----'=1— - VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1914. NO. 366.
VOL. 10. _ _
GERMAN KAISER REPORTED DYING
BERLIN IS GREATLY WORRIED; FEARS CHANGE NOW
REPORTED SLAVS DEFEATED GERMANS NEAR CRACOW
SCHARNHORST, GNEISENAU AND LEIPZIG FINALLY SUNK
COLORADO COLL
STRIKE SETTLED
Commissioners Sent By President
Wilson To Effect Peace Arrange
ment Start Home.
DENVER. Colo., Dec. 9.—The coal
miners strike in this state has been
settled. The commission sent here
by President Wilson has accomplish
ed the seemingly impossible. The
strikers are to return to work tomor
row. No striker guilty of violence
is to be reinstated, but the balance
of the 1,500 men still on strike are
to be re-employed.
The investigation made by the com
mission disclosed the fact that the
mine operators have been maintain
ing a publicity bureau and that Elbert
Hubbard, the writer, had been paid
$200 to write against the strikers.
Letters were Introduced written by
J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., to his man
agers telling them how to mould pub
lic opinion. The strikers also main
tained a publicity department and
flooded the papers of the country with
press matter in an effort to influ
ence public opinion.
The order to call off the strike was
passed this morning by the strikers,
who adopted the resolution to end
the p'trike (while the miners were
weeping and singing the “Battle cry
of Freedom."
U. S. HAS PLEN
OFARTI FRY
Gen. Crozier Tells Military Affairs
Committee That We Have Plen
ty of Guns.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Gen. Cro
zier today told the Military Affairs
Committee of the House that the
United States government was well
supplied with artillery of every de
scription excepting the big howitzers
and that they are unnecessary and
have not proven of any great advan
tage. The United States siege guns
are large enough for the present, said
the commander.
"Ship for ship, the American navy
is the equal of the ships of any pow
er,” said Gen. Crozier.
The Rules Committee of the House
has turned down the Gardner resolu
tion calling for an investigation Into
the preparedness of this country to
enter into a conflict with a first-class
power. The fight will now be made
on the floor of the House to pass
the resolution. It is certain that the
appropriation bills will be delayed be
cause of the inulry and the fight
which is being made or the investi
gation.
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England Apologizes To Swiss for Aeroplane Raid But Denies Sovereignty of Air
However- -Germans Ready To Send 200,000 Russian Civilians Back To
Russia—Allies Drive Wedge Into German Line At Roulers—Belgian Coast
Bping Bombarded By Warships—Berlin Reports Russians Driven From
Hungary Into Carpathian Mountains—Cholera Spreading In Germany.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.—The German kai
ser is believed to be dying. He is
suffering with pneumonia and a com
plication of other diseases. The offi
cial bulletins issued every hour indi
cate that the emperor is seriously ill
and many fear that he will not live
long. Crowds of people stand in
front of the newspaper offices and
government buildings waiting for the
latest bulletins. The people fear a
change in ^tmmanders at this time,
especially the placing of the reins of
power in the hands of the crown
prince, who is a firebrand and likely
to quarrel with his commanders. The
German people are praying for the
recovery of the kaiser and hope that
he can complete the task of saving
the empire from foreign aggression.
German Ships Sunk.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—The official an
nouncement was made today that the
German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneise
nau and Leipzig were sunk off the
Falkland island, in the South Atlant
ic, by a British fleet. The details of
the battle are awaited with great in
terest here. The British loss is said
to have been slight.
The Scharnhorst and other German
commerce destroyers have destroyed
a large amount of British shipping
and on Nov. 1 Admiral Spee and his
fleet sunk the British cruisers Mon
mouth and Good Hope with a loss
of 1,500 men. The battleship Canop
us was also reported lost at that
time, but has not been officially an
nounced as lost. The Falkland is
lands are 300 miles east or Magellan
Straits. The German cruisers Karls
ruhe and Dresden, 26-knot boats, are
still at large.
Germans Routed Near Cracow.
PETROGRAD, Dec. 9.—The Ger
mans have been routed in the Cra
cow district with terrible losses. The
strong reinforcements sent by the gen
eral staff to aid in the investment of
Cracow were sent towards the Ger
man positions near Czenstochtowa
and the kaiser’s troops were beaten
back with frightful loss; many pris
oners were taken, large supplies of
ammunition, a number of guns and
several large transport trains were
captured.
