VOL. 10. VALDEZ, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1914. NO. S80.
BIG BATTLE BEING WAGED IN POLAND
GERMAN-AUSTRIAN FORCES ENGAGE RUSSIANS IN THE EAST
KAISER IN SUPREME COMMAND OF AUSTRIAN ARMY AND NAVY
BRITISH BATTLESHIPS FEARING MINES RETIRE FROM THE COAST
Mill BELGIANS
III MIES
Refugees Will Likely Be Brought
To That State and Placed
On Small Farms.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 27.—The railroad
and government officials, along with
a number of Belgians, are working
upon the proposition to bring to Min
nesota a large number of Belgians and
settle them upon small farms in this
state. The plans for the transfer of
the Belgian farmers are now under
way and a special steamer will be
used to bring them from London and
Holland, where they are now located
seeking shelter from the Germans
and bring them to New York, where
special trains will be used to bring
the Belgian refugees to this city, from
where they will be located on small
farms throughout the state.
The state legislature will be asked
to assist in this undertaking and may
appropriate a sum of money to aid
the committee in charjge of the
work.
BANKERS HELP
COTTON PLANTERS
Raise Fund $30,000,000 To Aid South
ern Planters Hold the Crop
For European Market.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—The bank
ers of the United States and the
members of the National Bank Re
serve Board, after a meeting today,
decided that money was needed to
relieve the cotton situation in the
South and the bankers will raise a
fund of $30,000,000 gold coin to be
used to help the planters carry the
< otton until it can be marketed.
The cotton crop is the largest in
the history of the United States and
but for the war would have sold with
out trouble at good prices.
A special committee of bankers will
have charge of the loans and will
prevent speculators receiving the
money to aid them in speculations.
FEDERAL TROOPS
LEAVEJLORADO
DENVER, Oct. 27—Governor Am
mon expects to have the state mili
tia replace the federal troops by
the middle of November. It is un
derstood that Secretary of War Gar
rison has ordered the withdrawal of
the federal guards as soon as the
state troops are prepared to take ov
er the task of maintaining order.
SIGNAL CORP8 OFFICER
REACHE8 FAIRBANK8
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 27.—Lieutenant
Dougherty, in charge of the Alaska
military telegraph and cable system,
reached this city today from Valdes
after making an inspection of the line
from the coast to Fairbanks. The
lieutenant states that the condition
of the road is excellent and that Col.
Richardson and the road commission
deserve great credit for the road
from the coast to the interior.
First 8now Falls In Windy City.
CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—The first snow
of the season fell here today but
was short-lived, disappearing within
a few hours. - • > - ■ ■ ■ 4».
Belgians Reported To Have Retaken the Positions Along the Yser Canal and To Have Inflicted
Heavy Loss To Germans—Reports Charge Germans With Using Belgian Non-Combatants As
Shields In Taking Rouler Where One Thousand Peasants Were Killed—General Moltke Has
Resigned—Germans Evacuate Lodz—Largest Zeppelin Ever Has Been Launched By Germans—
Germans Have Three Hundred Thousand Prisoners—Millions of Belgians Starving.
EVADED POLICE
FOR ONE YEAR
McMullen, Thinking He Had Commit
ted Murder, Surrenders, But Man
He Shot Sick Only Two Weeks.
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—John McMul
len, who shot a laborer (luring a
drunken row a year ago at the home
of a friend in this city and then es
caped surrendered himself to the po
lice of San Francisco yeslerday.
McMullen said he was haunted and
frightened and could not sleep and
determined to pay the price penalty
for his crime. He was greatly sur
prised when informed that the man
he had shot and left for dead had
recovered within two weeks and the
police had paid no attention to the
matter and had given up looking for
him.
McMullen will be brought here, but
may never be tried as the witnesses
have all scattered.
MBS ENTOMBED
III ILLINOIS MINE
Two Hundred Cut Off, One Hundred
Killed By Explosion—Rescuers
Are At Work.
ROYALTON, 111., Oct. 27.—One hun
dred miners were killed here this
morning and 200 are still entombed
and may be lost as a result of an
explosion of fire damp in a local coal
mine.
Rescuers immediately started the
work of reaching the men, who are
cut off on lower levels and workers
from the night shift and those from
the other mines here are taking half
hour shifts under the direction of the
government mine rescue crew and the
federal mine inspector.
