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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
HERMAN BIDDER
 PASSES AWAY
Kidney Disease Causes Death of Ger man Patriot who Believed that
 Kaiser Could Do no Wrong.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Herman Ridder, the German patriot who be- lieved that the Kaiser and German government could do no wrong, died at his home here last night from kid ney disease, aged GA years.
 Ridder was owner of the States Zeitung, the Fatherland and several other German American publications, and was the recognized leader of the German-American sentiment in the United States.
 He had grown to manhood before coming to America and believed that Germany was the most advanced na- tion in the world, and that she was fighting not only for her very exist ence, but for the enlightenment of the world and greater civilization.
 His publications have severely criticised President Wilson and the administration, charging violation of neutrality and favoritism for the Al lies. He organized a protest to En- gland from 'German-Americans over the blockade of Germany by England and when affairs were critical be- tween the German and United States governments last summer over the German submarine warfare, circu- lar bearing Herman Riders sigma ture was circulated among German Americans urging them to defend the Fatherland in case hostilities should result from the demands of President Wilson upon the German government.
 Ridder has been instrumental in raising millions of dollars in the Uni ted States for the German Red Cross society to care for the families of the war sufferers in Germany, and was steadfast in his opinion that Ger many would triumph over the balance of Europe in the great struggle now being waged.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
SUBMARINES WILL
 BLOCKADE GREECE
Forced King Constantine to Participate in the War.

MUNICH, Nov. 2.-It is believed here that King Constantine, of Greece, has been forced by the Allies to join them and it is expected that Greece is soon to declare war against Bull garia on the pretext of keeping her treaty with Serbia made at Bucharest after the Balkan war of 1912.
 It is reported that German subma- rines have been sent to the Medit- erranean sea to establish blockade of the Greek coast to prevent the AL lies from landing troops to be sent to the Bulgarian campaign.
 King Constantine is reported to have denied the right of the Allies to force his country to declare war for or against them, and promised strict neutrality which was not acceptable to the Allies. The new Greek cabi net is reported as favoring the up holding of the Bucharest treaty and developments are looked for at an early date.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
WAR WIDOWS ARE
 ASKING O|V0RCES
Result of Misguided Patriotism is now Being Manifested in British
 Divorce Courts.

LONDON. Nov. 2.-Hundreds of the wives of soldiers at the front have began actions for divorces and the government has ordered that all divorce proceedings against soldiers be suspended until after the return of the men from the front.
 During the early stages of the war patriots urged the soldiers to wed before leaving for the war and thousands of young couples were mar ried and parted a few hours after wards, never to meet again. The war wldows have tired of their positions and seek release from their husbands in name only.
 The English club women have been active in trying to find a solution of the question and it is believed that they have been instrumental in hav- ing the British government suspend the divorce actions until the soldiers return from the front. Many of the wives in their complaints assert that they do not know if their husbands are alive or dead, as they have not heard from them since leaving for the front. Many of the husbands are prisoners in Germany, and have been unable to communicate with their relatives.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
SEATTLE SHELTER
 |S ASSURED FACT
Enterprise Made Feasible Through the Development of the Alaska
 Coal Fields Next Year.

SEATTLE, Nov. 1.-The Bunker Hill Mining Company, of Kellogg. Idaho, is having plans prepared for a million dollar shelter which will be established near Seattle as soon as the material can be assembled. A site has been secured which will af- ford both rail and water shipping ad- vantages.
 A number of Seattle capitalists who are interested in Alaskan mining properties have joined forces with the Bunker Hill people in the enter prise which has only been made feas- ible by the development of the coal fields of Alaska.
 It is understood that the company will make application for lease of a tract in the Matanuska coal fields and will begin development of the mine in order that coal may be available when the government railroad reaches the coal fields.
 It is announced that the company plans to operate its own ore carrying vessels and may possibly compete for the freight business of the north with the established lines.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
ANCHORAGE CASES
 BE TRIED AT kN|K
Che of Defendants in Anchorage Li- Guor Cases Plead Guilty and
 Fined $1OO and Costs.