War Cost Russia $900,000,000.
The war to date has cost the Rus
sian government $900,000,000. The
vast amount of new equipment need
ed to put the huge force of Russians
in the field is eating into the appro
priation rapidly.
Artillery Duel In France.
PARIS, Dec. 9.—All along the line
of battle from Altkirch to Nieuport
the two armies are bombarding each
other. The attack has become gen
eral. The allies continue the offen
sive at every point where the enemy
shows weakness. The efforts to test
the strength of the German line con
tinues.
Russian Campaign Collapses.
BERLIN, Dec. 9—The Russian cam
paign against Breslau has been aban
doned by them. The Russians are
on the verge of disorganization, the
campaign has collapsed and the em
pire is in no danger of an invasion.
Gen. Beyera Drowned.
PRETORIA, S A., Dec. 9.—Gen.
Beyers, who is the leader of the re
bellion against the Union of South
Africa, Is dead. The general and his
command was surrounded by a su
perior command under Gen. Botha,
and in attempting to escape by swim
ming the river his strength gave
out and he was drowned.
Cholera In Germany.
ROTTERDAM, pec. 9—The reports
received here from Germany indicate
that cholera is spreading in the Ger
man empire in spite of the efforts of
the medical authorities to check the
scourge.
Germans Chasing Russians
BERLIN, Dec. 9—The German army
continues to chase the Russians in
the Lodz district and have inflicted
heavy losses upon them. Many of the
Russians are surrendering and thou
sands of stragglers have been caught
!>y the UhlanB, who are constantly
at the heels of the Russians.
Russians Admit No Need Hold Lodz.
Although the Russian war office de
nies that Lodz has fallen the official
announcement by the Russians is that
“the city of Lodz is no longer neces
sary to hold.”
Kaiser Is III.
The kaiser is in the palace here ill.
The emperor suffers from catarrh
and is reported in great pain. Spec
ialists are attending him and they
hope that it will be but a short time
when he can return to headquarters
and direct the fighting.
Kaiser In Violent Condition.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 9—The reports
here from eBrlin indicate that the
kaiser is in a dangerous condition.
DUMDUM BULLETS
TO KILL GERMANS
Kaiser’s Ambassador Says 60,000,000
Rounds Being Manufactured In
the United States.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—The Ger
man ambassador asserts that 60,000,
000 rounds of buckshot cartridges,
with a new kind of dum-dum projec
tile, are being manufactured in the
United States by American manufac
turers for the use of the allies against
the German soldiers.
He has made no protest to the State
department against the manufacture
and sale of the carridges, as It is
not a violation of the international
laws of neutrality to sell cartridges
to belligerents, but it is possible that
the ambassador will call today upon
Secretary Bryan and ask that dum
dum cartridges be not allowed sent
from the United States for use
against Germans in spite of the in
ternational regulations which oppose
dum-dum bullets of any kind.
JAPS WILL BUILD'
MANY WARSHIPS
TOKIO, Dec. 9.—The new Japan
ese budget for next year provides for
the building of 13 new battleships of
the latest type, all to be faster than
the scout cruisers and capable of
making 28 and 29 knots an hour. The
present war has shown that warships
must be able to make speed or they
are useless.
NEED MO MORE
TRUST LEGISLATION
President Tells Congress That Pres
ent Acts Are Sufficient To Con
trol Big Interests.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—President
Wilson yesterday in his message to
congress stated that the legislative
program affecting business in the Un
ited States had been completed and
that no more legislation is needed to
regulate the trusts.
The purchase and control of a mer
chant marine by the government is
the main feature of the message. In
spite of the fact that at the last
session the administration request for
$30,000,000 with which to start a mer
chant marine was defeated the pres
ident is determined to secure the nec
essary appropriation and authority
from this session.
WILLIMI ROCKHILL
PISSES mi
HONOLULU, Dec. 9.—William
Rockhill, one of the best known Amer
ican diplomats, died here today at the
age of 70. Mr. Rockhill was for many
years connected with the State de
partment at Washington., then am
bassador to China. He also represent
ed the United States In Servia, Ru
mania and Greece, besides finding
time to publish many books upon
(Oriental subjects.
