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AMERICAN SHIP SUBMARINED
WASHINGTON DIPLOMATS INSIST THAT NEBRASKAN STRUCK MINE
AS GERMANS HAVE AGREED NOT TO SINK AMERICAN SHIPS
UNTIL LUSITANIA TROUBLE IS SETTLED-THE NEBRASKAN IS
HEADED FOR LIVERPOOL FOR REPAIRS WITH SEVERAL VES
SELS STANDING BY TO AID THE CREW—WAS FORMERLY USED
FROM SEATTLE TO WEST COAST OF AFRICA, BUT NOW IN THE
EUROPEAN TRADE.
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LONDON, May 26—The American
steamer Nebraskan was submarined
off the coast of Ireland today and
severely damaged. The steamer is
still afloat and is being towed to Liv
erpool and will probably be saved.
The American ambassador here has
been advised of the incident and has
sent several aides to Liverpool to in
terview the commander of the Amer
ican ship and report the facts to
Washington. Several British ships are
standing by to render assistance if
needed. The crew of the American
ship are still aboard but have the
boats swung in the davits ready to
launch at a moment’s notice.
The Germans torpedoed the Nebras
kan off Fastnet, Ireland, when the
steamer was approaching the coast
^n route to Liverpool from Delaware.
Washington Believes Mine Did Dam
age.
WASHINGTON, May 26.—The State
Department has been advised of the
accident to the American steamer
Nebraskan off the coast of Ireland.
The department does not credit the
story from London that the boat was
hit by a torpedo from a submarine
because of the faith in the German
promise that no more American ships
would be attacked until the present
negotiations regarding the Lusitania
•are concluded. The State Department
officials insist that later news will
confirm them in that the boat struck
a mine, which had probably drifted
from its moorings.
Nebraskan Former Seattle Boat.
SEATTLE, May 2C.—The American
steamer Nebraskan, which met with
an accident today off the Irish coast,
was formerly operated out of this
port trading with the west coast of
Africa. The boat was on the African
run from 1902 to last fall, when the
owners decided to use her in the
trade from eastern ports to Europe.
Fern L. Wagner, the well known
mining man, was a returning passen
ger to Valdez last night on the North
western. Mr. Wagner spent the win
ter in the states and succeeded in
interesting capital in Valdez mining
properties.
ITALY EXPECTED
SHORTEN THE WAR
Russian Foreign Minister Says Italy
Will Be Well Compensated
for Her Aid.
PETROGRAD, May 26—N. Zazonoff,
Russian minister of foreign affairs,
gave out an interview today in which
he asserts that the entrance of Italy
with her army of 2,000,000 well-equip
ped men and her navy dreadnoughts
will tend to greatly shorten the war.
The compensations desired by Italy
. ffat her aid to the Allies, including
the Austrian provinces on the Adriatic
and a large part of Albania, are to
be granted her and all the govern
ments joined in the fight against
Germany and Austria have pledged
themselves to that effect.
The Russian minister indicates ah
So that Rumania will join the Allies
in a short time. Other reports in
dicate that Rumania will not join Rus
sia until the Dardanelles are opened
so that munitions of war can be
brought to Rumania from England,
France and the United States.
BERLIN RACING
SEASON OPENS
BERLIN, May 26.—The racing sea
son opened here yesterday and the
big track in this city was crowded.
Betting was allowed, but all subjects
of nations «now at war with Germany
were prohibited from placing bets on
the ponies. Many aliens are still al
lowed many liberties in this city but
are forced to report each day to the
police.
Weather Report.
Valdez, May 25, 1915.
Barometric pressure^.29,713
* Temperature at 7 p. m*... 54
Maximum temperature . 65
Minimum temperature . 37
Miean temperature . 51
Partly cloudy, light wind southwest
10 miles.
The Prospector office for job work.
CALL FOR BIOS
ALASKA SUPPLIES
SEATTLE, May 26.—The purchas
ing department of the Alaska engi
neering commission today called for
bids for 800 tons of steel rails and
for bids on an order of fifty tons of
•provisions for immediate delivery at
this point and shipment to Anchor
age to the commission’s headquarters.
The commission will accept the deliv
ery at Seattle.
INQUIRY ENDS
Commission Again Indicates To Chair*
man Walsh Its Displeasure With
His Line of Questioning.
;WASHINGTON, May 26.—The In
dustrial Relations commission has
ended its probe of the Colorado strike
conditions. Chairman Walsh and Mc
Kenzie King again clashed over the
manner of investigation, insisting that
Walsh was playing to the galleries in
an effort to curry popular favor and
that he was not trying to investigate
conditions with a view of bettering the
lot of the working classes in the Un
ited States.
The members of the commission
have several times indicated to Chair
man Walsh that his questions regard
ing Rockefeller and the Rockefeller
Foundation were not aimed to aid
the work of the commission, but rath
er to indicate that the commission
were .trying to secure evidence of
wrongdoing on the part of the capital
ists.
