V0L 1Q VALDEZ, ALA8KA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914. NO. 332.
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ARMIES RESTING ON THE BATTLEFIELD
SOLDIERS WORN OUT AND EXHAUSTED BY CONSTANT FIGHTING
EMDEN ENTERS FORTIFIED HARBOR AND SINKS ALLIES CRUISERS
FREIGHTER IS SUNK IN IRISH SEA BY GERMAN FLOATING MINES
SHOCK KILLS
MINERS’ WES
Women Still Hover About Shaft Wait
ing for Bodies of Husbands
Lost In Explosion
ROYALTON, 111., Oct. 29.—Several
widows waiting at the entrance of
the shaft for the bodies of their hus
bands have dropped dead from shock.
The fire in the lower levels have
been held back and rescue workers
have recovered 40 bodies. All hope
for the men still missing has been
abandoned and the loss in human
lives will be 300 men.
The government mine rescue crew,
Bided by the company organization
and by volunteers from the mines
Jiere, are working day and night to
pontrol the flames and to reach the
scene of the explosion.
An investigation will be \nade to
■glace the responsibility. The mine
Tajiconsidered tne of the safest in
x the % orld and had every necessary
. equipment to protect the lives of the
men working underground.
CANADIAN INDIANS
FACE STARVATION
Hudson Bay Company Will Not Ex
tend Credit Nor Buy Furs
Because of the War.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Oct. 29.—The
Indians of northern Canada face star
vation because of the war in Europe.
The Hudson Bay Company has cutoff
all credit to the Indians and half
breeds who do the trapping. Fur is
almost worthless and the market for
skins is closed. The company was at
first inclined to buy the furs and
place them in cold storage until the
•v/ar should be concluded, but the lack
of money to carry the big expense in
< idental to such a transaction, besides
which it is now realized that the war
will last for many months and possi
bly years, and that it may be a dec
ade after the conclusion of peace be
fore furs will be in demand, as the
markets of Europe will be closed un
til the peoples of Europe shall have
recovered from the financial depres
sion caused by the loss of property
and the burden of the war.
The government is expected to take
some action to aid the Indians, who
have lived from trapping and know
no other means of securing a liveli
hood.
Norwegians Want No Prohibition.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Oct. 29.—
The people are clamoring for the re
peal of tthe prohibition law, which
was passed Just previous to the out
break of the war.
HOLLANDERS TO
HELPJEFUGEES
THE HAGUE, Oct. 29.—The parli
ament of the Nether'ands will be
asked to appropriate $1,000,000 for
the care and support of the many
Belgians now in this country seek
ing shelter from the Germans. Eng
land will also aid the Netherlands
government to care for and feed the
women, children and non-combatants,
who are concentrated in the differ
ent cities waiting (for the war to
stop. . .
Attacks Upon Kiao Chau Await Change In Weather Conditions—Germans Receive More Re
enforcements In West Flanders and Are Expected To Renew the Battle of Yser—Belgians Are
Making Desperate Resistance To German Advances—Great Britain Has 1,500,000 Men Under
Arms—German Howitzer Explodes Killing Two Hundred and Fifty Men.
MURDER M
OUT A WEEK
Attorney for Defense Protests That
Any Verdict Now Would Be
Worthless.
SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 29—The jury
considering the fate of William Pe
grin, accused of murdering a child
at this place several months ago, is
still out, although the case was sub
mitted to them a week ago. The trial
judge insists that the jury bring in
a verdict, but the jury is obstinate
and refuses to break the deadlock.
The attorney for the defense has
protested in vain against the jury
being forced to make a decision when
any of them are in doubt as to the
guilt or innocence of the deefndant
and asserts that any verdict so ren
dered will be void. The trial judge,
however, refuses to dismiss the jury,
claiming that the evidence was such
as to allow of no doubt.
AURAL WATSON
OF THE NON
Admiral Liner Will Be Refitted At Ex
pense of $100,000—Company Is
Ready for Business.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—The Admiral
liner, Watson, will be taken off the
run to Southwestern Alaska and will
■ be placed on the drydock and refit
ted and made ready for the big spring
rush, expected because of the antic
ipated railroad construction in the
north.
