__ VALDEZ, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1015 NO. 13
VOLUME 13 _
GENERAL HINDEFBURG'S * IS
AGAIN STRIKING III DISK FORTS
CJKRM AN ARMY EAST OP VILNA HAS BEEN REINFORCED AND HAS
STARTED OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT BY ATTEMPTING TO BREAK
RUSSIAN LINES—FRENCH CLAIM CAPTURE OF IMPORTANT GER
MAN POSITION IN CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY, BUT BERLIN DENIES
REPORT—MANY WOUNDED BRITISH ARE CROSSING CHANNEL.
LONDON, Oct. 1.—Petrograd dis
patches state that Gen. Hindenburg
again assumed the offensive and
Is striking at Dvinsk. The German
army east of Vilna which was report
ed to have suffered defeat and to have
loen forced back by the Russians,
has received reinforcements and in
today’s engagement attempted to
pierce the Russian lines but were re
pnlsed with heavy losses. The Rus
sian war office has also reported fight
ins in the southern zone and along
• tint Caucasus mountains.
French Gain in Champagne.
PARIS, Oct. 1.—The war office
has posted a bulletin announcing
that the French troops have captured
an important hill in the Champagne
. district after desperate hand to hand
fighting. The hill commands the Ger
positions for several miles and
it-is believed the Germans will be
forced to withdraw their troops front
the trenches to conform’with the new
position of their artillery. It is re
ported that a number of German guns
wore captured in the engagement.
Berlin Denies. Report.
BONDON, Oct. I.—Dispatches
from Berlin, while admitting that
heavy fighting has occurred in the
Champagne country states that the
war office has denied that the Ger
mans have been forced back or lost
any of their important positions.
Germans Begin Offensive.
LONDON, Oct. 1.—It Is reported
that German artillery has started a
tremendous bombardment along the
western battlefront in an effort to di
vert the armies of the Allies from
their attacks against the German po
sitions near Lense, in the Champagne
country and the Argonne forests.
Many Wounded Reach England.
LONDON, Oct. 1.—That the fight
ing on the western frontier in North
ern France and Belgium where the
British troops have been engaged has
been desperate, is evidenced by the
large number of wounded soldiers
being brought across the channel
where they are being taken to the
hospitals or sent to the homes of rel
atives. It is reported that since the
drive of the Allies began last Mon
day several thousand wounded Brit
ishers have been brought from the
battlefields of France.
Twenty-Six Mexicans are Arrested for
Plotting a Campaign to Re
conquer Lone Star State.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 1.—By
the arrest of twenty-six Mexicans
here today, Chief of Police Lancaster
had Federal authorities announced
that a plan to incite the Mexican
population of San Antonio to deeds
of violence had been frustrated.
The order for a general arrest of
alt Mexican agitators was issued after
.a disturbance that was a sequal to
a street meeting last night, during
which one of the speakers declared
that it was “no harm to kill a Gringo
and an AUemante,” meaning Ameri
cans and Germans, according to* Chief
Lancaster.
The police charged the crowd and
arrested the leaders after a fight in
which one of the Mexicans shouted;
“Mow is the time to rise; let us kill
the Gringoes!”
A dragnet was then thrown out and
all Mexican suspects arrested and
placed In jail.
Those held will be placed in the
custody of the Federal officers, who
said to night that charges of treason,
alleging an effort to set on foot an
armed expedition against the United
States authorities, would probably
be filed against them.
The prisoners, according to Chief
Lancaster, were adherents to the so
called Plan of San Diego—a wild
scheme to recapture Texas for Mex
ico.
A recent uprising in a portion of
the Lower Rio Grande valley caused
the program to go amiss and at the
same time the Federal officers were
put on their guard. Since the dis
turbances In the Brownsville district
. special agents of the United States
department of justice, and police ot
hers have been keeping a close watch
to prevent an uprising in San Anto
afo. They learned that several agi
tators were here but until last night
these men did not attempt to create
wtr disorders.
LAREDO, Texas, Oct. 1.—-Hjghly
prejudiced news articles against the
United States appearing in the Mexi
caa press along the border, ^specially
ha some of the Monterey papers, have
am Inflamed the Mexican populace
that the United States customs offl
cials have received orders to confis
cate any papers that tended to Incite
race hatred. Postal/ officials were
reported to be taking steps to bar
such papers from the mails.
