VOL 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1914. NO. 334.
PRESIDENT URGES BUNNELL’S ELECTION
ms WOULD
TAKE NEW YORK
Col. Roosevelt Saw Plans of Two Eu
ropean Countries To Take New
York and 'Frisco.
PRINCETON. N. J., Oct. 31—Pres
ident Roosevelt, speaking to the stu
dents here today, stated that he had
personally seen the plans of two Eu
ropean powers for capturing the city
of New York on the Atlantic and
those for taking San Francisco. He
stated that foreign powers would be
glad to attack the United States be
cause of the great wealth of this
country and could only be deterred
from carrying out the plans through
the ability of the United States to
defend itself.
The former president urged that
congress immediately provide for a
larger army, but more especially for
a larger navy and that a large or
ganized reserve be ready at a mo
ment's notice. This reserve, he said,
should be large and should consist
of the young men of the country
who can receive their training while
attending schools.
The colonel urged that every col
lege have its corps of military cadets
to provide officers in case of need.
The White House, Washington, D.C.,Oct. 30,1914
Charles E. Bunnell, Valdez, Alaska
May I not upon the eve of election send you my
greetings and express my earnest hope that you will
be sent to my support by the people of your territory.
WOODROW WILSON.
The above message was received
last night by C. E. Bunnell, of this
city, the regular Democratic nominee
for delegate to congress. It clearly
shows that the President of the Un
ited States, Woodrow Wilson, is anx
ious for the election of a delegate
of the same political faith as himself
and is urging the people of the ter
ritory to vote for Mr. Bunnell. The
message was sent direct from the
White House to the candidate. It is
a call to the people of the north to
rally to the aid of the administration
and show the appreciation of Alas
kans for the great constructive leg
islation given to the territory through
the personal efforts of President Wil
son, and In spite of the strenuous
opposition of the big lobbies that in
fest the capital.
| The news of the arrival of the tel
egram spread like wildfire last night
and caused much discussion. Some
contended that it was a fake; that
some Iiunnell man had signed the
president’s name to it; that a sec
ond-story artist hired by the Bunnell
campaign committee had crawled in
to the White House and sent the tele
gram to Bunnell.
It set at rest the talk of the pres
ent delegate that he was the mouth
piece of the administration and that
President Wilson depended upon him
ifor liis Alaska policy.
Immediately upon receipt of the
message it was photographed and
copies distributed about the city to
convince any doubting Thomas. The
news was also wired to every news
paper in Alaska with the exact word
ing of the message. Friends of the
administration claim that the people
of the north will come to the aid
of the president and will elect the
Valdez candidate as the best method
| of showing that the people commend
President Wilson’s Alaska policy.
! Later today the Prospector receiv*
ed the following message:
Juneau, Alaska, Oct. 31, 1914.
Valdez Prospector:
Z. I£. Cheney today received Hit
following dispatch:
| Washington. D. C., Oct. 31, 1914.
Z. It. Cheney. Democratic Nationa
Committeeman, Juneau, Alaska.
President has wired Ilunnell tele
gram endorsing him.
(Signed) THOMAS J. PENCE,
Assistant Sec’y. Democratic Nation
al Committee.
Mr. Pence is the secretary of the
National Congressional Committee, ol
which Congressman Frank Doremus
is chairman. Mr. Doremus has al
ready wired a personal endorsement
of the Democratic candidate which
lias been published in the Prospector
of October 26th. It read as follows:
C. E. Bunnell, Juneau, Alaska.
Every Democrat In Alaska ought to
vote for the Democratic nominee for
j congress.
(Signed) FRANK E. DOREMUS.
j The administration has given its
support to the Democratic candidate
and it remains to be seen how much
support the people of the north in
tend to give the president and the
administration for its policy of en- i
lightened legislation aimed to open
up and develop the resources of the
north.
NEW ZEPPELIN
STAYS UP LONG
Inventor Pay* Flying Trip To Frled
rlch*hafen To Push Work On
Airship*.
GENEVA, .Switzerland, Oct. 31.—
For the past fortnight Count Zeppe
lin has been paying flying visits to
Friedrichshafen, sometimes remain
ing a day or two, supervising the
construction of two new Zeppelins,
which will be ready shortly. Work
on them is continuing night and day,
and the staff of men has been doubled.
Yesterday the Count acted as guide
to a number of German wounded sol
diers, who are numerous in all towns
around Lake Constance, and showed
them the work in detail. Any for
eigner approaching the sheds is
promptly arrested.
Engineers and w'orkmen are open
ly boasting of a more powerful new
Zeppelin which "can remain in the
air indefinitely."
The Count is also supervising the
construction of other Zeppelins at
Dusseldorf to replace those destroyed,
and there have been many since war
was declared.
