-_ VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1915. NO. 5.
VOL. 13. __ ___
RUSSIANS CHECKED IN GALICIA
AUSTRIANS REINFORCED BLOCK RUSSIANS AT GORLICE
HAND TO HAND FIGHTING IN ARGONNE-GERMANS GAIN
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN BLACK SEA; NO DAMAGE DONE
NO INCREASE FOR
ARMY AND NAIIY
Cabinet Officer* and Members of
. Congress Say That Lack of Rev
* y enues Prevents Increase.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—The con
ference held yesterday by Secretary
Garrison of the War Department, Sec
retary Daniels of the Navy, and the
members of the House and Senate
Naval and Military Committee to talk
over the proposed increased army and
navy reported today that because of
the lack of government revenues it
was decided to allow the remaking
of the army and navy to go over for
another year at least.
The revenues of the government
have been greatly reduced as a re
sult of the war in Europe which has
cut off all imports besides destroying
the business of the United States,
thus directly reducing the income tax
receipts and in consequence the caD
inet officials are inclined to put the
brake upon government expenditures
until business conditions improve.
CANUCKS SUOI
. TWO AMERICANS
Secretary Bryan Demands That They
Pay for Life Taken and for
Injury To Another Person.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Secretary
of State W. J. Bryan has demanded
from the Canadian government rep
aration and damages for the killing
of Walter Smith and the wounding of
Charles Dorsch, two duck hunters
who were shot at by the Dom'nion
guards at Port Erie on Dec. 28.
An investigation made by J. B.
Curtis, acting consul at Port Erie,
showed that the killing was unnec
essary and that the fault lies with
Thomas W. Delaney, who command
ed the Canadian troops and allowed
them to Are upon the hunters, who
were only 500 feet from the shore.
Damages are demanded for the
death of , Smith and for the injury
of Dorsch.
PRESIDENT MAY
VISIT SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—President Wil
son is now considering the advisabil
ity of including Seattle in his trip
along the Pacific coast in March,
when he will swing around the clr-*
cle in a campaigning trip. The
Chamber of Commerce and all the
Democratic organizations are urging
the president to come here on his
speech-making trip.
German Attacks Against Warsaw Defenses Weakening—Bayonet Fighting In
Upper Alsace Country—Trenches Change Hands Many Times With Losses
Heavy To Both Sides—Przemysl Sortie Repulsed—Hungarian Army Re
ported Destroyed—French Destroying German Towns—Servians Marching
On Serajevo—Teaching Russian Language In Schools In Galicia.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 7—The German
attacks to take Warsaw have weak
ened. Gen. von Hindenburg has sent
strong reinforcements to the Austri
ans and the Russians have been
checked at Gorlice, in the southeast
part of Cracow province and near
the Carpathian mountains. The bat
tle in northern Poland still contin
ues and the Russian commander re
ports success in checking the new
German invasion via Thom and Sol
dau.
Naval Battle In Black Sea.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 7.—A na
val engagement was fought between
the Turkish and Russian Black Sea
fleets on Tuesday. No damage wa3
done to either side according to the
reports made public by the Turkish
naval officers.
German Aeroplanes Raid Dunkirk.
LONDON, Jan. 7—Six German aero
planes made a raid today upon Dun
kirk, dropping several score of bombs
which did but little damage.
Desperate Fighting In Alsace.
In the upper Alsace country the
most desperate fighting is in pro
gress. The lines of troops are now
so close to each other that bayonet
charges are frequently resorted to
and consequently the loss of life has
been very heavy. The trenches are
first held by one army and then the
troops of the opposing forcfe will as
sault and take them back.
Berlin Reports Gains In Argonne.
BERLIN, Jan. 7.—The fighting in
the Argonne district continues. The
Germans have made slight gains in
spite of the fact that heavy reinforce
ments have reached the French. The
•trenches taken yesterday by the kai
ser’s troops are still in possession of
the Bavarian soldiers.
French Destroying Villages.
