, and owing to
the financial stringency, railroad
building and other public works have
stopped in all parts of the Dominion,
pausing thousands of men to be
'thrown out of employment.
tJABLESHIP BURNSIDE IS
EN ROUTE NORTHWARD.
SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—After occupy
ing nearly one week In taking on sup
plies and fuel for her trip the cable
skip Burnside sailed Thursday for
Alaska to repair the government ca
ble which has parted north of Sitka. I
The cable-layers on the Burnside re
pot difficulty in raising the cable to
the surface to make connections and
report that the cable repeatedly parts
when subjected to the strain of being
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WBTECTIVE BURNS WILL
SUE SCHMIDT’S COUNSEL.
LOS' ANGELES, Oct. 9.—Attorn
eys for Detective William J. Burns,
vrho uncovered the perpetrators of
the dynamite outrages foT which M.
A. Schmidt is now on trial here, have
started suit for libel against Schmidt’s
attorney, who charged that the detec
tive sent secret circulars to the
homes of jurors in the case.
STEAMER MARIPOSA FLOODED
AND MAY RE TOTAL LOSS
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STEAMER STRUCK ROCK OFF PORCHER ISLAND EARLY FRIDAY
DAY MORNING BUT ENGINE ROOM FILLED WITH WATER BE
FORE WIRELESS COULD SUMMON AID—VESSEL REPORTED
BADLY LISTED AND IN DANGER OF PLUNGING INTO DEEP
WATER—PASSENGERS LANDED AT KETCHIKAN AND WILL
COME NORTH ON ADMIRAL EVANS.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—Later advices
regarding the steamer Mariposa, are
to the effeot that when she struck on
lurcher Island, above Bella Bella,
jast below the mouth of the Skeena
river, she punctured her hull causing
the engine room to fill with water.
The bow of the steamer is fast
aground on Porcher Island with the
stern in deep water, and as the ship
is badly listed it is feared that she
may disappear at any moment into
deep water. Captain O’Brien is re
ported to have advised the officials
of the Alaska Steamship Company
here that the vessel will be a total
wreck should even a light storm
spring up from the southwest, as she
Is in a perilous position and exposed
Fred B. Tracy, general agent of
the Alaska Steamship company, came
from the westward on the Admiral
F&rragut this morning and is circu
lating among the business men of
Valdez making friends for his com
pany. He refuses to credit the dis
patches to the effect that bis favorite
JRner, the Mariposa, has met her fate
and believes that she will show up
again in the course of a cohple of
Months.
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
aa hand at Love-Whltley’n. tf
more or less to the swells from the
Pacific.
It appears that the Mariposa struck
the rock off Porch'er Island at 6
o’clock Friday morning, and before
the wireless could get into communi
cation the engine room had been
flooded with water, shutting off the
power. At 8 o’clock the steamer Dis
patch reached the stranded steamer
and rescued the passengers, taking
them to Ketchikan, where they are
being cared for by the steamship com
pany. It is also reported that the
mail was saved.
The Mariposa’s passengers, accord
ing to the officials of the Alaska
Steamship company, will be taken
north from Ketchikan on the steam
er Admiral Evans, which sailed from
Seattle for Alaska on Friday evening.
Passengers arriving from Seward
this morning on the Admiral Farra
giit, state that the Alaska Steamship
Co.’s big freighter Seward was caught
in a severe' storm and lost ber deck
load, which consisted of oil and lum
ber for the Alaskan Engineering com
mission at Anchorage.
Value Received
At the Liberty Theatre tonight. •
"Get Out and Get Under,” a time
ly talk to the people of Valdez by
Rev. J. F. Dunstan, Sunday evening.
ENGLAND’S KING REPORTED AS FEARING
THAT PEACE AT ANY PRICE HER PORTION
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NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Recent ar
rivals from Europe stare that En
gland is shroudded in gloom over the
failure of the Allies to break the
German defenses in France and Bel
gium. It is asserted that even the of
ficials of the British war office are
fearful of the final outcome of the
war. Advocates of peace at any
price are insistent that Britain has
suffered enough loss, as there is not
a family in the empire which has not
lost one or more members, and dem
onstrations against further enlist
ments are being made in many cities.