The United States marshars office today received advices from Seward stating that one of the defendants in the Anchorage liquor cases, F. B. Mo- Arthur had plead guilty and been f1n- cd $1O0 and costs, and that all the other Anchorage liquor cases have been ordered transferred to Knik for trial, before the U. s. commissioner there
 It is believed, that the government prosecution is finding great difficulty in securing juries at Anchorage to try the cases. The announcement of the land ofiice agents that conviction on the charge of violation of the liquor laws would mean confiscation of the delAxdant's lots in Anchorage has made 1t almost impossible for the keepers of blind pigs to be convicted, although the evidence is understood Fto be conclusive against them.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
sMUGGlES CH|NKS
 INTO AMERICA
Probing Coastwise Ves- sels Believed to be Engaged in
 Smuggling Operations.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.-Agents of the federal government are prob ing a gigantic Chinese smuggling ring which is believed to have existed for some time among the employees of the coastwise vessels More than doz- en steamers are under suspicion of having smuggled Chinese into the United States in violation of the law requiring per capita tax.
 A number of arrests have been made following indictments by the federal grand jury last August, when more than sixty secret indictments were returned. The operations of the smugglers are reported as having ex- tended from British Columbia to Mexitb. and hundreds of Chinese are believed to have been landed in San Francisco and other coast cities in of the law.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
ANT|-AL|Ek LAW
 |S HELD INVALID
Supreme Court of United States Holds that Arizona State Legislature
 Exceeded Authority.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2,-The Su- preme Court of the United States has handed down it's decision in the case of the Arizona anti-alien law, passed by the Arizona legislature two years ago.
 The anti-alien law created one of the hardest fights ever waged in the legislature of Arizona and was passed by the state legislature after the gov ernor had vetoed the measure.
 The measure had the support of the labor unions, which are particularly strong in Arizona, and was intended to force the mine operators to employ Americans instead of Mexicans. It was shown that the Southern Pacific employed a very small percentage of white men except in executive posi- tions.
 The supreme court has held that the state legislature exceeded it's au- thority in attempting to govern the class of labor to be employed in the state by operators.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02

LONDON, Nov. 2.-Owing to the Hull in the fighting on both the east ern and western battlefronts atten- tion is centered on the Balkans as the war censors are permitting some news to be printed concerning the opera tions in the near East. Advices from Petrograd state that the Russian fleet has succeeded in landing a Russian army on the Bulgarian Black sea coast of Bulgaria near the city of Var na and that the city had been sub- jected to a terrific bombardment by the Russian fleet. It is believed that the Russians will endeavor to smash passage to the west north of the Balkan mountains and that the cam paign has been planned by the allies with the object of forcing the Teu- tons to withdraw from Serbia to de- fend the Bulgarian state. The Allies in Southern Bulgaria are reported to have made substantial gains north of Strumitza.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
ID PAY
 THE GOVERNMENT
Names of Americans who Failed to Repay for Assistance in Getting
 Back Home Advertised.

SEATTLE, Nov. 2.-The United States government, having grown tir- ed of attempting to collect from Americans who were given financial assistance in getting back to the Uni ted States from Europe following the outbreak of the war, has started suits to recover the money where the part ies are known, and are advertising the names of those who have failed to repay the loan.
 The names of fourteen persons who are still indebted to the government as advertised here, includes the name of Mark Graden, of Valdez, to whom $50, the price of steerage ticket, was advanced to bring him from Liv- erpool to New York. Valdez people in Seattle say that they do not know of Graden and believe that some per son gave fictitious address in order to escape the publicity attached'to his having been forced to accept aid from the government
 Dispatches from other cities state that many of the names advertised are, fictitious and the persons owing the government are unknown. Hun dreds of men gave their addresses to the government agents as Chicago, but they are unknown and the col lectors have been unable to locate thom
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
ANOTHER EXPLOSION IN
 DUPONT POWDER WORKS.

