^yQL 13 VALDEZ, ALA8KA, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1915. NO. 113.
SIB STEAMER
IS TORPEDOED
German Submarine Send* Lumber
Laden Ellida To the Bottom In
Three Minutes—Crew Saved.
COPENHAGEN, May 3.—The
Swedish steamer EUida, lumber laden
from Belsingford to Hull, was tor
pedoed by a German submarine today
in the North sea and sank in three
minutes. The crew of the boat were
picked up by a Danish schooner. The
crew have reached this city and the
commander of the sunken vessel has
sent a full report to the Swedish am
bassador to Holland for transmission
to the Swedish government.
The Swedish colony in this city are
up in arms against the continued dis
regard of the rights of the neutral
country to trade with other neutrals
or with a belligerent country and it is
reported here that the people of
Stockholm insist that the government
force the German admiralty to re
spect the property and lives of Swed
ish subjects or suffer the consequen
ces. Several manufacturers who have
been selling supplies to German buy
ers have been mobbed by the people
and strong anti-German sentiment is
expressed all through Sweden and
also in Holland, Which has also suf
fered the loss of many merchant ships
and the death of sailors on the boats.
GERMANS SINK AMERICAN SHIP
THREE U. S. CITIZENS DROWNED
SECRETARY OF STATE W J. BRYAN SENDS STRONG PROTEST TO
BERLIN—RELATIONS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES ARE STRAIN
ED-COUNT BERNSTROFF MAY BE RECALLED—THE AMERICAN
TANKER GULFLIGHT SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF SICILY
ISLANDS AND MASTER, WIRELESS OPERATOR AND SAILOR ARE
LOST—MORE SHIPS ARE IN DANGER—BRYAN DEMANDS EX
PLANATION. i
NEW YORK, May 3.—Three Amer
icans perished when the German sub
marine sent the American oil tank
ship Gul flight to the bottom off the
coast of Sicily islands, and Captain
Gunther, Charles C. Short, wireless
operator, and Eugene Chapaneta went
down with the vessel. A demand will
be made on the German government
for an explanation of the reason for
the sinking of an American boat.
The details of the sinking of the
American tanker have not been re
ceived here, but enough of the facts
are known to cause apprehension for
the lives of Americans or American
vessels in the war zone.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—The re
port of the sinking of the Gulflight
has caused much concern in diplomat
ic circles. The Department of State
is greatly worried and fears compli
cations. Dealings with the German
foreign office have been unsatisfac
tory to Secretary Bryan lately and
the new trouble will add to the fric
tion between the two governments.
The State Department has made
representations to the German for
eign office for a statement of facts
regarding the sinking and the reasons
for the destruction of an American
vessel flying the American flag and
the consequent loss of three Ameri
can lives. Until the German govern
ment makes a reply nothing can be
done at this end. It is expected that
the report from eBrlin will be delay
ed for several days, possibly longer,
and in order to Insure the lives of
Americans in the war zone Secretary
Bryan has addressed a strong protest
to the German government and in
sisted upon the right of American ves
sels to ply the waters of Europe sub
ject to arrest by the belligerent coun
tries and denouncing the destruction
GERMANS CROWD INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY
BERLIN, May 3.—The German
forces continue the march into the
Baltic provinces of Russia, which are
being subjected. Little resistance can
be given to the Germans because of
the suddenness of the concentration
of troops which cannot be met by the
Russians for many days. The Ger
man fleet is co-operating with the land
forces and is shelling the coast
towns.
Large Force Used.
The large force sent by Gen. von
Hindenburg into the Baltic provinces
totals fully 750,000 troops of all
branches of the service and they are
making rapid marches in the effort
to reach the line of communication be
tween the Russian Poland armies and
the source of supply at Petrograd.
If successful in cutting off the army
of the Grand Duke from Petrograd
the Poland campaign will be won by
Gen. Hindenburg without the loss of
many lives, as the Russians cannot
expect to hold the present line unless
the railroad to Petrograd is open.
London Experts Worried.
LONDON, May 3—The military ex
perts of this city are greatly worried
at the turn of affairs in Russia and
fear that von Hindenburg has been
bested by the Grand Duke in the bat
tle of wits.
Germans Check Allies At Ypres.
BERLIN, May 3—The Germans op
erating at Ypres have repulsed all
the attacks made by the Allies upon
the new positions. The Allies open
of the ships. It is contended that
the sinking of a neutral ship is a
violation of the rules of warfare and
that if the Germans must detain
and Investigate the conduct of the
master, and then only after a prize
court has given the owners of the
ship an opportunity to be heard in
court. Relations between the German
ambassador and the Secretary of
State are strained nearly to the break
ing point. It will not surprise any
one if the United States requests the
recall of Count Bernstorff.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—Reports
reach here that the German govern
ment will disclaim that the sinking
of the American oil tanker Gulflight
was done with intent and that an ex
planation will be made immediately in
which it will be disclosed that the
sinking of the ship was accidental aDd
was not premeditated.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Bert Ford left, for the Rutherford
Ramsay , property this morning.