An instance of the extreme lengths
to which some of the stories go was
seen recently in a local Mexican pa
per which reproduced an article pub
lished in Puebla, Mexico, saying that
Major General Hugh Scott, Chief of
Staff of the United States army, had
advised Villa to attack Neuva Laredo
and force intervention by the United
States.
A Monterey paper published an ap
peal to Mexicans to rise and recover
portions of the United States former
ly governed by Mexico. All copies of |
the issue reaching here were confis
cated by customs officers.
tun COMES
FROM THE SOUTH
Brings Number of Passengers for
Valdez and Large Shipments
for Local Merchants.
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The steame'- Alameda reached Val
dez about 8 o’clock this morning, and
remained at the dpck until noon' be
fore leaving for the westward. She
brought a number of passengers to
Valdez as well as several heavy ship
ments of general merchandise for lo
cal merchants. Nine hundred sacks
of coal were discharged for the Val
dez Dock company and a Ford car
for Postmaster Blix, of Copper Cen
ter.
The incoming passengers on the
Alameda were: W. A. Johnson, Dud
ley Wooten and wife, H. Ballinger,
H. Y. Saint, R. ^Jlix and wife, Miss
E. Arnold, Edmund Smith, Louis
Levy and wife.
The outgoing passengers and their
destination follows: For Latouche,
Geo. Baldwin, Wm. Akers; for Sew
ard, J. J. Finnlgan and wife; John
Qerojv and J. R. McDonald. For An
chorage, Robert Sharts.
The Alameda brought a very heavy
mall owing to the sailing on Septem
ber 18 having been cancelled.'
Northwestern In Seattle.
SEATTLE, Oct. 1.—The steamer
Northwestern arrived from Alaska
early this morning and will sail again
for the north tomorrow night. She
will carry a large shipment of coal
for the Valdez market.
STEAMER BURNED
AT ANCHORAGE
Largest of Cook Inlet Mysquito Fleet
Burns on Mud Flats at Anchor
age—Insured Partly.
SEWARD, Oct. 1.—The stern
wheel steamer Tyconda, the largest
of the mosquito fleet which has been
plying on Cook Inlet waters since the
government activities began last
spring, was burned to the water’s
edge last night. The Tyconda was
valued at $27,000 and was partly
covered by insurance.
The steamer was owned by R. V.
Holbrook and J. W. Magnan, who for
merly operated It on the Stikine riv
er before entering the Cook Inlet
trade. The origin of the fire is a
mystery as the steamer was out on
the mud flats at Anchorage when she
was destroyed. ’
The Tyconda had secured a good
share of the lighterage business and
it is reported was soon to have been
purchased by the AlaskAn Engineer
ing commission. r
UNBLOCK MINE '
CANNOT SHIP ORE
I
Loss of Admiral Watson and Freight
er Edith Proving Handicap to
Copper Mine Owners.
The launch Shamrock returned
from Landlock Bay yesterday after
noon bringing a number of miners
who have been working for W. A.
Dickey, the Three-Men mining com
pany. They report that the bunkers
are filled to capacity and that ore is
piled up in every available space
around the works, owing to no steam
ers being available for transporting
the ore to the smelter.
The loss of the Alaska Steamship
company’s big freighter Edith, and
the Admiral Watson of the Admiral
Line, has proved a serious handicap
to the shippers of copper ores from
the Southwestern Alaska coast mines,
and the announcement that the Alas
ka Steamship company has purchas
ed two big freighters to operate in
thesre waters is good news to the
mine owners, who will suffer loss if
their mines are closed down for a
time.
NEW CHANNEL LOCATED
ABOUND CAPE ELIZABETH
SEWARD. Oct. 1.—The geodetic
survey steamer Explorer sailed south
yesterday, after having spent the
summer charting the Cook inlet wa
ters. Captain Patton reports locat
ing a new inside channel around Cape
Elizabeth, which is navigable to
large steamers at all stages of the
tides. Beginning at Gore rock on the
west, the channel runs inside East
Chugach island.
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GOVERNMENT TO TRY
KEEP SEWARD ROAD OPEN.
SEWARD, Oct. 1.—The Alaskan
Engineering commission now has a
force of seventy men working on re
pairing the Alaska Northern tracks,
and has announced that the road will
be kept open all winter if possible.
SEWARD MINE LEASED
TO BE DEVELOPED.
SEWARD, Oct. 1.—Chas. G. Hub
bard, the well known mining man,
has leased the Primrose«mine from
Derick Lane and Herbert Tozier and
will develop the property on an ex
tensive scale.