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Some reports say that he has gone
violently insane; that his nervous
system has broken down under the
terrible strain of the present war.
German Aviator Kills Non-combat
ants.
PARIS, Dec. 9.—A German aviator
this morning flew over Hazerbrouch,
in northern France. The aviator drop
ped a bomb which did no damage
and a big crowd gathered at the place
•to view the damage. The aviator cir
cled and returned, dropping another
bomb into the crowd and 12 people
were killed and scores injured. Not
one of those hit were in the military
service.
Wedge In German Line.
LONDON. Dec. 9.—The allies have
driven a wedge into the German line
at Roulers, which is ten miles north
west of Ypres, on the railroad line
to Ghent. The wedge is being wid
ened as fast as new troops reach the
scene. The British warships have re
sumed the bombardment of the Ger
man positions along the coast.
Advance Not General.
The allies’ advance is not general
along the entire line. The effort is
being made to turn the German right
flank by forcing the retirement from
Ostend towards Antwerp. The new
line would require 100,000 more
troops to hold, as it is much longer,
besides forcing the Germans to leave
the coast towns.
Russians Driven From Hungary.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.—The Russians
have been driven from the Hungarian
provinces of Saros and Zemplin. The
Slavs have been forced back into the
Carpathian mountains.
To Exchange Non-combatants.
The government has arranged to
send 200,000 Russian non-combatants
back to Russia. Many of these are
women and children. These civilians
were caught in the raids into Russia
or held in Germany after the war
broke out. An equal number of Ger
mans held in Russia are to be ex
changed for the Russians.
England Apologizes.
BERNE, Switzerland, Dec. 9.—The
British government has sent an apol
ogy to the Swiss government because
of the flying over Swiss territory by
British aviators who wrecked the big
Zeppelin works at Friedricshafen, on
Lake Constance, a week ago. The
apology, however, is coupled with a
statement that the British govern
ment does not recognize the sover
eign of the air of any nation, but
states that as far as possible aviators
have been instructed to remain over
French, Belgian and German terri
tory.
French Fete British Airmen.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—A Geneva dis
patch to The Dally Express says:
“A telegram from Belfort states that
the commanding general there had a
parade Monday in honor of the Brit
ish airmen, Commander Babbington
and Flight Lieut. Sippe, who partici
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WILL PROBE WAR
PREPAREDNESS
In Spite of Opposition of Administra
tion Congress Is Certain To Start
An Investigation.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—In spite of
the efforts of the administration and
the leaders of the Republican party
to prevent the debate upon the pre
paredness of the United States to
enter war at this time with a first
class power, it is certain that the in
quiry will be ordered and the con
dition of the war and navy depart
ments to meet a sudden attack will
be investigated.
Many congressmen and senators are
fearful that unless the United States
is prepared it will be next to im
possible to prevent the winner of the
present war from violating the Mon
roe Doctrine upon which American
safety from foreign attacks largely
depends. That several battle cruis
ers of the fastest type will be order
ed is certain, especially after the an
nouncement by Japan that thirteen
battle cruisers are to be laid down
at once.
Party lines have been forgotten in
an effort to protect the nation with a
strong navy and a large military re
serve for need if necessary against
any foreign power. The administra
tion will be unable to block the in
quiry is the general opinion of the
politicians here.
CHILD MURDERER
ID STAND TRIAL
Insanity Plea Will Not Go Says Sac
ramento Prosecutor—Many Send
Flowers To Prisoner.
SACRAMENTO. Dec. 9—The state
prosecutor in charge of the case
against David Fountain for assault
ing and then murdering 10-year-old
Margaret Milling, said today that the
insanity plea of Fountain would not
go and that the evidence already gath
ered shows that the man has been
allowed to escape punishment for
many crimes upon the plea that, he
was not mentally sound and when
sent to the asylums has been freed
because he was sane.
The prosecutor intends to move for
a speedy trial. The detectives have
been securing enough evidence
against Fountain to convict him on
a dozen counts. He will, however, be
tried for the murder of the 10-year
old girl.
In spite of the terrible feeling in
thii city against the man a score of
women have called and been refused
admittance to his cell and have con
tented themse’ves with sending beau
tiful flowers and expensive candles
and all manner of delicacies.
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