Strict censorship is being main
tained to prevent news of the inter
nal dissession in England becoming
known to the world, but King George
is reported to have declared that if
Britain is forced to seek a disgraceful
peace as a means of ending the war
that he will remain a dummy during
the crisis and let those who are will
ing to see the glory of Great Britain
depart make their own negotiations
with the victorious Teutons.
England in Gloom.
LONDON, Oct. 9.—The failure of
the diplomats to keep Balkan states
from entering the war has caused En
gland to be shrouded in gloom with
out a single ray of light. Military
experts believe that Serbia will be
crushed by the tremendous forces be
ing launched against her from all
sides and the fate of the small army
of the Allies sent to Serbia’s assis
tance from Salonika is believed to be
sealed. The fighting at the Darda
nelles has been tremendous, and if
the Germans force their way to Con
stantinople, as now seems possible",
the tremendous number of lives lost
in the Dardanelles campaign will have
I been sacrificed in vain. It is feared
that in addition to Bulgaria the Allies
will have Greeec to contend with, as
it is realized as only a matter of time
when Greece will be drawn into the
war.
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Greece to Be Neutral.
ATHENS, Oct. 9.—The new Greek
cabinet formed by King Constantine
KING GEORGE HAS DECLARED THAT IP GLORY OF BRITAIN DE
PARTS HE WILL REMAIN A DUMMY IN THE NEGOTIATIONS
WHICH WILL DETERMINE FATE OF COUNTRY—BRITISH FEAR
THAT DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN WILL RESULT IN NAUGHT IF
TEUTONS CRUSH SERBIA AND REACH CONSTANTINOPLE—RUS
SIA BOMBARDING BULGARIAN BLACK SEA CITIES AND BULGA
RIAN AVIATORS RAIN BOMBS INTO SERBIAN CAPITAL—GER
MAN AMMUNITION TRAIN IS WRECKED NEAR VERDUN.
has notified the warring nations of
Europe that she will remain neutral
and stand ready to offer her assis
tance in advancing negotiations for
peace from the vanquished nations.
Bulgarians Bombard Nlsli.
LONDON, Oct. 9.—Bulgarian avia
tors visited Nish, the Serbian capital,
early this morning and rained bombs
into the city. It is reported that tre
mendous damage resulted from the
raid. The Bulgarian troops have also
invaded Macedonia and have defeated
the Serbians in the first encounter.
Russia Bombards Bulgarian Cities
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 9.—The Rus
sian Black sea fleet is reported to be
bombarding the Bulgarian Black sea
coast cities and have rained shells
into the cities of Varno and Gulgrad.
It is believed that no formal declara
tion of war has as yet been made but
that actual hostilities began last night
is reported from several of the Bal
kan state capitals.
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Strong German Army In Serbia.
LONDON, OCt. 9.—A German army
of a half million men are reported to
have crossed the river Drina and have
gained a strong foothold in Serbia,
and have began an enormous artillery
bombardment of the Serbian posi
tions. An Austrian army is reported
to be attacking Belgrade from the
north while the Bulgarian and Turk
ish troops have invaded the little
Balkan state from the east.
Hi mien burg Near Dvinska.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 9 —The Rus
sian armies have taken the aggres
sive against the Germans in the mid
dle and southern war zones where the
Teutonic forces have been weakened
by the withdrawal of troops for the
Serbian campaign. The Germans have
been forced back, the Russians have
recaptured several towns lost to the
Germans in their recent offensive
movement. The war office admits that
Gen.. Hindenburg is making progress
and is nearing Dvinska, which it is
believed will be evacuated.
German Munition Train Wrecked.
PARIS, Oct. 9.—Desperate artil
BOSTON WINS SECOND GAME
BOSTON, Oct. 9.—The Boston
Americans evened up the score in the
series for the championship of the
world here today by defeating the
Philadelphia Nationals. The score,
Boston, 2; Philadelphia, 1.
