FIFTH YEAR
CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ^1914.
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NUMBER 3
EUROPEAN WAR
LONDON, Nov. 10.—The big German cruiser Emden,
which for weeks has been the terror of vessels in Oriental
waters belonging to the allies, was driven ashore and destroyed
on Coco Island, in the Bay of Bengal, today by the Australian
cruiser Sydney. The Emden was sighted Friday morning and
a running fight occurred. The shells of the Sidney set the
German vessel on fire and she was driven ashore in order to
permit the escape of officers and crew.
One of the most daring acts of the Emden occurred two
weeks ago when she stole into the harbor of Penang* and sank
a Russian cruiser. More than 70 British, French and Japanese
cruisers were immediately sent out in search of the Emden and
the Karlsruh, which up to that time had sunk 33 British
merchantmen.
The German cruiser Koeningsberg, which recently dis
abled the British cruiser Pegasus, is blockaded in the harbor
of Nampia on an island off the coast of South Africa.
TOKIO, Nov. 10.—Tsingtau, which was taken by the
allies November 7, after long continued blockade and bombard
ment, was unconditionally turned over by the Germans at 10
o’clock this morning.
HONOLULU, Nov. 10.—As soon as the Japanese battle
ship Hizen was advised that the German warship Geier had
been interned here she began taking on coal and provisions in
preparation for departure to a point unknown here.
BERLIN, Nov. 10.—Simultaneously with their operations
against the main German army under General Von Hinderberg
on a line back of the River Wartlie, the Russians attempted to
get back into East Prussia by the old route south of Wirbalen,
but they were met on the frontier by General Von Morgen’s
army and after heavy fighting were driven back across the
frontier.
LONDON, Nov. 10.—Advance patrols of Belgians, report
ing at Ostend, disclose the significant fact that the entire coast
from Dunkirk, in France, to Ostend,. is clear of Germans, This
territory has been the scene of some of the most terrific engage
ments of the war, by land forces, with vessels of the allies
lending them aid by bombarding the strongholds of the enemy
along the coast.
ATHENS, Nov. 10.-—The Russian cruisers Ragel, Hamiat
and Merkoolia, which have been bombarding Turkish forts on
the straits of Bosphorus, have also sunk several merchant
vessels of that nation at Port Fregli.
LONDON, Nov. 10.—Dense fog is hampering military
operations along the Aisne, and the two armies, weakened in
numbers and exhausted in persons because of the long and
terrific fighting, are taking advantage of the lull in hostilities
to obtain much needed sleep and rest.
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 9.—The departure of many German
military trains placarded to Russia and leaving Brussels and
Louvaine tends to confirm reports that the Kaiser’s forces in
the east have been unable to withstand assaults of outnumber
ing Russians and are retreating.
LONDON, Nov. 9.—Three points in the area of hostilities
today are Silesia, a province of Austria, East Austria and
Alsace. The armies of the allies are on German soil, assuming
the aggressive, and today conditions seem to presage a reversal
of the roles of the contending armies and retirement of the
Germans before stronger forces better supported. The army of
the latter in the west, which has been struggling for several
days to comply with orders of the Kaiser to take Calais, seem
to have found this to be a physical impossibility and fear of
a German raid on England is declining.
ANTWERP, N ov. 9.—German troops arriving in Belgium
from the battlefields of Russian Poland bring reports of great
suffering because of rigorous winter weather.
LONDON, Nov. 9.—Official reports bring the encouraging
news that the German army in the east is retreating after
unsuccessful efforts to drive back the Russian invaders, and
that in the west the enemy is on the defensive.
LONDON, Nov. 9.—A significant message from Petrograd
announces that Russia may defer invasion of Germany until
her historic mission towards the Bosphorus is accomplished.
Cossack raids across the German border continue, with losses
about equally divided between the contenders. The Berlin war
office now admits that the Russians are well beyond the
Warthe river.
HONOLULU, Nov. 9.—Another German warship has been
placed where it cannot harm vessels or ports of the allies. The
Geier, which has been undergoing repairs here for several
weeks, while two Japanese cruisers awaited outside this port
for her appearance beyond the three mile line, has been placed
under a guard of American troops and will be held until the
end of the war. Rear Admiral Moore paroled the officers and
dismounted the Geier’s guns.
OTTAWA, Nov. 9.—The authorities here are looking
forward to the forming and soon arrival of a regiment of rough
riders from Dawson and the Klondike country. Information is
to the effect that many miners and trappers have volunteered
and are getting ready to go to the front, which means a
distance of 7,000 miles away. These men wish to form a
regiment similar to Col. Roosevelt’s rough riders in the
Spanish-American war.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 7.—A letter received here by a
resident from a friend near the border tells some interesting
facts of the way the*fGermans regard the progress of the war.
