GREAT BATTLE IS STILL RAGING
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY BATTLING NEAR AISNE
GERMANS REPORT ANOTHER DEFEAT OF RUSSIANS
RUSSIANS ASSERT THEY HAVE WHIPPED AUSTRIANS
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10 LEAVE MEXICO
Occupation of Vera Cruz By Ameri
can Soldiers To Come To
Speedy End.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Secre
tary of War Garrison, today made
an order for the withdrawal of the
American troops in Vera Cruz. The
order caused much surprise as it was
expected here that the troops would
be kept in Vera Cruz until the pro
visional Mexican government made
some effort to settle the many claims
pending against the government by
foreigners and especially settle those
which the United States State de
partment had made and insisted up
on having settled.
It is feared now that the Carranza
government will pay but little atten
tion to the demands of the powers
for a satisfactory settlement for
damages done to property of foreign
ers during the revolution.
The transports are now at Vera
Cruz and others will be sent to that
city at once so that the troops may
be taken away within a week.
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FLIES WRECKED
LIVES USE LOST
St. Louis-Frisco Fast Train Caught In
Cloudburst and Goes Over Em
bankment Into River.
LEBANON, Mo., Sept. 16.—The St.
Louis-Frisco road flyer, caught in a
cloudburst which washed the support
from under the railroad track, was
dumped down an embankment and
into the swollen river near here and
forty passengers, mostly women and
children, drowned as the chair car,
in which they were caught, was cov
ered with water. They were caught
like rats in a trap.
The wrecking crew have succeeded
in bringing the car to the bank and
the bodies have been brought, here
for identification and burial.
The train was going at a moderate
rate of speed when It struck the
washout and the^hole train turned
over, the chair car tumbling in such
a position that the waters covered
the car completely and prevented the
people from leaving it or from being
rescued by those of the passengers
who were not injured in the wreck.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has started an investigation to
place the blame for the wreck.
Admiral Watson Leaves 8eattle.
SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—'The steamer
Admiral Watson left here last night
for Valdez and other Alaska points.
J. Bjorne was the only passenger for
Valdez.
8teamer Alameda Reaches 8eattle.
SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—The steamer
Alameda reached here this afternoon
from Alaska with one of the largest
southbound passenger lists of the sea
son.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Frank Thomas is expected from
Ratal la with his launch.
H. E. Kell reached Valdez this
morning from the Kotslna, where he
spent the summer.
Jake Donovan arrived in Valdez to
day from Circle City, coming out ov
er the government road.
More Soldiers of Czar Reach Belgium—German Army Which Invaded France
Reported Broken Into Six Parts With Three Driven Back Across Border
and Three In France Scattered and In Danger of Capture—Russians Say
Austrian-German Army Is Fleeing Towards Carcow, Which It Is Doubtful
If They Will Reach—London Claims That Result of Battle Remains With
Qgrman Crown Prince—Joffre Previously Denounced Is Now Hero of Paris.
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The second
great battle is now raging north of
the Aisne river, where the Germans
are making a desperate effort to save
themselves from the allies, who are
pressing them back against the Ar
dennes mountains and big forests
along the Belgium border, in which
they will be unable to maneuver and
must abandon all their equipment and
seek, shelter in Germany.
Germans On Defensive.
The German forces are fighting
strictly on the defensive, while the
allies are striving to force them to
leave the entrenchments and seek
shelter in the forests in Germany.
Berlin Reports Allies Checked.
BERLIN, Sept. 16.—The war office
has announced that the offensive
movement of the allies upon the Ger
man army on the Aisne has been
checked and that the allies were
thrown back with terrible loss by
the German armies, suffering fright
ful loss in killed, wounded and cap
tives.
Kaiser Goes To East Prussia.
PARIS, Sept. 16.—It is reported
here from The Hague that Kaiser
Wilhelm is rfow hurrying to the east
to investigate the situation in East
Prussia, which is again alarming the
emperor, as the Russians continue
their advance in spite of the loss of
men. ,
Austrian Army a Panicky Mob.
PEROGRAD, Sept. 16—The war
office of the Russian government an
nounces that the Austrian-German
army, which has been operating near
the San river, is fleeing in disorder,
a disheartened and panicky mob and
that they have but little chance of
reaching Cracow, which is a strong
ly fortified town on the banks of the
Vistula near the German-Austrian and
Russian borders.
Suffered Terrible Defeat.
The defeat of the Austrian-German
force is said to have been completed
and the Russian invasion of Germany
through Selicia cannot now be stayed.
Kaiser's Youngest Son Shot
THE HAGUE, Sept. 16.—The kai
ser has published a letter from his
youngest son, who was wounded In
a recent battle In France, in which
the prince says: "I am proud to
have been wounded in fighting for
the fatherland and am counting the
hours until I can again go to the
front for my country and my emper
or.”
Riots In Vienna.
ROME, Sept. 16.—Word was re
ceived here last night that the people
of Vienna are rioting and have de
manded of the government that they
be given work and food at once be
cause many are starving. The gov
ernment has opened many soup
kitchens for the people and will en
deavor to provide work for those who
cannot be used on fortifications about
the city or in manufacturing sup
plies needed by the army now fight
ing for the country against the Rus
sian invaders.