BERLIN, Jan. 7.—The war office
charges that the French airmen are
destroying many German villages be
hind the German lines and also that
the troops operating in Alsace are
burning villages whenever they have
the opportunity. The government will
make a protest to neutral powers
against the actions of the French
aviators.
Ban On Fortune Tellers.
Thousands and thousands of sol
diers, and wives, mothers and sweet
hearts of soldiers now at the front
have been calling'upon fortune tellers
for forecasts of the future until the
government has been forced to order
all fortune tellers to close up shop
under penalty of being arrested and
imprisoned. The forecasters of the
future were reaping an immense har
vest from the women who had rela
tives in the army fighting at the
front. The ban extends over the en
tire period of the war.
Hungarian Army Destroyed.
LONDON, Jan. 7.—The Hungarian
army is reported in a terrible condi
tion. Cold and hunger has driven
thousands and thousands of the flow
er of the Hungarian army to surren
der to the Russians. The Hungarians
are no longer capable of making a
determined resistance and the ad
vance into Hungary will be pushed
by the czar’s troops.
Przemysl Sortie Repulsed.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 7—Another sor
tie was made by the garrison of
Przemysl and it was driven back with
loss to the besieged garrison. The
lines about the Galician fort are slow
ly drawing tighter each day and most
of the outer works have been reduced.
Hie fall of the city is expec'ed in a
week.
Italy Fines Smugglers.
MILAN, Jan. 7.—The Italian gov
ernment has come down heavily up
on one of the transportation com
panies which has been caught in the
act of attempting to embark forty
truckloads of grain and potatoes for
a belligerent power.
The agents of the company had col
lected the prohibited merchandise
and dispatched it to Venice, whence,
according to false bills of lading, it
was to be shipped to Naples, but the
authorities discovered an Austrian
steamer by pre-arrangement loitering
about the higher Adriatic ready to
transfer the cargo to Trieste. A fine
of £1,680 ($8,400,) has been inflicted
on the offending company.
Russian Polish Legion.
WARSAW, Jan. 7.—By authority of
Grand Duke Nicholas, a Polish legion
has been organized. The Russian
army contains many Polish volun
teers, but the legion will be the first
Polish contingent flying a distinctive
flag to be accepted. Four thousand
Poles are now enrolled in the legion
and will be ready to go to the front
in six weeks.
To Russianize Galicia.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 7.—Arrange
ments have been made under the aus
pices of a member of the Duma charg
ed with national education in Gali
cia for a large number of elementary
school teachers in the native schools
of Galicia to attend at certain cen
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BRITISH SEIZE
STEINER DENVER
American Veeeel Loaded With Cot
ton Taken To Britleh Port a
Prize of War.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—The own
ers of the American steamer Denver
have called upon the State Depart
ment for aid in having the American
boat released by the British admir
alty.
The Denver was sailing from New
Orleans for -Bremen, Germany, when
overhauled and forced to put into a
British port as a prize of war. As
Great Britain has announced that cot
ton is not contraband of war the own
ers claim they have the right to take
cotton to Germany, as no effective
blockade is now in force at German
ports and so far as the world knows
the British have never declared the
German ports blockaded.
Secretary of State Bryan will make
a formal protest to the British for
eign office, but will wait for the re
ply to President Wilson’s note re
garding better treatment for Ameri
can ships by the British admiralty
before pushing the protest further.
Rev. Father Shepherd of the Cath
olic church, returned to Valdez from
Cordova on the steamer Alameda. '
PRESIDENT AND SENATORS
IN RI6 PATRONAGE FIGHT
EWING BLAND TURNED DOWN BY SENATE AS MARSHAL OF WEST
ERN MISSOURRI—FOURTH REJECTION IN SIX WEEKS—SPLIT
IN PARTY PREDICTED—MOR E REJECTIONS ARE IN SIGHT.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Without a
dissenting vote the Senate today re
jected the appointment of Ewing C.
Bland, of Kansas City, to be marshal
for the Western District of Missouri.
Not a friend of President Wilson’s
made any objection to the vote and
“senatorial courtesy” won another
victory over the executive. This is
the fourth rejection by the Senate in
five weeks and has started a patron
age fight that may break the Demo
cratic party. Senator Heed opposed
Bland’3 confirmation.