The letter follows:
TOKIO, Nov. 7.—The interest of the emj/ire has been
centered for days past in the effort to capture the German
possession of Tsingchau. Battleships have been congregating
and repeated bombardment made of the forts. The Germans
succeeded in putting up a winning resistance for a time, but
as the forces of Japan, Great Britain and France were
increased and a combined assault made upon the port, the
resistance gradually gave way. Announcement is now made
that at midnight last night the .Herman forces surrendered the
city of Tsingchau with its 100,000 people and valuable posses
sions. The announcement today of the fall of this important
port has caused great jubilation. The admiralty considers it
a most important victory and announces that plans are formu
lating to send the warships that were engaged at Tsingchau to
clear the Pacific coast of all German craft.
BERLIN, Nov. 7.—That three German cruisers shelled the
British forts at Yarmouth, England, November 3, was officially
announced today by the admiralty. This important item of
news of a German success was not permitted to pass the British
press censors. It is considered one of the most important of
the few successes credited to the Germans during the past
week.
LONDON, Nov. 7.—Fighting in the vicinity of Verdon.
near the Alsatian border in France, and also south of Ypres
down across the French border to Arras has all but ceased.
This territory has witnessed some of the most devastating
battles of the war, with lines frequently changing as allies and
Germans alternately were successful. This cessation of hostili
ties is interpreted to mean that the Germans are preparing for
an extension of their lines to Calais; in fact, it is known that
they are preparing for another offensive movement.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 7.—It is announced from Berlin
that Emperor William has ordered another attempt on the
part of the German army to reach Calais. Capture of this
important seaport will give the Germans a direct opening for
attack on England, as the distance across the channel between
Calais and Dover is only 22 miles.
BERLIN, Nov. 7.—The war office announced late this
afternoon that three divisions of the Russian cavalry, which
crossed the River Wartha, were defeated and were pushed
back across the line, with the Germans in pursuit.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Spring Rice, British ambas
sador, notified Acting Secretary of State Lansing today that
England believes American copper shipments are being sent
to Germany through neutral ports. It is said several cargoes
held up at Gibraltar show some of the shipments to be destined
for the Krupp Gun Works. **
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.—Private advices to promi
nent British shipping agents here from their correspondents
at Valparaiso report an engagement taking place off Yauyos,
Peru, between British, Japanese and German warships. Press
dispatches telling of a previous British-German naval engage
ment are confirmed in these messages.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 6.—The British have sus
tained the loss of another merchant vessel, this time by the
guns of a Turkish warship off Aivali, Asia Minor. The
number of fatalities is not reported.
ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 6.—A German officer named Mors
has been sentenced, by the authorities of Egypt, to imprison
ment for life because plans to blow up the Suez Canal were
found in his possession.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 6.—Shots fired at Turkish
forts yesterday have caused an official explanation on the part
of the British commander that a British warship was
bombarding the Dardanelles.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7.—The Japanese steamship
Azumasan Maru, arriving today from the Orient, reported as
being convoyed across the Pacific by two Japanese warships,
but refused to divulge names. No German vessels of any
kind were sighted during the voyage.
PARIS, Nov. 6.—Following the lead of England, France
today declared war on Turkey.
DOVER, Eng., Nov. fi.—Heavy firing this morning off
Dover is interpreted in official circles to mean the renewal of
the engagement commenced resterday between the British
and German fleets.
LONDON, Nov. 7.—The admiralty has announced that it
was the flagship Goodhope and not the Monmouth which
foundered with the loss of all hands in the naval battle off
Coronel yesterday. The Monmouth was badly damaged.
PARIS, Nov. 5.—A correspondent to the Excelsior, wires
from Havre and says that from a source which he cannot
divulge he has received the information that General von
Kluck died in a hospital at Namur, ten days ago. He suffered
from a wound received in a battle in Belgium.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 5.—A steam collier which just
arrived from Valparaiso, reports having seen eight Japanese
warships near an eastern island of the Pacific, west /of the
Chilean coast.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 5.—British warships have
resumed the bombardment of the forts at Dardanelles.
LONDON, Nov. 5.—Great Britain today formally annexed
the island of Cyprus, in the Mediterranean Sea. It nominally
formed part of the Turkish empire.
PARIS, Nov. 5.—General Joffre reports that the position
of the French and British continues good and that the Germans
have not been able to make any advance, but that on the con
trary their lines have been broken and they have had to retreat
in several places.
LONDON, Nov. 5.—It is reported that the Russian army i«
on the march and is now nearing the German frontier. The
Germans are fortifying themselves and it is expected that
another big battle will soon be on.
LONDON, Nov. 9.—The Canadian government has placet!
30.000 more Canadians into training and will send them to
England in units of 10,000 men. The first unit will be sent
forward in December. Within a year it is expected to have at
least 100,000 men under arms.
‘‘I have seen a little from a very high German official
who has been at the front since the beginning of the invasion
of Belgium and is now invalided home in which he says ‘the
war is not going as we expected. The resistance of the allied
forces is extraordinary and we are beginning to feel very
nervous as to the result. Our (German) losses are terrible, so
terrible that the Emperor has forbidden their disclosures. Our
generals have been wantonly wasteful with our men, who have
been mowed down in thousands. Whilst it is impossible to say
exactly what our losses are, I should estimate them between
350.000 and 400,000 altogether. It it continues at this rate
much longer we shall be quite unable to meet Russia with any
hope of success.”