C. H. Dunlap, watchmaker and opti
cian, at the Owl Drug Store. Chro
nometers and complicated watches a
specialty. All work guaranteed. tf
G. O. Relnke, the watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Fine line of stationery at the Val
dez Drug Store. Prices reasonable, tf
Ted Lindsay left this morning for
the Rutherford-Ramsay mine.
Alder wood for sale at $5.00 a cord,
four-foot length. Phone 195. k 6
See Tod Winter for your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s afore.
All work guaranteed. t
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INVASION OF BALTIC PROVINCES CONTINUE—LONDON WORRIED
AT OUTLOOK—ALLIES HAVE MADE GREAT GAIN8 ON GALLIPO
LI PENINSULA AND CUT OFF LARGE PART OF TURKKISH ARM
IES GUARDING ENTRANCE TO DARDANELLES AND BERLIN RE
PORTS ALLIES YPRES ATTACKS REPULSED—FRENCH ARE NOW
BOMBARDING METZ FORTS WITH BIG GUNS— FIGHTING IN
FRANCE CONTINUES
ed today’s engagement with a terri
fic bombardment with the field guns
and followed it with an infantry at
tack. The kaiser’s troops in the
trenches remained in the bomb-proof
vaults until the British infantry were
near the entanglements and then sent
in a terrific fire into the charging
British and French, killing many hun
dreds and forcing them to abandon
the attack.
Metz Being Bombarded.
PARIS, May 3.—The French gun
ners are now sending shells into the
forts guarding Metz. The infantry
have moved forward slowly the past
week and now hold a line near the
famous Gorman town surrendered by
the French after the unsusccessful
war of 1870. The new Freich siege
guns are being used for the bombard
ment.
London Claims Dardanelles Victory.
LONDON, May 3.—The Allies have
won an important victory in the
fighting along the Gallipoli peninsula.
The land forces have cut their way
from the Aegean sea across to the
Dardanelles and now" separate the
forces at the western end of the
peninsula from the base of supplies
and the forts must soon fall. More
troops are being landed to entrench
and hold the advantage gained while
PROSPERITY HERE
SAY EXAMINERS
Reports From bank Examiners Show
Conditions Continue To Improve
In All Sections.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—The ag
ents of the Federal Reserve Board
report that financial conditions in all
parts of the United States show a
wonderful improvement and that con
ditions point to an era of prosperity
the like of which the United States
has not seen for many years. Bank
reserves are heavy and money is
seeking investment while factory
owners are preparing to branch out
in order to supply the great demand
for American manufactured goods to
take the place of the goods shut off
from Europe by the war between the
powers.
The improvement shown the past
few months in all parts of the coun
try has been remarkable and the ad
ministration officials are certain that
the hard times cry will not be raised
at the next election.
DIES
SAVING Gt
Fought To Protect Girl From Her In
sane Admirer and Is Himself
Murdered.
PALM BEACH, May 3.—Father Re
infes, a Catholic priest of this city,
was killed last night while defending
a young nurse from the attacks of her
insane lover, who insisted that the girl
return his love and go with him to
be married. The cry for help from
the child brought the priest, who tried
to calm the excited admirer but fail
ed and was himself attacked and kill
ed.
The death caused a sensation in the
city, where the Catholic priest has a
large following. His friends would
have lynched the insane man but for
the prompt action of the police, wlho
smuggled the murderer away and kept
him hidden.
The entire town will close up busi
ness during the funeral services for
the dead churchman.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
FAIL 10 RAISE
Last Cable Breaks and More Must Be
Fastened To Sunken Craft Be
fore It Can Be Lifted.
HONOLULU, May 3.—The efforts
to raise the submarine F-4 from the
bottom of the sea have failed. The
four cables have all broken when the
strain was put on them. The boat
was lifted eight feet from the bottom
of the ocean, but the strain was more
than the cable could stand because of
the Immense pressure of water on the
boat.
The divers will not renew their ef
forts to fasten cables on the ship and
expect to have enough cable on her
in a few days to renew the work of
bringing the boat and its cargo of
dead American sailors to the sur
face.
Another assortment of fine spring
-coats arrived on the last boat for
Mrs. Winter. Prices reasonable. tf
Laurence develops and prints ko
dak pictures. Work guaranteed. tf
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A BIG DANCE
Scores of Passengers From Admiral
Watson Attend the Dance of the
Northern Order.
The dance given last Saturday
night by the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo
No. 7, and the ladies auxiliary, was
one of the largest affairs of the sea
son and besides the many members
of the two organizations in Valdez
and their friends scores of the pas
sengers of the Admiral Watson, which
arrived at 9 o’clock Saturday night
and left at 1. attended the dance and
enjoyed themselves immensely and
were greatly surprised at the splen
did management of the affair.
Although the arrival of many unex
pected gu-sts made heavy demands
on the attention of the committees
It was but a short time until Intro
ductions of the new comers to Alaska,
and the men and women who have
spent the past fifteen years in the
north, were effected and the dance
was continued. *
The lunch served at midnight was
exceptionally good.
warships are pouring a terrific fire
into the section cut off from support.
British Airmen Active.