The families of the men entombed
are waiting at the mouth of the shaft
for the rescuers, fearing that hus
bands or fathers will not come up
alive, while those who know that dear
ones have met death refuse to leave
the scene of the disaster, but arc
waiting for the bodies.
BRITISH RELEASE
HUN TINKER
LONDON, Oct. 27.—The admiralty
today ordered the release of another
American tanker which had been held
because it was charged that the oil
was for use of the German navy. The
American administration, however,
Insists that American ships can trade
between neutral ports and must not
be molested. Several other ships
now held by the authorities are to be
released In a few days.
< The launch B. V. M. Is expected
with OdL Millard from Pert Wells
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BERLIN, Oct. 27.—The German
Austrian forces are attacking, the
Russian positions from northern I’o
land to Central Galicia, and the war
office is confident of success. The
German lines have been strongly re
inforced with reserves from this city
and from other parts of the empire,
while the Austrians have also sent
many new army corps to the front
and the equipment has been furnish
ed largely from German factories.
Kaiser Now Supreme.
The German kaiser is now in su
preme command of the Austrian and
German armies and navy. This ar
rangements was made yesterday be
tween the German and Austrian gov
ernments in order to secure more
perfect co-operation between the two
armies. The reports of dissentions
among the Austrian generals because
of the new arrangement is denied by
the war department and it is report
ed that all are working in perfect
harmony and confident of ultimate
victory.
Kaiser Orders Capture of Calias.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 27.—The Ger
man emperor has ordered the capture
of Calias in France at any cost. He
has promised the first German sol
dier that reaches the French channel
port will receive an iron cross and
promotion, and the commander of the
army accomplishing the entrance in
to Calias will also be promoted.
Austrians Capture 8,000 Russians.
VIKNNA, Oct. 27.—The general
staff .reports the capture of 8,000
Russians near Ivangorod, where the
two armies have been fighting for the
past week. The Rusisans have been
vorced across the San river and are
retreating with heavy loss.
Germans Have a New Zeppelin.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 27.—
The German war department has just
completed a new Zeppelin at the Zep
pelin Works on Lake Constance. The
new airship is the largest ever built
and can carry twice as much dead
weight as any of the older ships. The
new air craft is being tested on the
lake.
Germans Demand Ransom for Palace.
TARIS, Oct. 27.—The German army
operating near Reims have taken pos
session of the palace owned by the
Prince of Monaco and demand a ran
som of $500,000, or they will loot the
place, which Is filled with art treas
ures, and destroy the building.
Jap* Sink Austrian Cruiser.
PEKIN, Oct. 27.—The Japanese land
batteries were able to reach the en
trance to the Klao Chau harbor yes
terday and sunk an Austrian cruiser
which was operating at the mouth
of the harbor. The boat sunk In
five minutes and many of the crew
were drowned.
Germans Have Many Prisoners.
BERLIN, Oct 27.—The war office
states that the Germans have captur
ed to date 300,000 prisoners Including
106,000 Russians. The military pris
oners are being held at interior points
and a large camp Is maintained near
this city. The American ambassador
is allowed to visit the camp and in
spect It so that the conditions un
der which the prisoners are held
shall be known to the American am
bassador. The British government
has given to the American ambassa
dor a large sum of money to be used
to aid the prisoners and to buy com
forts for them.
Gratification At Crossing of Yser.
The people here are greatly pleas
ed at the success of the army In
crossing the Yser river. It was ex
pected that the German army would
have greater difficulty in crossing the
canal than was the case, as the ob
stacles to overcome were very great.
Dawson Volunteers Reach Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Oct. 27.—Forty-five
Dawson volunteers to the British
army arrived here today enroute to
Europe to fight for the empire. The
detachment was raised and equipped
by President Boyle, of the Canadian
Klondike Company. All of them are
strong young northerners and are ex
pected to make a good showing.
Germans Admit Heavy Losses.
THE HAGUE, Oct. 27.—The Ger
mans admit that the recent slaugh
ter has been unprecedented and that
many German soldiers have been
drowned as the result of the opening
of the dikes by the Belgians, who
waited until the army was in a posi
tion from which it could not retreat
and then flooded the entire section.
Warships and Monitors Did Great
Damage.
The British and French warships
and monitors which operated under
the canals did terrific damage and
slaughtered the Germans by thou
sands, as no trenches could be built
to withstand the big guns of the na
val vessels and the gunners showed
remarkable ability in handling them.
The havoc of the big naval guns was
terrific.