NORTHWESTERN DUE BACK
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING
The steamer Northwestern, which
left here last night, is due back early
tomorrow morning, having left Sew
ard at 4:30 this afternoon.
H. E. Ellis, the discoverer of the
Cliff mine, returned to Valdez last
night after an absence of more than
a year.
SETTLERS LEI E
MOUNT L SSEN
Flow of Hot Mud ^Continues and
Ranches Have Been Buried—
Property Loss Great.
REDDING, Cal., May 26.—The set
tlers in the valley of Hat Creek, who
were driven from their homes because
of the eruption of Mount Lassen, will
■not return to their farms because of
the great damage to the farms and the
constant danger of further eruptions.
The flow of mud has wiped out
many buildings and killed hundreds
of cattle. The work of years has
been destroyed in a few hours. The
government will be asked to provide
for the refugees until they can be
settled on homesteads on government
land or can secure new farms.
The flow of mud continues, the ava
lanche moving down the valley and
burying everything in its path.
The property loss has been very
heavy and is estimated at nearly a
millions dollars.
BECKER 10 DIE
EARLY HI JULY
New York Court of Appeals Sets the
Week Commencing July 12 for
the Execution.
ALBANY, May 26.—The court of
appeals today reset the date for the
execution of former Police Lieutenant
Becker for the week commencing July
12. The prisoner was pale but calm
when sentenced. His wife, who was
present, and a brother, also a police
lieutenant of New York, stood with
Becker when the sentence was pass
ed.
Friends will start at once to secure
a reprieve but they have little hope
of success because of the fact that
Governor Whitman prosecuted the
convicted man and strongly urged the
death sentence after both the first
and second convictions.
Two Women Civil Engineers.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 26.—Two
young women are included among the
students who will be graduated next
month from the University of Mich
igan civil engineering department.
! They are Hazel I. Quick, of Gaylord,
Mich., and Miss Alice Goff, of Ann
Arbor. After graduation both expect
to engage actively in the engineer
ing profession.
CIVILIANS NOT
Germany and Italy Reached An Agree
ment Regarding Civilians Prior
To Outbreak of War.
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ROTTERDAM, May 26.—A report
received here from Berlin indicates
that Germany and Italy have agreed
not to intern civilian residents of the
two countries now at war, and civil
ians will bei allowed the freedom of
both countries under restrictions
made by the police providing for reg
istration and reporting each day.
The property of Italian and Ger
man residents will not be confiscat
ed under the agreement reached a
few days before war was declared
between the ambassador at Berlin
representing Italy.
Jim: Wilson, the freighter, sent a
pack train to the Ramsay-Rutherford
mine yesterday. '
WOULD INDICT
ROCKEFELLER, JR
Strike Leader. Think They Have Good
Case Again.t Him Because of
Colorado Murders.
WASHINGTON. May 26.—It is re
ported here that the labor leaders
having charge of the unions in Colo
rado will make a determined effort
to secure an indictment against J.
D. Rockefeller, Jr., charging him with
murder because of his management
and direct control of the guards in
the strike zone of Colorado, where
many men, women and children were
shot to death by guards, militiamen
and non-union workers.
Just how the union leaders will go
about the matter is not disclosed, but
many of them are confident that the
letters written by Rockefeller to his
subordinates that they can show the
connection and can prove the direct
management of the coal managers’
campaign rested with Rockefeller,
Jr.
ITALY JUSTIFIES
Tells Neutral Countries That Austria
Violated Triple Alliance Treaty In
Attacking Serbia.
WASHINGTON, May 26.—The lTn
ited States government along with all
other neutral governments has receiv
ed from Rome a note explaining the
course taken by Italy in the present
conflict and her reasons for joining
the Allies in the fight on Austria and
Germany.
The Italian note explains that Aus
tria had violated the treaty obliga
tions which bound the Triple Alliance
when in July of last y ?ar Austria,
without consulting Italy, entered in
to an aggressive war with Serbia. The
treaty bound Italy to aid Austria or
Germany only in the event of an ag
gressive attack upon them by some
power or powers.
The no‘e has failed to make a fa
vorable impression here among the
diplomats as it is contended that Italy
joins the Allies for spoils and not be
cause of the violation of treaty
rights, j
No reply will be made by the gov
ernment to the note, which is merely
a polite statement of facts as seen
Trom an Italian viewpoint and no an
swer is needed.
NEED BIGGER AM
SAYS GEE WOOD
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Unpreparedness Invites Assault By
Aggressive Neighbors—Wants
Better Navy.
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CULVER, Ind., May 26.—Major
General Wood, formerly chief of staff
of the United States army, in a
speech made here last night urged
the people to demand a larger army
and navy because a larger army and
navy was insurance against war, while
unpreparedness invites attack.
Major General Wood insisted that
a people of 100,000,000 needed a larg
er army than is at present maintain
ed by the republic. He also urged a
strong reserve force of trained or
partially trained men and a navy big
enough to protect the coa3t until the
War^Department could bring together
the immense resources of men the
republic possesses.