It is expected that the nomination
of George Hampton, of New Jersey,
to be Internal Revenue Collector for
the Camden district will also be re
jected upon motion of Senator Mar
tine, of New Jersey, and that every
appointment made by President Wil
son without the consent and advice
of the Democratic senator of the
state in which the appointee is to
hold will be rejected.
A Serious Party Quarrel.
The difficulties between the presi
dent and certain Democratic senators
involve more than a mere spat like
ly to blow over and be forgotten.
A serious quarrel that may have a
material effect on the Democratic
party and perhaps bring about a
party split is threatened. Mr. Wil
son finds himself in the position of
his Democratic predecessor in the
White House, Grover Cleveland, who
maintained that it was the right of
the executive to make his own se
lections for office, and that the "ad
vice and consent” privileges of the
Senate, set forth in the Federal Con
stitution, applied to the Senate as a
whole and did not confer on individ
ual senators the power of determining
in advance who should be the recip
ients of the executive’s favor in the
bestowal of political patronage. But
the Senate takes the other view—
and there you are, with a first-class
deadlock between the White House
and the Senate is in prospect.
All the information obtainable from
administration sources as to the pres
ident’s intentions Indicates that he
has set his jaw hard and will retain in
off ice the men whose names the Sen
ate has rejected. Understanding that
this is the president’s purpose has
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OHIO GOAL MIKES
TO BE OPERATED
Strike of Nine Months Will Be End
ed By Strike-breakers If the
Company Can Do It.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 7.—The coal
mine owners of this state today de
cided to make an effort to reopen the
coal mines which have been closed
for nine months following a demand
by the miners for higher wages. The
order for strike-breakers has ^>een
sent to the big agencies in Chicago,
New York, Philadelphia and other
cities. The police have been noti
fied to be prepared to protect the
new men and the company property.
A special guard will be maintained
by the operators at the mines. The
strikers will be driven from the cot
tages owned by the coal companies
and kept off the property, while the
strike-breakers are to be kept in the
mine buildings until the strike is
settled.
General Agent Fred Tracy, of the
Alaska Steamship Company, came
over on the Alameda and will return
to Cordova on the boat when she
returns from Seward. The Alameda
Is due back here tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Wm. Hopper returned to Val
dez on the Alameda.
ELEVATOR DROPS
One Man Killed—-Police Investigating
—Operator Is Held To Await
Result of Inquest.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.—An ele
vator dropped five stories yesterday
and as a result one of the passen
gers was killed and twelve others in
jured. The fact that the car was
crowded prevented greater loss as it
prevented the men and women from
being thrown against the sides of the
car with greater violence. The au
tomatic brake which is supposed to
stop the car when the machinery goes
wrong, did not work and the car shot
down with increasing force.
The air cushions at the bottom of
the pit helped to break the force of
the fall. Ambulances were called im
mediately to care for the injured. An
investigation will be made by the po
lice to locate the blame. The oper
ator of the car was injured and he
has been placed under arrest await
ing the result of the inquest.
WILSON REFUSES
1 SUFFRA6E1TES
President Will Not Help the Suffra
gettes and Says States Should
Control the Ballot.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—President
Wilson has refused the request of
the women that he urge upon mem
bers of congress the passage of the
resolution which would start in mo
tion the government machinery for
the submission of the constitutional
amendment to the Constitution giving
to women in all the states and terri
tories the right of the ballot.
■ The women have called upon the
president repeatedly, hoping to se
cure his aid to the resolution, which
is to be voted upon next week in the
House.
The president insists that the right
of suffrage should be regulated by che
different states and not by the na,
tion.
KING k WING
A_FISH BOAT
SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—The gasoline
schooner King and Wing, which has
been in the trading business in the
Arctic, is now being rebuilt and will
be used in the halibut fishing *rade
next season. The King and Wing
was the boat which made the rescue
of the remainder of the crew of the
Karluk when they were wrecked on
Wrangell and Herald Islands.
The Prospector office for Job work.