Many Starving in Brussels.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 27—The American
minister has started the work of re
lieving the starving Belgians in this
section. It is estimated that 7,000,000
Belgian^ are starving because of the
destruction of the cities and crops
by the invaders and also the con
fiscation by the German army of al
most all food supplies they could find.
Soup kitchens are now in operation
under the control of the American
minister.
Germans Say Forced Fleet To With
draw.
BERLIN, Oct. 27.—The British
fleet has been forced to withdraw
from the Belgian coast by the Ger
man land batteries. This was-accom
plished without the use of the big
Krupp howitzers, which had not
BUNNELL RETURNS
ON THE EVANS
Will Hold Mootings In Coast Towns
First Division 8ol!d for Anvln
istration Candidate.
JUNEAU, Oct. 27—Charles E. Bun
nell, the regular Democratic candi
date tor delegate to congress, is re
turning to Valdes upon the steamer
Admiral Evans, and expects to hold
meetings in Cordova, Seward and Val
dez.
The friends of the administration
expect a tremendous vote in this di
vision and predict that the Democrat
ic candidate will carry the First Judi
cial division by more than 1,000 voteB.
The business men of this division
believe that the citizens of Alaska
should encourage the administration
in its' constructive efforts for Alaska
by sending a Democratic delegate to
congress so that It cannot be said by
the Republicans In congress that the
people of the north do not endorse
the policy of development Inaugurat
ed by President Wilson amt carried
out by him la spite of the opposition
of the big corporations.
reached the coast, and only the small
er siege guns were used but were
effective. Several of the British and
French warships were badly damag
ed.
Germans Use Peasants for Screen.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 27.—The Ger
man army last night reoccupied Rou
ler. They used a screen of Belgian
peasants to cover the attack and as
a result a thousand inoffensive non
combatants were killed.
Germans Continue Retreat From
Warsaw.
PKTROGRAD, Oct. 27.—The Ger
man retreat towards the border con
tinues. The invaders have evacuat
ed the city of Lodz and are slowly
retiring towards Germany contesting
tile Russian advance.
Germans Admit von Moltke Is Out.
BERLIN, Oct. 27 —General von
Moltke, the chief of the general stall
of the German army, has resigned be
cause of ill health. The statement
is official and the war department
has announced that General von
Voigts-Rhetz has become head of the
staff.
Belgian* Re-take Yser Canal.
LONDON, Oct. 27.—The allies sent
strong reinforcements to King Albert
and the Belgians then took the of
fensive and have re-taken the Yser
canal, inflicting terrible losses upon
the Germans, who were bayoneted and
killed almost to a man. The Germans
had crossed the canal and were un
able to return to the supporting force
on the east side and the force was
cut to pieces.
Canal Choked With Dead
The Yser canal is running red with
the blood of the dead and the num
ber of dead in the canal is so great
that the waters have been forced ov
er the banks. The German loss is
estimated at fully 20,000 dead.
Belgians Have Lost Heavily.
In the past ten days fighting the
Belgian army, which numbers be
tween 60,000 and 80,000 troops, have
lost 10,000 men killed and wounded.
The fighting in Belgium has been the
most desperate of the war to date
and many men have been slaughtered.
Belgian Cannon Outranged.
.The Belgian loss was largely due to
the fact that they are using cannon
that is outranged by the German Held
guns and until the arrival of British
and French guns the Germans had
it all their own way. but the French
seventy-fiver Is stated by army offi
cers to be the best field gun In the
world and makes short work of the
German bateries when they are
brought Into the open. The Krupp
howitzers, however, have the range
of the French guns, but are less ser
viceable because of the great weight
and high angle, which make them
Impossible of use at a short range.
British Fleet Withdraws From Coast.
The admiralty has announced that
the British warships which have been
aiding the land forces along the Bel
gian coast have withdrawn. It Is
believed that the action was made
necessary fearing a submarine raid
and also that the German Zeppelins
might drop bombs upon the big super
dreadnoughts, which must be kept in
tact for the expected assault by the
German fleet.
Basket Ball Team Is Practicing.
/ The Valdez basket ball team is
practicing for the coming game with
{be Fort Llscum players. The bunch
from across the bay are also prepar
ing for the big game and Intend to
win the second game of the series.
Igloo No. 7, Pioneers of Alaska, will
give a grand ball on hallowe'en
| night, October 31.