In the District Court.
Testimony In the case of Charles
M. Day vs. the Valdez Bank and
Trust company, Is still being taken In
the district court. The case began
yesterday and a large number of wit
nesses offered testimony. The case
Is a civil action to recover damages
regarding the sale of mining stocks.
VOICES ARE REARO
ACROSS CONTINENT
New Wireless Phone Has Been In
vented Which Will Revolution
ize Present Systems.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—The hu
man voice was transmitted across the
continent without the aid of wires
yesterday, when two men, one in Arl
ington, Va., and the other at Mare
Island, California, conversed by the
use of a new wireless phone. The
operators claim that the voices came
clear and distinct as though wires
were being used and the distance be
tween them only a few yards.
The new Invention is expected to
revolutionize the telephone and tele
graphic systems of the world. It is
claimed by the inventors that the de
vice will operate in any climate and
across water with the same degree
of efficiency, although tests have not
as yet been made across the ocean.
BUILDING WAGON
ROAD 10 MINE
Alaska Consolidated Copper Com
pany Will Install Heavy Ma
chinery at Nugget Creek Mine.
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H. W. Dubois, superintendent of
the Alaska Consolidated Copper com
pany, owning and developing copper
properties on the range of mountains
between the Chitina and Kotsina wa
tersheds, was a passenger on the Ala
meda this forenoon en route to Sew
ard and the westward, where he will
inspect a number of properties.
Mr. Dubois reports that his com
pany has a gang of men employed in
building a wagon road from Strelna,
a station on the Copper River rail
road to its mines on Nugget creek.
The mines have been extensively de
veloped and will become heavy ship
pers when the road has been com
pleted.' The ores will be freighted
over the roads in heavy trucks to
Strelna. Heavy machinery, which is
now at Strelna, will be taken to the
Nugget Creek mine as soon as win
ter provides sleighing.
GOVERNMENT BUYS OUT
ITS COMPETITORS.
SEWARD, Oct. 1.—The Alaska En
gineering commission at Anchorage,
has purchased two barges, two light
ers and the stamer Jane, and a power
boat from the Knik-Susitna Trans
portation company. The company
has been competing with the govern
ment lighter service since the work
started and have secured more than
an even break with the government
for the business. It is not believed
the commission wijl raise the lighter
rates now that it practically controls
the business.
MORAN TO SERVE 80 DAYS
FOR STEALING SACKS.
In the United States commission
er’s court this morning, before Com
missioner Geo. J. Love, A. J. Moran
and his nephew, Chas. Johnson, were
convicted of having stolen a wheel
barrow and a number of sacks from
the Alaska Road commission. Com
missioner Love sentenced Moran to
serve ninety days in jail as he evi
dently had been responsible for lead
ing the boy astray. Johnson was
fined $25 and given a severe lecture
by the Judge as to the course he was
following and warned him not to ap
pear before his court again.
Valdez Weather Report. *
. September 30, 1915.
Barometer pressure .29.793
Temperature 7 p. m.39
Maximum temperature......61
Minimum temperature .38
Mean temperature .44
Precipitation .18
Partly cloudy; light wind, north-'
east 10 miles; rained at night.
WIND ATTAINS VELOCITY OF 120 MILES AN HOUR AND DRIVE!
WALL OF WATER AGAINST LEVEE, CAUSING NEW ORLE.I
AND OTHER CITIES TO BE FLOODED—PROPERTY DAMAGE
RUN INTO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS—RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS
TERRUPTED AND SHIPPERS FEAR LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA WJ
BE VERY HEAVY.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1.—The
West India hurricane which swept in
from the gulf yesterday and last night
caused the deaths of ten people, in
jured hundreds of others, and caused
damages amounting to millions of
dollars.
During the night the wind attain
ed a velocity of 120 miles an hour
and drove a tremendous wall of water
in from the gulf, which caused the
levees to break below the city, and
flooded the country. Many buildings
were swept away in the darkness and
their occupants perished before res
cue parties could reach them after
daylight arrived.
No estimate of the number of
deaths caused can be made, as the
country south of New Orleans is low,
threaded with numerous bayous, and
covered with a heavy growth of cy
press timber. Many families live In
these swamps, in houses erected on
piling, and it will take weeks to com
pute the death roll.