A record crowd attended the game
owing to the announcement of Pres
ident Wilson that he would witness
the match. The Boston players re
deemed themselves for their errors
in yesterday’s game and showed the
same class of form which won for
them the pennant of their league.
The betting still continues in favor
of Boston despite the fact that each
team have one game to their credit.
lery duels north of Verdun are re
ported as having been raged for sev
eral days. A French shell is report
ed to have struck a German munition
train causing it to explode, complete
ly destroying the train and railroad
track for a long distance. Aviators
report the Germans as repairing the
track within a few hours after the
destruction of the train and while
French shells were still falling around
them.
Germany Financing Bulgaria,
ROME, Oct. 9.—It is reported here
that the German government has
promised to finance the Bulgarian
campaign and paid for the mobiliza
tion of the Bulgarian troops.
Constantine Forms New Cabinet.
ATHENS, Oct. 9.—King Constan
tine has created a new cabinet with
Alexander Seigis, as premier. The
members of the cabinet are all pro
German and Greece will remain neu
tral unless invaded by Bulgarian or
German troops.
Opposes Dardanelles Campaign.
UDINE, Italy, Oct. 9.—General Ca
dora, commander in chief of the Ital
ian army, is strongly opposed to ail
Italian army being sent to the Darda
nelles to help the Allies force the
Straits before the German army can
reach Constantinople. The Italian
cabinet has favored sending an Italian
army of 250,000 men to Join the Al
lies in their invasion of Bulgaria
from the south.
London Reports Russian Reverse.
LONDON. Oct. 9.—A British cor
respondent with the Russian army in
the north reports that General Rin
denburg has penetrated the Russian
lines at three points and that the P. &
sian armies must retreat as the Ger
mans are attempting a surrounding
movement similar to Vilna and Wat
saw. The correspondent believes
Dvinska is doomed to fall into the
hands of the Teutons.
PE FRIGHTEHS
THE FAIR VISITORS
Buildings in San Francisco Rocked
and Swayed Last Night by
Severe Earthquakes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.—Two
heavy earthquake shocks were exper
ienced here at 9:20 last evening,
which were the most severe since the
city was destroyed in 1906. The
buildings rocked and swayed and the
populace fled in terror from the build
ings to the street.
Building inspectors report that
while a number of brick walls were
cracked by the earthquake that the
damage is nominal as the damages
can be repaired. The greatest dam
age occurred in stores where goods
were tumbled from the shelves.
The earthquake has caused many
visitors to become frightened and
they are preparing to leave the city
and the directors of the Exposition
fear the effect the earthquake will
have on the attendance during the re
mainder of the season.
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The City Express auto left Teikhell
at 1 o’clock this afternoon with Mrs.
Peter Miller and Miss Pearl Miller
of Ernestine as passengers for Val
d^p. The auto left Valdez this morn
ing with a number of miners who will
develop the Portland group of claims
at Teikhell.
Sumner Smith, Territorial mine
inspector, was an outgoing passenger
on the Admiral Farragut this morn
ing ftir Cordova. He will go to the
interior to inspect tfce Kennecott,
Mother Lode and other copper mines
in the#district.
BALL GAME WAS
PLAYED IN MUD
Critics Unanimous in Opinion that
Boston Lost Game Through
Lack of Judgment.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.—Yester
day’s baseball game, the first in the
series for the world’s championship
wsb devoid of sensational plays and
ordinarily would not be considered
good' ball by fans. Critics are unan
imous in the opinion that the Boston
Americans lost the game through lack
of judgment at critical stages of the
game.
Nineteen thousand tickets were
sold for the game and the total re
ceipts were $19,000. The day was
disagreeably cold and threatening
rain, with thick mud on the grounds.
Sixty special telegraph wires were
run from the reporters’ stand to furn
ish the results and the plays as made
to the world.
TWO MINERAL CLAIMS
PERMITTED GO TO PATENT.
The Juneau land office recently re
ceived two patents from the general
land office at Washington. One was
in favor of the Gold Bluff Mining
company for three lode claims In the
vicinity of Seward. The other was in
favor of the Katalla company for a
| tract of land in the vicinity of Ka
talla. This is part of the tract over
which the famous controversy arose
between the Katalla company and A1
Lowe and Jennie Dalton. The land
conveyed by this patent is that por
tion of the tract which was never in
controversy between the contestants.