Poor Hospital Arrangements.
The war department has poorly
equipped hospitals In this city to
care for the large number of wound
ed now arriving from Galicia. The
number of doctors is Inadequate and
the supplies are short Schools,
churches and'public buildings are be
ing turned into temporary hospitals
and the men are being cared for
largely by volunteer women nurses.
Last Reserves Summoned.
The Austrian government has call
ed all the last reserves to the colors
and will equip them for duty at the
garrisons, thus relieving the troops
of the reserves now In the forts, but
sorely needed by the Austrian-Ger
man forces fighting the Russians.
General von Kluck a Military Genius.
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The escape of
General von Kluck and the right
wing of the German army from sur
render or annihilation is considered
one of the marvels of the present
war. Military men here say that his
retreat through the quagmires which
surrounded his army is similar to
that of Napoleon from Moscow, and
his escape is due to wonderful genius
and military ability.
Russians Never Passed Througn Eng
land.
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The English
government has officially denied the
statement that the Russian troops
now in Belgium had passed through
England en icute to the continent
and they state that the troop ships
went direct from Archangle to Os
tend and that more troops are com
ing to aid the allies in attacking the
German rear at Liege.
German Crown Prince May Save
Army.
Military experts here say that the
fate of the German army rests with
the crown prince, who has command
of the German center, which is at
tacking the French near Verdun, and
if he can hold his position for forty
eight hours the wings will have time
to recover and re-form on the new
line for forts selected by the Ger
mans to stop the onrushing allies.
Germans Fighting Desperately.
The Germans in the center are
fighting desperately to break the line
of the allies but so far every charge
has been repulsed and the Germans
driven back with heavy loss.
Servians In Austria.
The Servian army numbers 150,000
men, now forcing their way through
Austria, having pushed the Austrian
army back upon a strongly entrench
ed position which will have to be
carried by assault. The Servians are
expecting large reinforcements from
Russia which, however, are slow ar
riving.
General Joffre a Hero. ‘
PARIS, Sept. 15.—General Joffre,
the commanding general of the
French army, is the hero of the peo
ple today and ten days ago the citi
zens and many in the army were
demanding his instant retirement be
cause of the enforced retreat from
the Belgium border to Paris.
Wisdom of Retreat Apparent Now.
The people now realize the great
wisdom of the retreat of the allies
before the German advance, which
at that time consisted of almost the
entire German ariUy and part of the
Austrian first line, greatly outnum
bering the allies, who fell back de
laying the German advance to give
the Russians time to bring up their
men into East Prussia, which later
forced the German general staff to
weaken its invading army, besides
which the English were able to raise
an additional army of 100,000, and
which are now •dth the allies.
Made Long German Line.
The Germans were also forced to
leave large numbers of troops to take
the fortified towns they passed and
the German advance line was finally
reduced to an equal with the allies,
CHANGE QUITS
THE YANKEES
Hi* Failure To Make a Winning Team
for New York Put Him In Bad
With the Fan*.
NEW YORK. Sept. 16—Frank.
Chance, manager of the New York
Americans, and formerly manager of
the world famous Chicago Cubs, be
coming sensitive to the' severe criti
cism he has been subjected to by the
New York fans has finally become
disgusted and resigned his position
as manager of the Yankees. Chance
immediately left for his home in Cal
ifornia. Chance, at the time he was
manager of the Cubs, was the idol
of the fans and was nicknamed the
"Peerless Leader.” After his falling
out with Charlie Murphy, at that time
owner of the Cubs, he signed up with
Charlie Farrell, owner of the New
York Americans for three years at
a salary of $26,000 a year. Chance
made the boast that Inside of three
years he would have a jjennant win
ning team, the Yankees at that time
being tallenders. Last year the New
Yorkers finished seventh and it looks
this year as If they would not do
any better.
Chance had unlimited funds at his
hands and has paid out some big
sums for players, but with the ex
ception of a spurt In the beginning
of the season, and another one about
a month ago, the team has done
poorly and New York fandom has
forsaken the former Idol. Chance de
clares he is through with baseball for
all time. *•
HOUSE PASSES
MRS. WILSON’S BILL
Will Do Away With Slum* of Wash
ington City—Had Urged Bill
Prior To Her Death.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—The
House yesterday passed the bill ad
vocated by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
prior to her death and which is ex
pected to do away with the slums of
this city and in their place to have
erected many large up-todate apart
ment houses and which are to rent
for nominal sums.
The bill was pushed through the
House by friends of Mrs. Wilson, who
wish to carry out her request that
the poor people of the capital city
shall have better living quarters.
BIG GAME HUNTER
WAS ON THE EVANS
John C. Augsbury, of San Fran
cisco, and a big game hunter of note,
was a passenger on the Admrlal Ev
ans last night bound for Kenai pen
insula to hunt He visited the same
section last year.
‘Weather Report.
Valdez. eSpt. 15. 1914.
Barometric pressure .29,788
Temperature at 7 p. m.62 ..
