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vQL 1Q VALDEZ, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914. NO. 271.
FRENCH TAKE ALSACE-LORRAINE
GERMAN AND BRITISH FLEETS FIGHTING IN NORTH SEA
PRESIDENT WARNS
AMERICAN PEOPLE
Must Be Neutral In Thought, Word
and Deed If This Country Is To
Avoid Trouble.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19—President
Wilson issued a statement yesterday
to the people of the United States
calling upon them to exercise care
in their talk regarding European af
fairs. The president points out the
fact that the only means of main
taining the neutrality of this country
was by the individual action of the
people and urged that in word, deed
and thought they remain neutral.
"The effect of the war upon the
United States will depend greatly
upon the attitude the American peo
ple assume," said the president.
G.O.P. CONVENTION
IN EMPIRE STATE
Senator Root Is Temporary Chair
man and Says That the Third
Party Is a Dead One.
SARATOGA, X. Y„ Aug. 19.—The
Republicans of this state met here
today in convention to nominate can
didates to be voted for at the com
ing state primary. The convention
cannot nominate candidates as here
tofore, but is called merely to give
the Republicans of all parts of the
state a chance to talk over the names
suggested and to work in harmony.
The convention, however, will
name a full ticket and recommend
to the Republicans of the state that
they vote for the men suggested be
cause the Republicans from all sec
tions of New York, In convention,
have selected them to be the stand
ard bearers at the coming election.
District Attorney Whitman and
Harvey Hinman will be pitted against
eacn ouiei ai uie primaries. ine
convention here is strongly Whitman.
That Senator Root will be asked to
run for senator is certain; that he
is averse to taking the nomination is
equally certain, but the Republicans
of the state hope and expect that
he will allow them to place him in
nomination.
Senator Root was selected as tem
porary chairman and in making the
opening address said that the third
party was dead and that its chances
even as a disturber were fast disap
pearing and that the fight this fall
was between the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties.
ARGENTINE WILL
HAVE AMBASSADOR
BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 19.—The
bill advocated by the government of
Argentine to raise its minister at
Washington to the dignity of an am
bassador, was passed today and will
be signed by the president in a few
days. This action was taken follow
ing the successful termination of the
A. B. C. mediation In the Mexican
trouble.
PARIS Aug. 19.—The war minister
announced this afternoon that the
French army of invasion had driven
the German army from Alsace-Lor
raine, clearing the province from the
Swiss border as far north as Nancy
and almost reaching Zabern, which
will be occupied shortly as the Ger
man forces have been evacuating town
after town as the Germans approach.
Germans Make Hard Resistance.
The German forces at first made
desperate resistance, but were driven
from position after position until the
Vosges mountains were cleared of
the Kaiser’s troops and the large
French forces were able to spread
out after passing through the defiles
and were then able to force the Ger
man army back.
Two Armies Of Invasion,
The French troops entered Germany
at two places, one large army oper
ating from Nancy and forcing its way
towards Zabern, while the other forc
ed the Vosges mountains after stiff
fighting and then drove the Germans
west and north.
Heavy Losses On Both Sides.
The war office reports heavy loss
es by the Germans and also admits
that many French were killed in the
action.
Battle In the North Sea.
LONDON, Aug. 19.—The English
and German fleets in the North Sea
have been engaged in a long range
battle today, firing only the big guns.
So far as is known here ships of both
fleets were hit but none were sunk.
The Germans, however, refuse to
leave the Holland shore any great
distance and have forced the English
to be content with a long range bat
tle.
Mine Sinks Austrian Ship.
LONDON, Aug. 19—A floating mine
caused the loss of an Austrian tor
pedo boat • in the Adriatic yester
day and only one man of the entire
ship’s crew was saved. No details
of the circumstances have been re
ceived here by the British admiralty,
but it is believed that the ship was
sunk by a mine laid by the Austrians
for the English and French ships.
Japanese To Protect Germans.
TOKIO, Aug. 19.—The japanese
government has announced that ev
ery protection will be granted to all
German subjects in Japan and or
ders have been issued to the police
to prevent any attack upon the res
idence of a German in the kingdom.
More English Land In France.
LONDON, Aug. 19—An English
army of 100,000 men has been land
ed in France. The transports were
guarded by the heaviest warships of
the British navy. Another army of
150,000 is being organized to send in
to France.
German Warships Captured.
TOKIO, Aug. 19.—The British fleet
yesterday convoyed into Hongkong
two German cruisers of the Asiatic
fleet as prizes of war. The German
boats were badly riddled by the shots
•of the English and French warships.
No Details of Sea Battle.
No details have been published by
the English and French admirals of
the conflict in which the German
ships were captured nor the amount
of damage done to the balance of
the German fleet. Some reports have
it that the English suffered heavily
and that several of the big Japanese
warships -aided the English in the
battle against the Germans.
Belgians Cannot Hold Germans.
PARIS, Aug. 19.—Military experts
here admit that the Belgian army is
unable to repulse the German invad
ers, as they are not strong enough.