Lake Ponchartrain overflowed its
borders and flooded several towns,
and the waters of the Mississippi,
held by by the hurricans, flooded all
of South New Orleans, doing treni
dous damage. At Mobile, the s
urbs of the city were flooded, the
ter driving in from the gulf and
Mobile Bay. From Southport, 8
sissippi City, Biloxi, Pensacola, :
scores of smaller towns come rep<
of tremendous damage wrought
the hurricane.
It is feared that when commun
tion has been restored with cc
towns isolated by the storm, has b
restored that the death list will
greater than the hurricane of 18
when scores of ships were lost :
hundreds of settlers drowned. R
road traffic out of New Orleans
been interrupted, as miles of the r
are under water.
Shippers fear that a number of ’
sels have foundered in the storm ;
have gone to the bottom with tl
passengers, as hundreds of ves:
are known to have been in the p
of the storm, and many have fai
to report. Experienced navigat
say that no vessel caught in the p
of the hurricane could have survi
[the terrific buffeting to which
[would be subjected by a wind hav
a velocity of 120 miles per hour.
VIRGINIANS TO GET WILL
OF MARTHA WASHINGTON.
RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 1.—J. P.
Morgan, the New York banker, has
returned the will of Martha Washing
ton over to the Virginia state gov
ernment and it will be placed with
the other relics of early history In
the museum at Mt. Vernon, the home
of George Washington. The will was
purchased by the late J. Pierpont
Morgan and added to his historical
collections and sentiment of the Vir
ginians was aroused and suit was
brought to compel Morgan to return
the paper to Virginia.
Young Morgan does not value the
relics as his father did and has offer
ed to return the will and has given
away a number of priceless paintings
to national museums.
EVENINGS SPORT
Members of Crew of Government
Wireless Ship Entertained Citi
zen ts at Cordova List Night.
The officers and passengers on the
Alameda report that while in Cordo
va last night they were the Invited
guests of a smoker and entertainment
given by the crew of the government
ship Prometheus, engaged in enlarg
ing and installing new machinery in
the navy wireless station at White
shed.
The Prometheus carries a crew of
more than 250 men and the program
prepared and carried out by them
proved that they have some fine ath
letes and entertainers among the
members. The program consisted of
fifteen events, including boxing and
wrestling contests, sword fencing,
weight-lifting, club swinging, and
step dancing, as well as classic and
ragtime music.
During the entertainment refresh
ments were served and as a general
invitation had been issued the smok
er was one of the most enjoyable
events in the hisMry of the town.
Robert Sbarts, tbe printer, left on
the Alameda tor Anohorage, where
he will be employed on the Cook In
let Pioneer, which is soon to be la
sued as a dally. Robert is a good, re
liable, steady young man, and will
do well wherever located.
KOTSINA CLAIMS
SHOWING UP WEI
Property Owners Have Not Even
Convenience of a Postoffice in
tiie District.
A. Ammann, who has spent
past thirteen years developing c
per properties in the-Kotsina distr
has returned to Valdez after hav
completed his summer’s represen
tion work. He states that the pr
ertles in his district are respond'
to development work in a very s
isfactory manner but are grea
handicapped from lack of transp
tation. The district does not e*
enjoy the convenience of a postof*
and the miners working in the t
trict did not know of the great j
which swept Valdez until seve
weeks after it had occurred.
There are many properties in
district which have been develo]
to a point where they would now
producers if their ores could be m.
keted. Among the men who bp*
the summer in the district were: )
.Murphy, Ed Young, Tony Barrett,
A. Drake, Matt Larson. The H»
bard-Elliott company employed
number of men doing developing
work, as also did the Alaska Cons
idated Copper Company on the Cl
ina side of the range.
Mr. Ammann has several prop
ties in the district' and has driv
nearly one thousand feet of tunnf
On Copper creek’, a tributary of t;
Kotslna, he has a splendid show!)
of bornite ore and further up the r,
er, on Roarink creek, he has open
a large body of copper glance. T’
ledge is 18 feet wide and is very hi
grade.
Mr. Ammann and the other m
era believe that their section of t
country is entitled to some attenti
from the government in order to <
able the property owners to devel
their claims at a reasonable cost
securing cheaper freight rates,
states that the average cost of ri
ning tunnels in the district is close
$20 per foot, owing fo the high c<
of getting supplies to the propertl
Most of the miners in the Kotsi
district come out via Chltina, b
Mr. Ammann, who has always be;
accompanied by Mrs. Ammann, stj
crosses the Copper river near tj
mouth of the Tonslna and come |
Valdes over the government road. !