Maximum temperature .69
Minimum temperature .30
Mean temperature .441-2
Partly cloudy, strong breeze, wind
northeast 80 miles.
after which they assumed the aggres
sive.
The people now are cheering for
General Joffre, while a week ago they
were loud in demanding his resigna
tion.
Germans Entrenched Along Aisne.
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The German
army is now entrenched along the
Aisne river, where they have elect
ed to make a stand in an effort to
prevent the i French-English troops
from forcing them across the border
in disorder.
Battle Is Raging.
A battle of huge proportions is
now being fought by the opposing
armies. The allies are trying to force
the German center back so that the
wings of the army, especially the
right wing, can be cut off and also
to fonce lOhe entire German army
across the border before the scatter
ed armies of Germans in northwest
France and western Belgium can be
extracted from the dangerous posi
tions they have been placed in by the
unexepected retreat of the main Ger
man army.
Eastward Move Costly.
The eastward move of the German
army after reaching Paris is consid
ered a costly move for them to have
made, because it exposed the garri
sons in northwestern France to cap
ture because their communication
could be cut off with the main Ger
man army and retreat through Bel
gium is also cut off by the Belgian
Russian troops.
Germany In Sorrow.
ROTTERDAM. Sept. 16.—The great
joy of the German people, because
of the victorious march upon Paris
and the defeat of the allies at Namur
and other fortified positions, has turn
ed to the deepest gloom as reports
of the retreat come in and the an
nouncement of losses are made pub
lic.
Fear for the Empire.
Many Germans fear for the safety
of the empire if the German forces
now in France continue the retreat
and the allies invade Germany and
defeat the armies of the fatherland.
The Russian advance is also troubling
the people, not because of the in
ability of the Germans to meet the
Russians, who are little feared ex
cept for the fact that the loss of a
million men would not trouble the
Russian government, which has in
exhaustible numbers of men to draw
upon, while Germany and Austria
now have all available soldiers in the
field.
No Thought of Revolution.
So far as the people of this city
are able to learn the Germans are
loyal to the government in spite of
the reverses and the Socialists, who
before the war were opposed to mili
tarism, are now fighting in the army
willingly and giving loyal support to
the kaiser.
Von Kluck Retreat Not Decisive.
BERLIN, Sept. 16.—The war office
announced today that the retreat of
General von Kluck, commanding the
German right, was not decisive, and
that the German Invading army
would would again take up the lqarch
on Paris within a few days when the
lines have been re-formed.
French Failed To Break Lines.
The French failed to break through
the German lines last night and this
morning according to the announce
ment and have been driven back with
heavy losses, while the Germans,
fighting from entrenchments, suffer
ed but little. The German line now
holds against all the attacks of the
allies, who are exhausting themselves
in a vain effort to force the troops
of Germany back across the border.
(Ceattnned on page 2.)
PEACE TREATIES
ARE SIGNED
United States Adopts the Stop, Wait,
Listen Policy With Several
Powers.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—The
peace treaties advocated by Secre
tary of State W. J. Bryan with Eng
land, France, Spain and China were
signed today by President Wilson.
The treaties provide that in case of
dispute between any of the countries
named and the United States the
"Stop, wait, listen” policy must be
adopted for one year and that neither
country shall make any effort at in
creasing their armament or preparing
for war until the year is over.
.It is hoped that by means of the
new policies and treaties the Unit
ed States can be kept at peace with
the world forever. Treaties with all
the other powers will be negotiated
as soon as possible and the adminis
tration expects to fortify the United
States with treaties, thus saving the
large sums necessary to fortify it
with guns, an army and navy.
WOULD POISON
A REGIMENT
Butte Miner Charged With Having
Asked a Plumber To Put Poison
In Drinking Water.
BUTTE, Sept. 16—The militia to
day arrested a member of the Butte
Miners’ Union, the new organization,
which is composed of the miners who
broke away from the Western Feder
ation of Miners, and charged him with
having tried to induce a plumber to
put poison in the drinking water of
the 800 militiamen who are in the
city to preserve order. The plumber
Informed the troop commander and
tue arrest was quickly made.
When caught the miner had enough
poison on him to have killed all the
people in the city and the story of
the plumber is believed by the na
tional guard officers, who have plac
ed strong guards about the water
works and have also arranged to
have the water analyzed each day be
fore it is used.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Miss Marie Studler returned to
Valdez last night on the Admiral Ev
ans.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bush moved
yesterday into their new apartments
in the Crawford building.
The Ladies Aid will meet at Mrs.
M. A. Burford’s tomorrow afternoon
at 3 o’clock. Everybody cordially in
vited.
The Wickersham banner was
blown into the mud during yester
day’s storm. Coming events cast their
shadows before them.
W. M. Goodwin, cashier of the First
Bank of Valdes, who has been visit
ing his family in Portland, return
ed to Valdes last night on the Admir
al Evans.
P. S. Hunt, the official photograph
er of the Alaska Engineering com
mission, was a passenger on the Ad
miral Evans with the members of
the commission and will make a trip
to Ship Creek taking photographs for
the commission.