The company will spend 1100,000
in refitting and rebuilding the Ad
miral Watson and will make her sim
ilar to the Admiral Evans, which is
one of the finest appointed steamers
in the northern passenger trade.
It is expected that should the rush
materialize, as predicted by Alaskans
and by the steamship men, that the
Admiral Schley and Admiral Dewey,
the two new liners from the Atlan
tic seaboard, will also be put on the
run between Seattle and Alaska ports
while other boats will be secured for
fhe Seattle-Frisco run.
On account of Everyman's Club
dance last evening, the weekly danc
ing class at Moose hall was omitted.
The class will resume next Wednes
day night as usual.
CIPT. TOM MOORE
ISjpUETEO
*■ SEATTLE, Oet. 29.—The officers
and crew of the revenue cutter Ta
homa last ,night banqueted Captain
Moore and his bfflcera on the Alaska
Steamship Company freighter Cor
dova for rescuing them from a wa
tery grave when the cutter was wreck
ed to the tar west. |
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PARIS, Oct. 29.—In spite of the
terrilic assaults made by the French
troops upon the positions held by the
Germans at St. Mthieel they still hold
the heights and the allies’ command
ers believe that the trenches are im
pregnable. The plans of the staff are
to force the supporting forces back
until the positions become untenable
and the Germans restire.
Pushing Right Wing Forward.
General Pau is pushing the allies
right wing forward to meet the
threatened attack against Belfort and
if the German army from the Rhine
is defeated the allies right is ex
pected to sweep forward and north
threatening the German rear and may
force the entire line to retire.
Germany Sending More Men To West
Flanders.
LONDON, Oct. 29.—The British
army aviators report that the Ger
mans are receiving strong reinforce
ments in West Flanders, where it is
expected that the battle of the Yser
will be renewed. The German loss
es have been so heavy that it was
impossible for them to continue the
offensive and General Breseler was
forced to wait for more men. It is
estimated that the German loss in
killed, wounded and captured in the
battle of the Y'ser totaled fully 70,000
men.
Belgians Fighting Like Demons.
The Belgian army is fighting des
perately to remain upon Belgian soil
and seem lo be able to hold the Ger
mans back.
Big British Army.
The war office has finally announ
ced that to date 1,500,000 British
troops are under arms. Of this num
ber 400,000 are at the front, while
the balance are being held in con
centration camps and drilled. Lord
Kitchener has ordered the officers in
charge of the recruits to drill the
men to shoot and not to march, as
this is a war where marksmanship
counts for more than dress parade.
Buying Equipment.
The war department is calling up
on the factories of the world for
equipment for the men. Factories in
the United States, Canada, Italy and
other points are receiving large or
ders supplementing those placed in
British factories.
Buying Guns In the United States.
It is reported here that a large or
der for field guns has been placed in
the United tates and that it w 11 soon
be delivered, as the order was given
within 24 hours of the declaration of
war.
Will Raise More Troops.
The general staff will continue the
recruiting work and a third army ot
1,000,000 will be raised and sent to
the front. The men will be raised
in all parts of the world from among
the citizens of Great Britain.
Storms Delay Japanese Operations.
TOKIO, Oct. 29.—The storming op
erations against the German forts at
Kiao Chau have been delayed be
cause of the terrible storms which
have been raging the past week. It
is expected here that the German
city will fall within a week. The
Japanese have advanced to within
striking distance of the forts and are
strongly entrenched.
German Howitzer Explodes.
PARIS, Oct. 29.—A German how
itzer exploded in the German lines
this morning and 250 Germans who
were near it at the time were kill
ed. The big gun was shattered and
pieces of steel was sent in every di
rection. The German 42-centimeter
siege guns weigh 125 tons, have a
I range of 28 miles, cost $462,500 each,
and can shoot every ten minutes a
one-ion projectile, requiring three
J fourths of a ton of powder. Each
! shot costs $9,500, and after 120 rounds
! the guns is useless.
Both Armies Exhausted.
The two armies at the front are
I exhausted and but little fighting lias
been reported along the line in north
ern France and Belgium. The allies
are sending forward more reinforce
ments and the battle will be renewed
in a few days.
Mines In Irish Sea.