Ottawa reports that the greater portion of the new
Canadian contingent has been recruited already.
The Bordeaux courts have seized the premises and stocks
of eight German and Austrian wine shipping firms. These
are valued at several million francs.
SEATTLE, Nov. 5.—It is now definitely known that the
prohibition amendment has carried in the state of Washington,
by a majority of about 16,000. All the counties in the state
with the possible exception of six voted dry. The exceptions
included King, Pierce and Spokane counties, where are located
the three big cities of Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane. King
county went wet by about 10,000. Late this afternoon with
; 450 precincts in the state yet to hear from prohibition had a
lead of 16,100. The other precincts are in country and remote
districts and are more likely to increase than diminish the lead.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 5.—The battle in the state of
Oregon over the prohibition question has been hard fought.
This afternoon the drys are claiming to have carried the state
by a majority of about 30,000.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—After taking into consideration,
the returns received up to this afternoon it is believed that in
the next House of Representatives the Democrats will have a
majority of 23 and that they will increase their majority in
the Senate to 14. At present there are 52 Democrats, 43
Republicans and 1 Progressive in the Senate. The House is
divided as follows: Democrats, 290; Republicans and
Progressives, 145.
SEATTLE, Nov. 5.—Next to the prohibition fight the
greatest battle in this section was on the eight-hour measure.
For a time it looked as though the vote would be close, but it is
announced this afternoon that the measure has been safely
defeated.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.—Although the vote is close on the
election of United States senator in Illinois, it now looks as
though the present Republican senator, Lawrence Y. Sherman,
had been re-elected over Roger Sullivan.
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The election returns from this
division received to date show totals
as follows:
For Delegate to Congress
Wickersham .1,174
Bunnell . 949
Brooks . 165
For Senator
Price . 671
Hubbard . 654
Chhse . 384
Goshaw . 264
German . 150
For Representative:
Day . 980
Holland .g • ■ • 913
Tansy . 871
Noon . 870
Lyons . 827
Ingram . 808
Markle . 547
White . 500
Finnigan . 332
Bradford . 287
Ganty . 199
Hegner . 135
Carter . 103
Lynch . 89
The election returns from Afog
nak, located near Kodiak, came by
wireless to Whiteshed last night.
The vote was largely in favor of the
Wickersham candidates and was as
follows:
For Delegate to Congress: Wick
ersham, 68; Bunnell, 15; Brooks, 0.
For Senator—Chase, 0; Price, 14;
Hubbard, 43; Goshaw, 1; German, 1.
For Representatives—Carter, 1;
Bradford, 0; Day, 42; Finnigan, 0;
Ganty, 1; Hegner, 1; Holland, 0;
Ingram, 1; Lynch, 1; Lyons, 31;
Markle, 8; Noon, 42; Tansy, 42;
White, 67.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Henry
Morgenthau, American ambassador
to TiJrkey, has been advised to re
sign, because of the adverse reports
of two members of the Turkish
cabinet on possible failure of
orp'snizatinn of a peace party.
SEATTLE, Nov. 10—Julius Born
stein, the well known pioneer mer
, chant of this city is dead.
V
Lawrence Barrett, Jr., of Katalla,
who for the past six years has been
developing and promoting mineral
oil resources of the Controller Bar
district, gives to the Northwest Min
ing Journal an interesting account
of the petroleum industry in that
section. Mr. Barrett is very optimls.
tic regarding the oil situation in
Southwestern Alaska, regardless cT
conservation and the stringent
money market. Mr. Barrett said:
“There is no lack of confidence in.
the Katalla oil fields, but there is
a lack of money, which defect will
soon be overcome now that Congress
has passed promised favorable legis
lation. Development is going on
steadily. Recent tests have given
the oil in our district the high effi
ciency of 48 per cent gasoline, and
the lowest igniting temperature of
any crude oil so far known. In many
instances, this oil in its crude state
has been used in gasoline launches
in and about Controller Bay, and
It has also assumed a most impor
tant place in the domestic life of
I Katalla. In nearly all the houses,
toil burners have been installed,
totally displacing coal and wood. The
people of neighboring cities are also
interesting themselves in the use of
this liquid fuel, in their efforts to
solve the high cost of lving. The
Copper River & Northwestern Rail
way has abandoned the use of coal
altogether and is using native fuel
oil exclusively to propel its trains.”
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AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 10.—A girl
suffering from symptoms of the foot
and mouth disease which has
afTected live stock in this vicinity
has been discovered here and thou
sands of school children have been
quarantined. The disease is sup
posed to have been introduced by
cattle imported from Canada.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. 10.—Welsh
was held to a drawn in a go of 10
rounds with Charlie White last
night. Because of a state law pro
hibiting fights to a finish, it was
a newspaper decision.