The French and English have sent
considerable aid to King Albert and
have as far as possible drawn off
the German concentration from Bel
gium to Lorraine, but because of the
shortage of men and the lack of
heavy fortifications the French can- i
not extend their line further.
French Are Waiting.
The French and English general !
staff operating from Paris have is- j
sued an order to the troops at the j
front not to make any further ad-j
vance into Germany as the policy j
of the department is to allow time j
for the Russian mobilization to be- ]
come effective and the Russian in- |
vasion of Germany to cause the Kai
ser to withdraw a part of his force
from the French and Belgium bor
ders, after which time the invasion
of Germany will begin.
Germans Want Quick Action.
The German war office is making
every effort to bring on the decisive
battle at once and have been endeav
oring to crush the forces of King
Albert and allies in Belgium so as
to give the Kaiser’s troops a free
hand for operations against Russia.
Liege Forts Abandoned.
ROTTERDAM, Aug. 19.—The Bel
gian army operating about Liege have
evacuated and destroyed all the for
tifications about Liege and have re
tired towards Namur, where the
second stand against the invaders
will be made.
King Albert Covers Retirement.
King Albert was in personal charge
of the troops operating about Liege
and ordered a general attack upon the
German forces so that the men in
the forts might prepare to retire af
ter blowing up the forts. The attack
was successful, holding the attention
of the German commander and his
forces while the forts were evacuat
ed one after the other and the gar
risons retiring to the Belgian lines
in safety.
Evacuation Necessary.
The evacuation of the Liege forts
was made necessary because of the
tremendous army of Germans now in
Belgium and the arrival of the big
German siege mortars which were
throwing explosive shells into the
forts.
German Mobilization Just Completed.
BERLIN, Aug. 19.—The war office
has announced that the mobilization
of the German army has just been
completed and that the army is now
on a war footing and that five mil
lion men are under arms fully equip
ped and ready. The Austrians have
sent 500,000 men into northern Ger
many to block the Russian advance
and operate with the German troops.
Strong Fortifications Being Erected
On Northern Frontier.
Strong fortifications are being
erected along the northern border
and second and third lines of de
fense are being made ready so that
the hordes of Russians may be stop
ped. The German army officers do
not fear the Russians as much as
the French, who are better equipped
and more determined, while the Rus
sian army is made up of units fight
ing against each other and their ar
tillery is weak.
German Forces Invade Belgium.
BERLIN, Aug. 19.—General Stein,
of the general staff of the German
army, stated today that the Germans
were forced to act against Liege with
the Tenth army corps stationed at
Hanover and without placing the
brigade on a war footing. The prompt
action was necessary because French
army officers had already reached
Liege before a German officer had
crossed the border and the invasion
followed only upon the violation of
the neutrality of Belgium by the
French and Belgium authorities.
Proud of Work at Liege.
The general staff is proud of the
work of the army at Liege, where
they quickly took the town and have
now succeeded in forcing the evacua
tion of the forts.
Town Worth the Loss of Life.
The city of Liege was well worth
the cost in lives according to other
army officers, as it a strategic point,
besides having a large number of gun
foundries and manufacturing plants
with thousands of experienced work
ers who will be impressed into the
service of Germany.
Germans May Surrender To Chinese.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—It is be
lieved here that the German govern
ment is planning to surrender the
German possession of Kiao-Chau di
rect to China instead of to Japan.
The German ambassador here has
held several long conferences with
the Chinese ambassador and is ar
ranging the details providing for the
occupation of Tsingtau by the Chi
nese army and the protection by Chi
na of the German merchant ships
now in that port and the turning ov
er of the remainder of the German
warships to Chinese officials to re
main held by them until the war is
over.
Germans Eating Vegetables.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 19.—Several thou
sand German prisoners captured yes
terday near Liege were found with
beets, carrots and vegetables in their
havasac-ks, which they had pulled up
from the fields, as the German com
missary department has broken down
and is unable to keep the tirmy at
the front supplied with provisions.
Troopers Are Hungry.
The German soldiers are hungry.
Many of the captives have wander
ed away from the main army. The
cavalry detachments operating in
front of the Germans have lost many
'men, who are cut off from the regi
ments and forced to surrender.
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POPE PIUS X, OF ROME, HAS PASSED AWAY
HOLDUP MEN
ON THE TRAIL
Two Austrians or Russians Try To
Secure Food At Telegraph Sta
tion By Force—Both Hun jry.
Lieut. Dougherty this afternoon re
ceived a message from Dennis Pierce,
the operator at the military telegraph
station at Tiekhell, stating that two
Russians or Austrians had endeavor
ed to hold up the station in order to
secure food. Both men were with
out funds, although they were arm
ed with guns of small calibre.
After making an investigation and
verifying the statement of the men
that they were hungry they were al
lowed to proceed by Pierce, who,
however, has notified Lieut. Dough
erty, informing him of the facts.
The marshal’s office was immedi
ately notified of the affair and may
arrest the two men upon their arriv
al here.
