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AMERICAN TELES
OF THRILLIN
EXPERIENCE
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
LONDON, March «—The gaunlet of
dangers through which a small band
of Americans and Englishmen passed
In their escape from a copper mining
camp in the Caucasus mountains at
the time of the outbreak of war be
tween Turkey and Russia is told by
A. H. Trotter of Syracuse, N. Y„ chief
engineer of the company, who has fin
ally reached London. Their adven
tures form one of the mos texciting
of the minor episodes of the war.
The mining village where the party
was caught is called Dzansoul, and
lies high up in the mountains about
40 miles from the Russian port of Ba
toum on the Black Sea. The defense
of these mountain villages was left to
only a few companies of Russian
police armed with old black-powder
rifles. The report that the Turks were
advancing in force from the south, and
had driven in some of the Russian out
posts, reached the village in November
and this was the first news that hos
tilties had begun. The people in the
smelter camp were slow to realize
the danger that surrounded them, and
took no steps to escape until the
American manager of the company,
R. T. White, was shot one Sunday
morning while on his way from the
camp to the mines, some miles higher
up in the mountains.
White was riding up the trail when
shot suddenly poured upon him from
a ridge across a ravine. Both he and
his horse were struck, and he fell from
the animal, wounded in the leg. Prom
noon until evening he lay in the shel
ter of the rock, sniped at every time
he showed his head. At dusk, a party,
nf which Trotter was a member,
sneaked up the trail to effect his res
cue. They brought him down to
camp, and then sent to Batoum.
The following evening some Rus
sian soldiers, with a battery of three
nch field guns moved up. Thoy sta
loned two of the guns near the smel
er and four others lower down at
Kuril. Most of the non-combatants
>f the village left for Batoum, but a
small party of Americans and British
•emained at camp. The situation was
lot taken seriously, as the Turks were
hought to be a small party of marau
lers.
The next morning when the two
lusslnn guns at the mine opened up
it the crest held by the Turks, the ln
antry which had been increased to
■bout 400 men at the mine, were forced
nto their trenches by the hot return
Ire. Of the Russians, only a small
land of Cossacks carried modern
tuns, the reservists having only single
ihot pieces. The mountain police
vho were in the majority were armed
vith ancient guns, as said, firing black
lowder and lead bullets.
The fighting became so intense, that
rrotter decided to make his escape.
)n the way down the mountain he
iften had to take-refuge from the fire.
Vt Kura he met a Russian ammunition
rain, whose officers arrested him as
i German spy and seized a package of
>ank notes he had with him.
Meanwhile, however, the Turks had
dipped across the crest of the opposite
jridege and had begun a surprise st
ack on the ammunition train. The
lorses which got the worst of it, bolted
lown the mountain, wrecking as they
•an many of the carts of supplies and
immunitlon.
Trotter tried to jump on one of the
vagons to escape, but was prodded off
vith bayonets, and sought cover.
When a motor car filled with wounded
lame by he tried his luck again, but
vas unable to explain himself, for lack
if Russian, and was again bayoneted
iff the car.
The Russian commandant, coming
ip later in an automoble gave him safe
conduct to Borcka, where the ammuni
;lon train was overtaken and Trotter's
money recovered. With a temporary
[lass from the officer, he made his way
tiy rowboat to Batoum.
The rest of the English-speaking
;iarty at camp, caught In the fighting
:oo late to escape, had remained in
he small hospital at the mine, flying
he Red Cross flag. The artillerymen
serving the guns at the camp were
t
cut off to two men, and the Infantry
toward night become helpless. The
Turks were advancing In the dark,
lighting their way with burning sheds.
Two of the party, an American and a
Scotchman, started out to cross the
mountains to the Russian town of
Antvin, while the others, under cover
of darkness took a chance on reaching
Borchka and got through safely. The
American, Morris Caldwell, and the
Scott, got lost In the mountains and
were for three days without food, be
fore they Anally arlved at a river
I which they had to swim. In mid
stream they were greeted by rifle fire.
The Scot was killed, and his body
drifted down stream, but Caldwell es
cape to a Turkish village. He was so
worn out, that he even dropped off to
sleep while seeing a Turk In the same
room whet a butcher knife and talk
about a Holy War.
By good fortune, an old Turk form
-erly employed at the mine recognized
Caldwell as an American and set him
free. He returned to the mine, board
ed up the camp, and then worked his
way to Trebizonde. Here he was ar
rested as a spy and served eighteen
days in a Turkish prison. He ob
tained release only by the mere chnnce
of signalling a passing America^, who
happened to be the United States Con
sul. From Trebizonde he took a
Greek steamer for Constlnople. which
made the trip In sixteen days instead
of the usual three.