WILMINGTON, Nov. 2.-Another explosion occurred in the Dupont Powder company's works near here this morning resulting in fourteen employees being severely injured. The building where the explosion took place was completely wrecked The explosion is believed to be the work of agents of the German society or in the United otates to prevent ship ments of munitions to the Allies. The works are under double guard and it is believed that the dynamite was placed by some person in the employ of the company.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
MILLIONS PAID FOR
 HORSES BY ALLIES
American Horses Have Been hllied
 on European Battlefteids by Hundreds of Thousands.

EAST ST. LOUIS, H., Nov. D. The society which is working to have President Wilson declare an embar- 20 on American horses being sent across the Atlantic ocean to die on the battlefields of Europe, have com piled statistics showing that $25,- 900, 900 has been paid by the Allies for horses in the United States since the war began.
 It is reported that the agents or the European governments have ab- solutely stripped many of the south ern states of horses and that suffi- cient animals have not been left in the country to till the soil next year. TheIkgents of the Allies are now pay ing. hrly one hundred per cent more Tor horses than when the war began. began.
 More than twenty thousand horses have been gathered in the corrals near this city and are soon to be shipped to Europe.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02

It is believed the above dispatch refers to case which was carried to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco from Nome last win ter and which was decided against the parties taking the appeal from the decision of Judge Tucker at Nome. It is evident that the case was re- considered possibly on the ground that new and important evidence bearing on the subject had been dis covered and that the court has con- firmed it's previous findings.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
FIRE CAUSES HEAVY
 LOSS AT DAWSON.

The Canadian Klondike Mining big steam geenrating plant was destroyed by fire last Friday, causing loss of nearly one hundred thousand dollars. The origin of the fire is mystery but it is not doubted that 1t was accidental. The loss the steam generating plant will compel the company to continue the opera tion of it's dredges by means of wa ter power which is available in fairly good quantities from the big ditches. The big ditches were forced to close down for few days while the new adjustments being made.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
ADMIRAL EVANS LEFT
 SEATTLE YESTERDAY.

SEATTLE, Nov. 2.-The steamer Admiral Evans, of the Admiral line, sailed for Valdez and other South western Alaska ports this morning, having been delayed in taking on car go. The passengers for Valdez are: c. Tonck, John Baeurman, B. How ard and c. L. Vawter, James Wade for Fort Liscum, and Judge William A. Munley, newly appointed assistant district attorney for Knik. The Ad- miral Evans has every available space filled with freight for the north, and the warehouses are still filled with shipments for Anchorage and other Cook Inlet points.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
AN1|:SuFFRAGE
 WOMEN WORKING
Arc Fighting Progressives and Pro- hjbitionists Who Endorsed WO-
 man Suffrage in Campaign.

BOSTON, Nov. 2.-The women of this state are taking an active part in the election today as only the Pro- sressive and Prohibition candidates for office endorsed suffrage during their campaigns and the suffragettes are working hard for their election.
 Governor Walsh, who is seeking re- election, and former Congressman Mccall, the Republican candidate, re- fused to endorse suffrage and are be- ing given the support of the anti Suffragettes in the election today.
 Other cities in the state report that the Dbmen are equally divided in theif support and are reported to have worked hard for their candi- dates.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
FREIGHTER CORDOVA IS
 DISCHARGING COAL.

The big freighter Cordova, of the Alaska Steamship company. arrived in Valdez today, bringing three hundred tons of coal for the Valdez Dock company. It is reported that the coal is the best which has been brought to Alaska for some time and will afford the citizens of Valdez an opportunity of securing their winters fuel while the snow is not deep enough to prevent delivery. The Cor dova also carries a large quantity of freight for Seward and Anchorage.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02

cated. During the Austrian cam paign last year the Austrian troops had laid siege to the city when King Peter took personal command of his troops and drove the Austrians back with terrific losses. It is reported that the Serbians moved their stores of munitions to Montenegro when the invasion of Serbia began from Bosnia two months ago and that the Teutons found the forts deserted, the Serbians having withdrawn to Nish.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
LOOK FOR
 VICTORY TO-DAY.