RUSSIANS REPORT SUCCESSES
GAINING ALONG SAN RIVER
ITALIAN OFFENSIVE NEAR TRENT CONTINUES—BERLIN SILENT,
INDICATING TIGHTENING OF CENSORSHIP AND FORECASTING
SUDDEN CHANGES IN OPERATIONS AGAINST ALLIES—ARTIL
LERY DUELS AT SOISSONS AND REIMS—ITALIAN MOBILIZATION
CONTINUES AND MILITARY AUTHORITIES HAVE CONTROL OF
THE RAILROADS—TROOPS MOVING NORTH TOWARDS BORDER.
PETROGRAD, May 26.—The gen
eral staff reports continued success in
the San river region and also that the
German offensive at other points in
Galicia have been abandoned. It is
expected that part of the German
army has been sent to Austria for
the campaign against Italy, where a
strong German-Austrian offensive is
reported to be under way.
Italian Offensive Continues.
ROME, May 26.—The Italian often
sive continues along the northeast
border and the troops have made a
number of Austrian troops captives.
The fighting, however, has not been
in force. The Italians have been act
ive in the Trentino district and have
met little opposition.
Mobilization Contnues.
The mobilization of troops continues
and all trains are being operated for
the military authorities only. The
troops are being sent north as rapidly
as the different units reach here from
the south.
People Confident of Victory.
The people are confident of victory
in the conflict with Austria. The
army is said to be in the pink of
condition well drilled and better
equipped than any army now fighting.
Heavy Fighting In France.
PARIS, May 26.—Fierce fighting oc
curred today in the Angees district.
The Germans made many assaults on
the French positions but were unable
to secure a footing from which to
break through the French trenches.
Artillery Duels At Sofssons and Reims.
In the Soissons and Reims districts
both armies have resumed a heavy
artillery bombardment. Military ex
perts here anticipate that the Ger
mans will try to break through the
French line at one of the points now
subjected to their artillery fire. *
Berlin Silent.
COPENHAGEN, May 26.—But little
news is allowed to reach here from
Berlin, indicating that the German
general staff have tighetened the cen
sorship and that big changes of
troops from one locality is being
made with the object of striking at
•some point of the Allies now which
is weak and unprotected.
ADMIRAL EVANS
LEAVESJEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 26.—The steamer
Admiral Evans, of the Admiral Line,
left here last night for Alaska, tak
ing many passengers and much
freight for Southwestern Alaska
points. The following passengers are
booked for Valdez: William McIn
tosh, Grover Frame and wife, Robert
Scearce, O. Hall and four steerage.
FRENCH 10 BUY
HER DACIA
Would Settle Dispute By Paying for
Ship and Cargo and Paying
Demurrage.
NEW YORK, May 26.—The French
government has offered to buy the
steamer Dacia and her cargo and pay
demurrage on the ship in order to set
tle the claims of the owners of the
boat, which has an American register
but was a Hamburg-American liner
prior to the war and was interned at
Galveston at the outbreak of hostili
ties and later purchased by a German
American and loaded with cotton and
sent to Bremen, but was captured and
taken to France as a prize of war.
Under the law passed by congress
shortly after the ,war began foreign
steamers could be given American reg
ister and the Hamburg-American line,
a German concern, sold the Dacia,
which was then placed under the
American flag.
ADMIRAL WATSON
IS NOT REPORTED
The steamer Admiral Watson, which
Is now to the westward, was not re
ported up to the time of going to
press. The steamer Is expected back
in Valdez some time tomorrow.
General Agent Fred. Tracy, of the
Alaska Steamship company, suffered
a painful Injury when he had his legs
skinned by a falling 12 x 12 timber
at Anchorage.
FRYE CASE IS
STILL III 1
Germany Denies That Foreign Office
Has Ignored American Protest
and Demand for Restitution
WASHINGTON, May 26—Pressed
for an answer in the Frye case, the
German foreign office has denied any
intent to ignore the American pro
test against the sending of the case
to a prize court, but will consider the
matter as soon as possible. The Ger
man government] insists that the
press of work at this time makes im
possible the immediate consideration
of the American note demanding re
dress for the sinking of the American
schooner In the Pacific ocean. The
German foreign office promises a
speedy answer.
The fact that the Frye case was re
ferred to the German prize courts was
merely a matter of form, according
to the report from Berlin and may
be taken from that court at any time
should Foreign Secretary von Jargow
decide that the American contention
is correct.
ILES CASES
ARE DECIDED
JUNEAU, May 26.—In the applica
tion of Ida F. M. lies for patent to
lodq claim Ida May and for placer
claims Huckelberry and Solomon Falls
has been denied. The General Land
Office holds that no discovery was
made on the property, no development
work done and that claims were not
located, in good faith as mineral
claims, but were located because of
the water rights.
Thet case has been in the courts
for many years. The immense water
power in Solomon basin crosses two
of the claims.
In the district court this morning
the case of the Town of Cordova ver
sus A. J. Adams, appellant, was dis
missed, the court holding that the
bond filed on appeal was defective.