Rubber footwear to fit all at 8.
Blum ft Co. *
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Has No Desire to Hold Public OlHc
Attain Hut Will Continue to be
Active in Politics.
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 9.—WiUia
Jennings Bryan, addressed an ir
mense audience here last night whi
he protested against the education
campaign which was now being wa
ed in the United States for great
preparedness for war as a means
commanding the respect of other c
tions after the European war.
The speaker avoided criticism
the administration and declared tf
while he never wished to hold off
again that he would continue to p;
ticipate in politics and would be
tive during the next campaign
fighting any effort to create a grea
naval or land force. He says tl
he is enjoying the privilege of be
a private citizen and wishes to
main such for the balance of his 1
ALL SEATS SOLI) FOK
BALL GAME IN ADVAN'
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.—It •
announced late last night that all
reserved seats for the second gam'
the series of ball games in the w<
championship fight at Boston to
had been sold. Hundreds of at
cants for high-priced seats will
compelled to witness the game f
the bleachers, far removed from
section of the grand stand set a
for President Wilson and his part
Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, the
dova business man who is estab
ing a chain of Empress moving
ture houses in the Alaskan coast
ies, returned from Anchorage on
Admiral Farragut this morning
will remain in Valdez until the
val of the Northwestern. He
nounces that his Valdez house, »
will be located in the new Blacl,
block on McKinley street, wil
opened next Tuesday night if
films expected arrive on the N
western.
NORTHWESTERN GROUNDED
RUT IS SAFELY FLOAT
WAS HUNG UP ON POINT FIVE MILES SOUTH OF KETCHIKAN
, SEVERAL HOURS, BUT FLOATED AGAIN AT HIGH TIDE—
FERS LITTLE DAMAGE FROM HER MISHAP AS SHE LEFT
NEAU YESTERDAY MORNING FOR SKAGWAY’—CARRIES C.
ITY CARGO OF FREIGHT FOR ANCHORAGE.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—A wild rumor
was in circulation in Seattle this
morning to the effect that another of
the Alaska Steamship company’s lin
ers, the Northwestern, had been
wrecked in Alaskan waters and the
offices of the company were besieged
by friends and relatives of the pas
sengers and relatives of the crew
who feared that they had perished.
The officials of the company have
announced that the Northwestern is
safe and is continuing her journey to
the westward. They state that the
Northwestern went aground at a point
about five miles south of Ketchikan
last Wednesday but was floated again
at high tide. The vessel suffered no
BELIEVES NEW LAW PUTS
BURDEN ON OPERATORS.
Driscoll Bros. & Scannell, opera
tors, have filed a notice in the re
corder’s office, denying all liability
under the compensation act recently
passed at the Territorial legislature,
electing to become liable to their
employees according to the common
law and other statutes relative to the
liability for injuries sustained while
in the performance of their duties.
This is the first protest filed to the
new statute, and It is understood that
others will follow, as the operators
feel that the new law puts too much
burden upon them.—Fairbanks Citi
zen.
serious damages, although the <
reported that a number of pla
the starboard side were sprun
The local office of the
Steamship company states tha
have received adt ices tnat the
western is safe as she left Jun
9 o’clock yesterday mornin
Skagway and will arrive at
in due time. The Northwester,
command of C’apt. Hunter, re,
ed as one of the ablest seamen
Pacific. She carried a capacity'
of freight as she was delayed .
attle awaiting shipments fro ‘
east for the Alaskan Engii
commission.
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PUMPS FROZE IN
AUGUST ON THE Y
On the trip down the river,*
Y. N. oilburner Yukon was i:
a big oil barge. Like all bari*
one in which the Yukon wa
ing her fuel started to leak,
rally the pumps were started,
in the morning It was notlc:
the pumps were not workim
and an investigation disclos
they had frozen up. This i
the earliest that such a condi
been noted, although the cold
hits the Yukon flats before
Fairbanks.
The Liberty Theatre is ii;
a steam heating system. .