Al White, territorial Republican organizer, looks for republican vic- tory today in the states, where elections are to be held. Consider able local interest is attached to the electipn in Massachusetts and repub- licans believe that ex-Congressman Samuel Mccall, who is candidate against the present incumbent, Gov ernor Walsh, will win by big ma jority. MT. White states that the full dinner pail" is the issue with the Republicans in the New England stsfss.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
TWENTY BURNED IN TENEMENT HOUSE..

BROOKLYN, Nov. 2.-The destruc- tion of a tenement house here last night by fire resulted in twenty per sons being cremated on the upper floors before firemen could reach them with ladders. Investigation has shown that the tenement lacked fire escapes and the tenants on the upper stories were caught like rats in trap.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
JUDGE FUCKERS
 DECISION UPHELD
Circuit Court of Appeals Holds that Alaska Clubs Selling Liquors
 Must Pay 8 License.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.-The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down a decision holding that Alaska clubs, where liquors are sold, must pay license as provided by the federal laws.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02

Col. Revelle, who has been award ed the mail contract between Seward and Anchorage, as we'll as the Idita- rod mail contract. left Seward yes- terday afternoon on his first trip of the season to Iditarod. He is report ed to have several of the finest dog teams ever seen in Alaska.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02

E. D. Reiter, manager of the Alas ka Mines Corporation, developing property at Fidalgo bay, was pas senger on the Admiral Farragut for Cordova, where he will look over some machinery with view of in- stalling it on his property.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02

Miss Alice Coles was an outgo- ing passenger on the Admiral Farra- gut for Seattle. She will visit the San Francisco exposition before re- turning to Valdez.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02

o. Tucker. we'll known in Valdez, was passenger on the Admiral Far ragut last night en route to the states.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
Serbia Being Crushed.

Serbia Being Crushed.
 LONDON, Nov. 2.-The Bulgarian and Teutonic armies operating south of Belgrade are reported to have cap tured the Serbian forts at Kraguie- vatz, where the Serbian arsenal is To-
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02
RUSSIAN ARMY LANDED ON
 BULGARIAN BLACK SEA COAST

PETROGRAD STATE LANDING MADE AFTER CITY MARINA SUBJECTED BOMBARD- DEAVOR SMASH PASSAGE BULGARIAN CAPITAI-TEU- TONS AND BULGARIANs SERBIAN ARsENAL-BERIIN ARsENAI-BERLIN REPORTS FORTY THOUSAND STREAMS RUSSIANS CAPTURED DURING OCTOBER
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-02

Judge E. D. Reiter has taken of- fees with Al White in the Boyle building over the Owl Drug store.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-23
CROSS BORDER
At TWO POINTS
Russian Forces Again Operating
In East Prussia.
HOLD BACK DRIVE TO WARSAW

Fighting In the carpathians Locks Up
Great Force of Austrians and Ger.
mans, While PrzemysI, In East Gall.
cia, Is Reported Totterins - Be-
'ieved Grand Duke viii Soon In
itiate a Tremendous Drive.
London, March 20.-The Russians
are once again over the East Prus-
sian border at two points north OF
the Niemen. They have strong forces
advancing on Suwalki and they have
other strong forces said to be allow
ing the Germans to exhaust them
selves in futile bombardment OF
Ossowiec. All that is in the territory
north of the Vistula and west of the
Borhr and the Narew.
On the left bank of the Vistula an
effective force is holding off direct
drive on Warsaw along the Bzura.
Farther south another German force
is against stone wall trying to work
northeast towards Warsaw. Still far.
ther south, In east Galicia, Przemysl
is trembling towards a fall. In the
Carpathians the fighting, which is an
attack and counter attack, simply
locks up a great force of Austrians
anG Germans, and in addition to that
there are great Russian reserves in
the fortified towns along the Narew
and the Vistula south around War
saw, all waiting for the moment when
the grand duke will call upon them
to initiate a tremendous drive.
Whether this will be towards Koenigs-
burg or over the Carpathians into the
plains Of Hungary towards Budapest,
no one knows, but its pressure will
he enormous, it is believed, when IL
IL exerted.
Occupation by the Russians of Me-
mel, German port on the Baltic Is
announced. Memel is a town of con-
siderable importance in northeastern
Prussia and the presence there of the
Russian forces is taken by military
observers here to indicate that the
Russian generals have decided to at
tempt big sweep down through East
Prussia in an endeavOr to compel the
Germans to fall back from northern
Poland.
The Germans have started an often
sive in central Poland, where they
have commenced an attack on the
Russians in the region OF the Pilica
river.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-23
ROBBER
Becomes III, Tells Story Of
Crime And Gives Him.
self Up
(Mansfield Shieid.)