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ORGANIZE FOR
TERMS OF PEACE
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
LONDON, March 5—An organiza
tion known ns the Union of Democrat
ic control has been formed by a num
ber of distinguished Britishers to lay
down the principles to guide the fram
ers of the peace terms with a view to
securing lasting peace by giving the
people of conquered provinces the
right to settle their own destinies, and
reducing international armament.
The executive committee of the un
ion is composed of Ramsey McDon
ald, M. P„ Charles Trevelyan, M. P.,
Arthur Ponsonby, M. P., and Norman
Angell, the leader of the internation
al pence movement. Their principles
are:
1. No province shall be transferred
from one government to another with
out the consent by plebiscite, or oth
erwise of the population of the prov
ince.
2. No treaty, arrangement or under
taking shall be entered upon in the
name of Great Britain without the
sanction of Parliament. Adequate
machinery for ensuring democratic
control of foreign policy shall be cre
ated.
3. The foreign policy of Great Brit
ain shall not be aimed at creating al
liances for the purpose of maintain
ing the balance of power, but shall
be directed to concerted action be
tween the powers and the setting up
of an international council whose de
liberations and decisions shall be pub
lic, with such machinery for securing
international agreement as shall be
the guarantee of an abiding peace.
4. Great Britain shall propose as
part of the peace settlement a plan
for the drastic reduction, by consent,
of the armament of all the belligerent
powers and, to facilitate that policy,
shall attempt to secure the general
nationalization of the manufacture of
armaments and the control of the ex
port of armaments from one coun
try to another.
WANTED BULLETS
SAVED FOR PRUSSIANS
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
LONDON, March 6—-According to
an officer who writes from a British
trench in Flanders, this sign was post
ed by the Germans in a nearby trench:
"We are Saxons; you are Anglo
Saxons. Keep your bullets for the
Prussians who relieve us tonight."
He says that immediately after post
ing this notice the Saxons perched
themselves on their trenches tops, lit
their pipes, and enjoyed their ease un
til a volley over the heads sent them
hack to their trenches.
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. ^ CORDOVA, ALASKA
UTE5T GOSSIP
NEW YOUR. March 6—The flnan
clal side of basebnil promises to be one
of the most important factors of the
professional game during the coming
season. Recent readjustments in the
sport has confronted the magnates
with problems which can only be an
swered at the expiration of the 1915
pennant races. Far from the least of
these is the question of the player’s
salary. A large majority of the club
owners In both major and minor leag
ue circuits are convinced that the limit
has been reached In this direction and
curtailment is necessary. Just how
and when to put this economy into ef
fect is a proposition over which there
Is a wide varience of opinion.
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Manager Connie Mack of the Phila
phia Athletics haB shown Spartin qual
Ities by pruning his former world’?
championship team by sale and release
until Coombs. Bender, Plank and Col
lins are no longer Athletics and Bak
er’s connection with the club Is un
certain. Pres. Edward Barrow, of the
International League, has notified the
various club owners in his circuit that
reductions in player's salaries were in
order. Other league executives and
club owners favor similiar moves but
are deterred by long term contracts
which cannot be violated. The move
toward economy can be seen, however,
in the unconditional release of players
wherever possible. Not In many
yenrB has there been the number of
unconditional releases, recorded since
the close of the 1914 season.
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A prominent baseball official said
recently that the average follower of
the game did not realize the Increased
cost of the game due to the advance
ment in player's salaries. Various
angles in the business side of the
sport made it necessary, including the
Increasing popularity of basketball,
independent opposition and the band
ing together of the players them
selves. Looking at it in a broad mind
ed manner, he said that there were
conditions in the situation which war
ranted increases but in many cases
increases were out of proportion to
the services rendered.
It has been estimated that the aver
age salary paid by major league clubs
has been doubled In the last ten years.
In the case of a majority of the players
the Increase is less than $700 a year
but when the contracts of stars like
Eddie Collins, Trie Speaker, Walter
Johnson, Jake Daubert and Sam Craw j
ford are figured in. the general ad- i
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vance reaches a surprising amount, i
The salary limit of the National Leag- <
ue was $2,400 fifteen years ago. To- <
day the salary of the mediocre player
exceeds these figures and there is no
limit for the stars.
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Baseball authorities who have star
ted the situation carefully point out
that under the conditions that pre
vailed in the early nineties a star in
field and outfield containing such play
ers as Delehanty, Lajoie, Cross, Flick,
and Thomas, could be secured for an
annual outlay of approximately $17,
00. Today simlliar combination would
require a yearly expenditure of five to
seven times that amount. Yet the
gate receipts prove that attendance
has not increased in anything like the
same ratio. Eddie Collins’ acquistion
and contract Is said to represent an
outlay of more than $100,000 during
the next five years. A Chicago statis
tician has figures that he will have to
draw well over a quarter million extra
attendance to the White Sox park if
he is to Individually repay the In
vestment.
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