LONDON, Oct. 29.—The German
mine which sunk the British freight
er Commerce near Belfast, Ireland,
yesterday, is believed to have been
intended for one of the big troop
ships carrying soldiers from Ireland
to the front. A merchant vessel,
probably of a neutral power, was
used by the Germans to lay the
mines in the Irish Sea. The admir
alty has ordered that the sea be drag
ged for any other mines which may
have been set adrift.
Snow Storms In Russia.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 29— The fierce
snow storms in Poland and Galicia
are impeding the Russian military
operations. The efforts to crush the
German army in Poland must wait
for better weather conditions. The
storm, however, also retards the Ger
man efforts against the Russians.
Wolves Menace Soldiers.
ROME, Oct. 29.—A dispatch from
Cettinje says: "A close watch at
night is necessary at the military
camps, not only because of the fear
of the enemy, but on account of the
dread of wolves, which, when the
first snow covered the mountain tops,
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SUE GLEIUENS
FOR $250,000
Deetective Burns Charges Them With
Libel—Newspaper Replies By
Making Renewed Attacks.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—Detective
Burns has started a suit for $250,000
against the Seattle Times Publishing
Company, charging libel. The Times
has been printing statements regard
ing the man-hunter to which he ob
jects, and when the papers were
served in the suit The Times replied
by making a more severe attack than
any previous roast.
The paper charges that Burns is
constantly framing to frailroad some
one so that he may receive the cred
it or reward and that many Innocent
men were'sent to jail because of the
railroad methods of the so-called
great detective.
EAGLES 10 GIVE
MASQUE BALL
The local Order of Eagles will give
a masquerade ball on December 26th
at Eagle hall. The committee In
charge of the affair expect it will be
one of the greatest Boclal affairs In
the history of the city and a beauti
ful prize will be given for the best
sustained character. The order will
also give a complimentary dance on
November 18th at Eagle lull..
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EMDEN SIS
TWO CRUISERS
German Boat Enter* Fortified Harbor,
Sinks a French and Russian
Cruiser and Escapes.
TOKIO, Oct. 29.—The German crui
ser Emden, flying the Japanese flag
and with an extra smokestack' aboard
to disguise her general outline and
made to resemble a Japanese cruiser,
entered the harbor on Penang Islands
near the Malay peninsula, torpedoed
a French and Russian cruiser and
then escaped. The daring feat of the(
eGrman cruiser was done under the |
guns of the forts guarding the straits
settlements and yet the fast cruiser
escaped.
The names of the two boats lost
by the allies is not known, but it Is
believed they were small vessels.
The Japanese naval department has
sent several big scout cruisers to the
Indian ocean In an effort to destroy
the Emden, which has already sunk
several Japanese freighters. The ships
on the Pacific are watching for oth
er eGrman cruisers, which escaped
from Kiao Chau when the Japanese
declared war.
GERMANS BUILDING
HUGE AIR8HIP SHED
BRUGES, Oct. 29.—The Germans
are building a huge airship shed at
Geldonck. It <ls believed that the
German war office will prepare a
base for aerial operations against the
British and that several other sheds
Will be built. ^44.
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BOOZE SOAKED
KILLS FAW
Father Takes Lives of His Three
Children and Mortally Wounds
Wife When Drink Crazed.
GALESBURG, 111., Oct. 29.—Wil
liam Stromberg last night killed his
three children and Injured his wife
as a result of a quarrel they had
when he returned at midnight to his
home drink-crazed. The three chil
dren had their heads crushed by
their father and the wife is in a dan
gerous condition as a result of her
injuries. The police arrested the
murderer and he is now held under
observation at the local hospital.
Stromberg had been drinking for
several weeks and was quarrelsome
when under the influence of liquor,
but he was a good provider and
home-loving man whfen sober.
EVANS HIES
FROM THE SOUTH
, The steamer Admiral Evans reach
ed Valdez at 9:30 this morning and
left at 11 for the westward. The Ev
ans will go to Ship creek, Kodiak
and Uyak and Is expected back in
Valdez on November 4th. The follow
ing passengers arrived on the boat:
Gladys Culp, Mrs. Emil Davis, Mrs.
F. Steves, C. E. Bunnell, Mrs. Bun
nell and child.