Suits pressed for 11.00 at Silver
man's the tailor. Telephone 198.
ALLIES REPORTED GAINING
GERMANS ARE GIVING GROUND ALL ALONG THE BATTLE LINE
ALLIES LOSSES 50,000 IN FORTNIGHT; GERMANS LOSE 150,000
TURKISH GOVERNMENT MAY DISAVOW ACTION OF THE NAVY
MORE ARRESTS
FOR LEERY
Four Men Charged With Being Impli
cated In Theft* From the
Granby Mine.
ate yesterday afternoon the feder
al authorities arrested Charles Wells.
Frank Stevens and George Cletten
berg charged with larceny of supplies
from the Granby mine and this
morning Deputy Sullivan arrested
George Dakar at Wortjman’s on a
similar charge.
For some time back the authori
ties have been endeavoring to appre
hend the persons who have been
stealing these supplies.
Baker was on his way into the in
terior, where It Is understood he in
tended to do some prospecting in or
around the Nelchlna or Broad Pass
country. There has been more or
less reports of petty thieving going
on around Valdez this fall and the
authorities now believe they have the
persons who have been committing
the thefts.
ALAMEDA COMES
FROM THE SOUTH
—
The steamer Alameda arrived here
at 2 o’clock this afternoon from Seat
tle with the following passengers:
A. C. Dowling, Wm. Elliott, Mrs.
Elliott, Beulah Elliot, Mrs. I. Hen
derson, Eva Wade.
Eastern 8tar Meeting Postponed.
The meeting of the Eastern Star
scheduled for November 3rd has been
postponed until November 17th.
BERTHA C. COCKERILLE,
Worthy Matron.
Russians Report Victory In Bukowina Province—Every Village Between Nieuport and Dixmunde
Razed and Thousands Flee for Safety In Southern France—British Hospital Ship Is Wrecked
Near Dover and Many Drown—German Aeroplane Drops Bombs In Dunkirk and Bethune.
PARIS, Oct. 31.—The Germans have
been forced to evacuate Lille and are
reported to have evacuated Ostend
because of the breaking of their line
east of Ypes and the troops along
the coast in West Flanders were forc
ed to retire east because of the dan
ger of being cut off from their sup
ports.
Great Gains All Along Line.
The allies have made great gains
along the entire line. The Germans
have been forced to retire in many
places and the advantage gained is
such as to force the retirement of
the Germans from strongly entrench^
ed positions along the Meuse and'
also on the Belgian border. The al
lies are pushing forward every avail
able man and expect to take every
advantage of the gains made during
the night.
Turkey May Not Stand By Her Navy.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 31.—It is un
derstood here that the acts of the
Turkish fleet in the Black Sea were
not authorized by the Turkish gov
ernment, but that the German offi
cers and crew started the bombard
ments upon their own initiative and
the Sultan may not uphold the action
of the navy.
Germane Left Oatend Say Dutch.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31.—Reports
from two different sources state that
the Germans have been forced to
leave Ostend and have withdrawn to
wards Ghent..
Queen Return* Tainted Money.
LONDON, Oct. 31.—Queen Mary to
day returned $76,000 in tainted money
received from merchants of London
who wished to aid the war fund, but
who had discharged many employes,
cut wages, etc., to send contributions
to the Queen’s fund. The Queen has
let it be Known that all must lend
a helping hand to one another dur
ing .th? present bard time* and not
■ * ' •>'
seek free advertising by subscribing
to a public fund and at the same time
throw additional idle men and women
upon, the ./streets pennlleiss or cut
others down to starvation wages.
Ninety Allies Sailors Killed.
TOKIO, Oct. 31—Ninety members
of the crews of the Russian and
French cruisers sunk by the Emden
in a harbor on Penang islands were
drowned.
Germany Wins Diplomatic Victory.
LONDON, Oct. 31.—Germany has
won her first diplomatic victory since
the opening of the war in securing
the declaration of war against Russia
by Turkey. The experts here claim
that the victory will be short-lived
and say the Germans have pulled
down upon themselves the addition
al load of fighting Greece, Italy and
'Roumanla, all of them as strong or
stronger than Turkey.
Germany Convinced Turks of Victory.
The*German diplomats at Constan
tinople and Berlin have convinced
the Turkish government that Ger
many was sure to win and that the
hope of the Ottoman empire was in
taking advantage of the conditions 1
in Europe to regain the lost territory.
Turks Have 500,000 Men.
The Turkish army consists of 500,- (
000 trained fighters who are now
ready for the fray and will strive to ,
start trouble in Africa and also in
India among the followers of Mohani- (
med.