STEEL TRUST
NO MONOPOLY
So Say Attorneys Who Represent the
Big Corporation In Trust
Busting Suit.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27—The at
torneys for the Steel Trust have fin
ished their closiug argument and in
sisted that the Steel Trust was of
great benefit to the people of the
United States and should he protect
ed and not prosecuted.
The lawyers assert that with four
per cent of the earths crust composed
of iron ore that no one can secure
a monopoly of iron ore and that the
charge of monopoly is therefore false.
The government, however, insists
that the operations of the Steel com
pany have resulted in driving out of
business all independents and that as
a result the price set by the trust
is the price at which all independ
ents must sell.
GUGGS TO BUY
ANOTHER SHIP
Want the Kansas City To Add To
Alaska Fleet, As They Want To
Be Prepared for the Rush,
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—The Alaska
Steamship company directors are ne
gotiating for the purchase of the
steamer Kansas City, as they expect
a big rush of people to Alaska dur
ing the next year because of the
government railroad building.
The officials of the steamship line
are determined to maintain the best
possible service to and from Alaska
and will add to the already large
number of big boats by purchasing
the steamer Kansas City or some oth
er ship to add to the fleet.
The owners of the Kansas City are
asking 1225,000 for the ship.
Admiral Watson Sail South.
The steamer Admiral Watson reach
ed Valdez this morning at 4 o'clock
and sailed for Seattle .at 6, taking a
number of passengers.
MOOSE ORGANIZER
LEAVES NOME
NOME, Oct. 27.—J. Frederick John
son, the organiser of Loyal Order of
Moose lodges in all parts of Alaska
and British Yukon, will leave here
on the steamer Victoria for Moose
heart, 111., the big college and home
maintained by the order near Chica
go.
Moose Johnson will return to Val
dez in February to organise a lodge in
that city. Lodges have been organ
ised at Candle and Council.
. Bill Hogan arrived In Vhlden today
w'th his launch from' Pert
FIEND KILLS
YOUNG GIRL
Lured Her To Disgrace and Death
Through Advertisement In Paper—
Big Reward for Murderer.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 27.—The
body of Little Hazel MacLin, a 15
year-old girl of this city, was found
this morning by the police in a vault
at a picnic resort just outside the
city limits. The girl had been out
raged and strangled to death.
The dead girl had answered an ad
vertisement in a local paper asking
for a servant girl. She was only fif
teen years of age but large and well
proportioned. Her 'mother is pros
trated at the fate of the child and the
police are making every efTort to lo
cate the murderer.
The little girl made a desperate ef
fort to save her honor and her life,
as was evidenced by the marks of
a hard struggle before she was over
come. The city authorities have of
fered a big reward for the arrest and
conviction of the murderer.
WOMAN DEMANDS
ANOTHER TRIAL
Mr*. Carman Insist* That Her Name
Be Cleared of Murder Charge
and Wants Another Trial.
MINEOLA, N. Y„ Oct 27.—The
state's attorney announced today in
court that he would not re-try Mrs.
Carman for the murder of Mrs. Bai
ley and moved for the dismissal of
the defendant, who is under $25,000
bail bond. ,
The attorneys for Mrs. Carman In
sisted that the state must give her
another trial and an opportunity to
clear her good name, which has been
dragged in the mire by her arrest
and trial. The attorneys insisted that
the court direct the state to proceed
with the case.
It is admitted by the state that a
conviction is impossible and they wish
to drop the case.
NAVI SOON TO TEST
MATANUSKA COAL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The navy
department is about to begin anoth
er test of Alaskan coal to determine,
if possible, its fitness for use by ships
of war. Twenty-five tons of coal from
the Matanuska coal fields have ar
rived at Annapolis, Maryland. This is
to be thoroughly trie!? out in the ex
perimental station. A further test is
to be made on board the battleship
Maryland and when It is found pos
sible to relieve that ship from duty
In Mexican waters. Six hundred
tons of this coal is now stored at
the Bremerton navy yard, Washington
state.
It is believed that these tests w’.ll
be more satisfactory than those which
have preceded them, owing to a more
careful selection of coal. The tests
will consist of an uninterrupted per
iod of seven days in port, when steam
will not be put upon the main en
gines for any purpose; a 24-hour run
at sea with not more than three
fourths boiler power, at a speed of
about fifteen knots; a four-hour run
..■d»c full boiler pressure at twenty
and a forty-eight hour run at
|en knots.