LONDON, May 3.—The aviators of
the Allies have been inflicting terri
ble damage upon the German artil
lery which has been bombarding the
French city of Dunkirk. The Ger
mans have heavy guns placed on ce
ment bases twenty-eight miles from
the city and continue the bombard
ment, using the largest shells yet fired
in the present wiar. The guns are
far outside of the range of the Brit
ish and French field guns and only
the aviators can hope to stop the
bombardment.
New Guns Remarkable.
The wonderful work done by the
new German guns has caused the mil
itary authorities concern. The new
gun is of the largest type yet used
in warfare and is of the type here
tofore only used for protecting perm
anent forts against sea attack. The
Germans have mounted the big guns
at points far behind their entrenched
lines and fire upon a fixed point, the
distance having been definitely ascer
tained before the bombardment com
menced. Dunkirk is now in ruins.
No Naval Attack.
The reports of a naval attack on
Dunkirk are denied by the admiralty,
which Insists that the story from Pa
ris was caused by the bombardment
of Dunkirk with the long range guns,
which the French mistook for guns
on the warships.
ALL ALASKA COAL LANDS ARE
TO DE SORVEYED THIS YEAR
MATANUSKA, BERING RIVER AND NENANA COAL FIELDS TO BE
PLATTED AND GOVERNMENT WILL SELECT THE BEST LAND
FOR ITS OWN USES AND ALL OW PRIVATE CAPITAL TO DEVEL
OP WHAT REMAINS—TROUBLE IN DRAWING A LEASE THAT IS
SATISFACTORY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND POSSIBLE LES
SEES—PRIVATE CAPITAL WILL NOT DEVELOP MINES UNLESS
GIVEN A FAIR CONTRACT.
WASHINGTON, May 3.—The gov
ernment will do more land surveying
in Alaska this coming season than
has been done in the north for many
years. It is planned to have theMat
anuska and Bering River coal fields
surveyed and platted and also to have
the Nenana coal fields mapped and
cut up into sections.
The government’s experts are also
to go north and make an investiga
tion of each tract and select the best
of each district for the government
and large reservations of the best coal
lands in Alaska are to be made by
the Interior Department.
After the government has ma'de its
reservations the balance of the coal
fields will be opened to lease under
a form of lease which is to be draft
ed by Secretary of Interior Franklin
K. Lane.
The form of the lease is giving the
secretary much trouble. The first
drafts made by the attorneys for the
government were submitted to pos
sible lessees, who immediately in
formed the secretary that the form
was so strict that no man could af
ford to invest thousands of dollars
in opening the mines. Since that
time dozens of different drafts of the
proposed contract between the gov
ernment and the coal operators have
been drawn, but so far none are satis
factory.
Several applications have been
made for coal lands but all the ap
plicants insist that the terms of the
lease must be such as to justify them
in spending the hundreds of thousands
of dollars necessary to open and de
velop the coal claims and also in
sure a fair profit on the Investment.
They also wish some restrictions
placed upon the competition of the
government which aims to enter the
commercial markets of the coast or
at least will withdraw the govern
SEATTLE DIKES
ARE TURNED DOWN
Canadian Judge Hold* they Are
Worthless and Don't Work In
Canada—Bigamy Charge Goes.
EDMONTON, Alberta. May 3.—The
judge of the highest court of this
province today held that the divorces
granted by the state courts of Wash
ington are worthless and that a Se
attle man who married a Canadian
woman on the strength of the sup
posed separation from his first wife
must stand trial as a bigamist.
The divorce was secrued in the Se
attle courts and the American then
came here and settled and married
again. His first wife then had him
arrested for bigamy and the judge
upheld the indictment although the
American attorneys proved the grant
ing of the divorce.
Several thousand Americans with
Washington divorces now reside in
Canada and they are expected to take
some action looking to the appeal to
the highest court for a reversal of
the decision.
Liquors At Reduced Prices.
All liquors to be sold at reduced
prices. See Mrs. W. H. Blackwell, tf
V. L. Gray passed through on the
Admiral Watson last Saturday night.
ment’s business from the market and
will supply government needs from
a government operated mine.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Offices for rent over Valdez Drug
L. Peterson left today for the prop
erty of the Rutherford-Ramsay com
pany. t
Laurence develops and prints ko
dak pictures. Work guaranteed. tf
Something new ih piece goods, al
so summer hats for ladies and chil
dren received on last boat at E.
Winter’s. tf
Wm. Date made a trip yesterday
to Jack’s bay.
New furniture for sale, including
buffet, dressing table, mirror, desk,
etc. Apply Mrs. Bloomquist, corner
Sherman and Wall streets. k 4
Chinese noodles and chop suey a’
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
For pure drugs see window of Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. F. King made
the round trip to Jack’s bay yester
day.
“In the Eye of the Law,” a mys
terious drama at the Orpheum to
night. Change tomorrow.
Chas. Wallace arrived last evening
from Ellamar.
Notice our display adv. in this pa
per. It is worth 10 cents to you to
read it. Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Boys and men's pants, overalls and
socks at Emporium. tf
Spring Is here. Get your disinfect
ants at Valdes Drug Co. tf