WILSON WOULD
CLOSE JOE MINES
Because Operators Refuse To Accept
Conditions He Imposed In
Strike Section.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Because
the mine owners refused to accept
the settlement ottered them by the
federal government and the fact that
they will continue the strike at the
coal mines in Colorado, President
Wilson has asked Attorney General
Gregory if it is possible for the fed
eral authorities to close the mines
using the federal troops.
The mine workers have agreed to
the settlement proposed by President
Wilson and his labor commissioner,
William Wilson, but the operators say
that the agreement is not fair and
have reected it. The Colorado Fuel
and Coke Company is owned by the
Rockefeller interests.
PROTEST AGA¥ST
WILSON'S AGENT
Carranza Charges George Carothers
With Selling Out To Gen
eral Villa.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 29.—Provision
al President Carranza of Mexico to
day sent to Secretary of State Bryan
a strong protest against the actions
of George Carothers, the special rep
resen'ative of President Wilson In
Mexico, whom Carranza accuses of
having sold out to General Villa and
thePnorthern rebels and with conse
quently with sending false advices
and information to the State depart
ment at Washington regarding the
Mexican situation.
Carranza complains that Carothers
is sending information tending to
prejudice the cause of the Constitu
tionalists, headed by himself, and that
the provisional government Intends to
expell Carothers If he enters the lines
controlled by Carranza.
A copy of the charges have been
sent to Carothers, who Is with Gen
eral Villa and In constant touch with
the State department at Washington.
The American administration ex
pects that the trouble in Mexico will
lead to serious complications and pre
cautions are being taken so as to be
ready for any emergency.
PEOPLE STARVE
IN JERUSALEM
ATHENS, .Greece, Oct. 29.—More
than 100,000 people are starving to
death In Jerusalem. The tourist trav
el, upon which many depended fora
living. Is demoralized and consequent
ly the main source of revenue Is
gone. An appeal will be made to the
people of all nations to aid the starv
ing Jews.
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PRESIDENT ISSUES
PROCLAMATION
Calling Upon the People of the United
States To Give Thanks for the
Benefits They Enjoy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29—President
Woodrow Wilson yesterday issued
the annual Thanksgiving proclama
tion to the people of the United
States and asked that all pray and
give thanks to the Almighty for the
great benelits of peace.
The president declares that the
American people have much to be
thankful for, that peace and prosper
ity are ours; that comparison of con
ditions as they exist in the United
States with the war and pestilence
of Europe should cause every person
in the United States to give thanks
for our deliverance from the troubles
which have been iftflicted upon less
fortunate nations.
Arrangements are being made in
the churches throughout the land for
special Thanksgiving services.
FOREIGN SALES
MADE AT COST
But Attorneys for Big Steel Trust In
sist That American Consumers
Gained Thereby.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29—The at
torneys for the Steel Trust today ad
mitted that the charge that the com
pany sold steel in Europe for less
money than it did to customers in
America, but insisted that the Amer
ican consumer paid no more for his
steel because of that fact.
The attorneys pointed out that ev
ery business will sell to a foreign
market its surplus output at a re
duced rate, in fact at cost, because
the larger the output the greater the
possibilities for economy in cost of
the raw material, the overhead
charges are lowered upon the entire
output, the efficiency of the larger
corporations is maintained and in
many ways the handling of the larger
output makes for economy.
They stated that but for the sales
to Europe of the surplus many of
the American workmen would be out
of employment during the slack sea
son with a consequential loss to the
people of the United States and also
that the ability of the men is in
creased by constant work and exper
ience and this would be impaired If
shut downs were made. The lawyers
Insisted that the American consum
er received a direct benefit as a re
sult of cheap sales in Europe.
MASS MEETING FOR
PROHIBITIONISTS
SEATTLE. Oct 29.—The National
Dry leaders, who have been holding
meetings in this state in the interest
of the Prohibition plank, to be vot
ed upon at the coining election, have
concluded the program of public
speaking with the big mass meeting
held last night in this city and which
was attended by thousands. The Dry
advocates predict that the amendment
for state wide prohibition to thd .
Washington constitution will
with a big vote.
■ubscrlbe for the Prospector.