Conscience stricken because of two
rcbberies he committed In Ashland
last December. William Mick, 26,
gave himself up to Huntington, Ind,
police and now is in custody in the
Ashland county Jail
Mick, in muny court Wednesday,
pleaded guilty to entering the homes
of two prominent Ashland men. In
one house he stole a lot of silverware.
In another he took sS2.
The robbery occurred Dec. 5,
shortly after his parole from the re-
formatory, to which he was sent from
Stark county for robbery, had ex-
pired.
After looting the last house he
came to Mansfield. Later he Travelled
throughout the west.
In Huntington a few days ago he
became Ill. Thinking his sickness
much worse than it really was, he
decided to confess.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-23
A GOOD Pig STORY
Mansfield News.)


A farmer living near here bought a
pig in poke when he made q bargain
with Bellville boy to purchase three
head of pigs. The boy made the
greater part of the bargain.
The youngster told the farmer he
would sell him two little pigs and
their mother. The would-be purchas.
er made due inquiry regarding the
age of the pigs and their size. The
boy gave the age, but when it came
to the size, he admitted they were
mot so awfully Zig"
The farmer thought he saw bar
gain when the Toy offered to take SIS
for his pigs The farmer wrote out
check for this amount and gave it
to the young owner, before coming
after his purchases.
Later the man drove into Bellville
in d two-horse wagon to haul his live
stock home. When he went to load
the pigs, he found they were guinea
pigs.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-23
IGNORING RIGHTS
OF FOREIGNERS
Mexican Chiefs Use Holdup
Methods Of Obtaining Money.

Washington. March 20.-With Cen
erals Villa, Carranza and Obregon
and some lesser lights in Mexico
showing a disposition to collect
money in the regions in which they
are operating without regard to the
rights of foreigners. another problem
Ia pressing for solution by the United
States In connection with the affairs
OF the unhappy republic.
At Monterey. few days ago, Fran
cisco Villa felt the irresistible i'm.
pulse to take monies belonging to for.
eigners, and it became known that
earlier he tried for an enforced loan"
on the residents of Guadalajara. Near
Guadalajara, Americans have large
interests, including a mine, in which
James w. Gerard, American minister
TO Germany, has extensive holdings.
A protest went up at Guadalajara and
villa withdrew his demand for money.
Now 1t Is stated that while Villa
may use 'holdup" methods of obtain
ing money, he plans to attain the
same results by different methods. Ac-
cording to information received here
he intends to levy various forms of
taxation in such manner as not to
leave ground for complaint on the
part of foreigners. The tax will be
assessed on all forms of property on
percentage basis. Villas attempt to
raise 100000 from the foreigners and
churches at Monterey will not be
pressed, officials here said.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-23
COUNTRY DEVASTATED
Many Thousands OF Destitute People
In Armenia.

London. March 20. - Appalling &C.
counts Of conditions In Armenia have
reached the officials In London of the
Armenian Red Cross fund. The latest
recital is from an Armenian doctor
named Derderian, who says that the
whole plain OF Alashgerd is virtually
covered with the bodies of men, WON.
and children When the Russian
forces retreGteG from the district. the
Kurds fell upon the helpless people
and shut them mp in mosques, The
men We're killed and the women were
carried away to the mountains. The
orsanizers of the Red Cross fund say
there are 10000 destitute Armenians
row I'm the Caucasus.