ROME, Aug. 19.—Pope Pius X. died
today of pneumonia, the end coming
after a night of watching and wait
ing. All hope had been abandoned
towards morning and it was then but
a matter of waiting until the end.
Many cardinals were in attendance at
his bedside and the last sacraments
were administered.
Pope Pius X. was elected in
1903 and is seventy-nine years old,
having been born in 1835. The out
break of the war in Europe caused
h'm so much grief and sorrow that
when his efforts failed to prevent the
conflict he slowly sank beneath the
weight of sorrow caused by the ter
rible horrors he knew was in store
for the people of Europe.
Pope Plus X. has effected marked
; changes in important matters of
church government and discipline, and
has been unrelenting in attacking the
doctrinal errors of Modernism, which
he called the “synthesis of all here
sies." He has reorganized the Roman
Curia, made’up of the various sacred
congregations of cardinals who as
sist the Pope in the administration
of church affairs, revived the vener
able tribune of the Rota, Inaugurated
a codification of canon law, trans
ferred the church In the United States
from the Jurisdiction of the propagan
da as a missionary land to the im
mediate supervision of the Cardinal
Secretary of State in the Vatican it
self, instituted in Rome a school for
higher biblical studies, ordered the
establishment of confraternities for
the teaching of catechism in every
parish, issued decrees reforming
church music, introduced new legis
lation on marriage, recommended fre
quent and daily communion to the
people, directed the first communion
be given to children on reaching the
age of reason, and on November 27,
1911, bestowed the red hat on eigh
teen prelates three of whom are cit
izens of the United States: His Emi
nence, John Murphy Farley, of New
York, His Eminence, William H.
O’Connell, of Boston, and his Emi
nence, Diomede Falconio, former Ap
ostolic Delegate at Washington, D. C.
The College of Cardinals will select
a successor.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
General Agent Tracy, of the Alaska
Steamship company, passed through
on the Alameda today.
W. A. Dolan, who made a trip to
Portland, returned to Valdez this
morning on the Alameda.
L. S. Carter, chief clerk of the
Alaska road commission, returned
from Cordova this morning on the
Alameda.
RECEPTION FOR
C. E. BUNNELL
Ladies Have Been Invited and the
Committee Has Provided Special
Music—Expect Large Crowd.
The people of Valdez will tender
a reception tonight to C. E. Bunnell,
of this city, who has been named by
the Democrats of Alaska as their
candidate for delegate to congress.
The committee In charge of the re
ception have engaged Eagle hall and
will provide special music for the
evening. Judge Dimond wUl be the
(presiding officer and wUl deliver the
address of welcome and he will
followed In turn by orators of Val
dez In welcoming the candidate home.
A special Invitation to the women
has been sent out and It is expected
that many of them wUl attend. A
large crowd are expected to attend
the meeting and it Is believed that
the hall will be filled to overflowing.
CANADIAN LINER
ON TRE ROCKS
Prince Albert Goes Ashore During'Fog
In Brown Passage—No Lives
Lost, Says Report.
VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 19—The
Grand Trunk Pacific liner Prince Al
bert went on the rocks last night in.
Brown Passage. No lives were lost
according to the report received here.
Several government ships have been
sent to the scene to render aid and
to help the Albert off the rocks if
possible.
The accident happened during a
thick fog, the boat striking on the
Quinn rocks near Hubbard reef.
One report received here states that
twenty passengers were drowned; an
other says that the ship only had
twenty passengers aboard.
GERMAN LLOYD
TOG .SHIPS
I -
! Place All Vessels In American Ports
and Those In Neutral Ports
On the Market.
j
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—The North
German Lloyd line has offered all its
ships now in the United States for
sale and will withdraw from business.
The agents here have approached
American shipping men with the
proposition to sell all the North Ger
man Lloyd boats now in the harbor
here. The vessels in South American
neutral ports are also for sale.
This action was taken following
the offer of sale of the entire hold
ings of the Hamburg-American Line
to an American syndicate for $20,000,
000, including the giant Vaterland,
which alone cost $10,000,000 and on
ly made her maiden trip last May.
German Shipping Destroyed.
The sale of the German boats in
the United States along with the
number captured by the British,
French and Russians, will destroy
the merchant marine of Germany for
all time and will insure to England
the supremacy of the seas for many
years.
Indicates Long War.
Business men here and administra
tion officials take the offer of sale
as Indicating that the German peo
ple expect a long war and have no
intention of making peace until they
have re-established themselves among
the nations of the world as a con
queror.
ALAMEDA COMES
PROM THE SOUTH
The steamer Alameda, in command
of Captain Warner, arrived in Val
dez at 7 this morning with seventy
five tons of freight and a number of
passengers for this port The steam
er left at 11 for the* westward and
will go to Ship creek, return
ing Saturday. The Valdez pas
sengers were: W. A. Dolan, J. H.
Purey, Abner Miller, C. E. Bunnell,
John Staves, G. L. Thompson, R. J.
W. Brewster, L. S. Carter and two
second-class.