German Bomb Kills Women.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31.—A bomb
dropped from a German aeroplane in
to the city of Bethune, in Holland,
killed twenty women, while a sec- 1
Russian, German and French Govern
ments Follow the Lead of
the British.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The German
government has started negotiations
here for a large loan of money. The
German-American bankers will be
called upon to subscribe for the loan,
while German-American citizens are
expected to aid in financing the loans.
The Russian and French govern
ment has also started negotiations
with local bankers for big loans which
will undoubtedly be raised. The
French citizens are expected to over
subscribe the 150,000,000 offered by
the republic.
The moneys so raised are to be used
largely In purchasing supplies In the
United States for the use of the arm
tea os tin continent.
R. B. HEARING
IS AT AN END
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31—The attor
neys for the railroads which are ask
ing the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion for the privilege to raise rates
upon freight concluded their cake
yesterday and the commission will
take the matter under advisement,
rendering a decision in a few weeks.
Many shippers protested against any
Increase in rates, claiming that to
grant the application of the railroad
officials would be adding another
burden to the consumers who already
suffer greatly as a result of the war.
Weather Report
Valdez, Oct. 30, 1914.
Barometric pressure .29,302
Temperature at 7 p. m.36
Maximum temperature .43
Minimum temperature .28
Mean temperature .351-2
Partly cloudy air, wind northeast
six miles.
G. O. Relnke, the watchmaker and
Jeweler, is at the Valdes Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
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CARRANZA MEN
ARE DEFEATED
HI* Army Near Calientes I* Routed
By Villa Follower*— Revolt
Is Spreading,
EL PASO, Oct. 31.—The Carranza
forces at Calientes were completely
routed yesterday and driven south.
Many were captured and executed.
The reports indicate that 500 men
lost their lives in the battle which
lasted two days.
General Villa is receiving large
supplies of war munitions, 20,000,000
rounds of ammunition for rifles and
thousands of shells for the Held guns
have crossed the border, as the Vil
la followers fear that an embargo
may be placed upon war munitions
by the administration and they in
tend to have plenty of stock.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
md bomb dropped into the city of
Dunkirk killed a number of non-com
jatants, most of them women.
Casualties of Past Fortnight Heavy.
PARIS, Oct. 31.—The reports from
he battle line indicate a loss to the
lilies during the past fortnight of
ally 50,000 men, while the Germans
lave suffered an estimated loss of
50,000 men, or three times as many
is lost by the allies. This is largely
lue to the detormina* ion of the Ger
nans to reach the coast at all haz
irds and as flanking attacks are slow
hey have resorted to direct attacks
lpon strongly entrenched positions,
•esulting in a very heavy loss of hu
nan lives.
Villages Are Razed.
Every village from Nieuport to Dux
nunde has been razed by the oppos
ng armies. The inhabitants have
jeen forced to flee south for Bafety,
eaving everything to the flames.
Hospital Ship Sinks, Many Drowned.
DOVER, Eng., Oct. 31.—One of the
jig hospital ships used by the Brit
sh war department for bringing
vounded soldiers from Belgium and
France to England, was wrecked near
lere last night and many of the sol
liers were drowned. The wreck was
mused by the lack of coast lights,
vhich have all been removed since
.he war was started.
Hospital Ship Lost In Storm.
LONDON, Oct. 33^—'The hospital
ihip Yorkshire was wrecked last
light near Dover. The number of
Ives lost will not' be known forBome
:ime, but It Is reported that all women
lurses and refugees on the ship were
laved in spite of the heavy sea which
vas raging. The storm which sent
:he ship to its doom was one of the
nost terrific in years. The coast
guards saved many after the life lines
ind beach buoys were plaoed on the
(Centinned ee pace *).
BELGIAN ENVOY
GIN PASSPORT
Mexico Sends Belgian Representative
Packing—Objected To Confisca
tion of Property.
MEXICO CITY. Oct. 31.—Provision
al President Carranza today handed
to Minister Muy, the Belgian repre
sentative here, his passports because
the diplomatic representative had de
nounced the Carranza government
following the seizure of the street car
lines by the Mexicans, although they
are owned by the Belgians, who
financed the company and construct
ed the roads.
President Carranza, in spite of the
request and urgent suggestions of the
members of the diplomatic circle, re
fused to allow the Belgian minister
to remain.
The United States has no ambas
sador here, but Consul StllUman. the
representative of the State depart
ment, personally called upon Presi
dent Carranza and urged him to re
frain from giving passports to the
Belgian minister.
IRISH FILE.
FEAR CGNSCRTOI
NEW YORK, Oct. 31— Fearing that
the British government might resort
to conscription to fill up the big army
which is to be raised to crush Ger
many, 400 Irishmen arrived here to
day to avoid having to enUst with
the British and fight for them. The
Irishmen are all young fellows who
do not wish to fight for England.
Just arrived Fall and Winter hats
and coats at Harvey's Toggery. tf