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THE ARIZONA. .REPUBLIC
AftMN DEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
AN
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
10 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA; THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1914
10 PAGES
VOL. XXV. NO. 101
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Eleven Die When Ocean
Steamers Crash In Fog;
Four Others Are Missing
Steel Steamship Admiral
Sampson is Rammed and
Sunk by the Canadian
Pacific Liner Princess
.Victoria Near Seattle
BOTH PROCEEDING
WITH CAUTION
Captain and Two of Crew
Remain Until All Others
Are Safe, Then Perish
in Attempting to Lower
Lore boat
associated press dispatch
SEATTLE, Aug. 26. The official
list of the dead furnished by the Pacific-Alaska
Navigation company,
whose steel steamship. Admiral
Sampson, was rammed and sunk by
the Canadian-Pacific liner Princess
Victoria this morning, twenty miles
north of Seattle, contains eleven
names eight members of the crew,
two passengers and an alleged stow
away but four other passengers are
missing and are believed to have
perished.
The Admiral Sampson, bound for
Alaska, was just creeping along in
the smoke and fog, blowing her
horns. The Princess, also whistling,
and traveling prudently, struck the
Alaska, boat at a quarter angle just
abaft the beam and sliced almost
three-fourths of the way across the
Sampson. The oil tank of the Samp
son was cut in two, and the oil set
on fire. Immediately the middle of
the Sampson and the interlocking
bow of the Princess were enveloped
in flames. Officers of both boats
had good control of their crews. The
lifeboats of the Victoria ,and some
of those on the .Sampson were low
ered immediately, the latter contain
ing the passengers.
The people on the Sampson began
to leap Into the water, and were
speedily picked up by the Victoria's
boats and taken to the Canadian
ship.
The captain of the Princess, held ,
his boat in trie gap in the Sampson
until the latter began to settle in
the water, and then withdrew. The
Sampson sank a few seconds later.
Captain Moore, Quartermaster .Mar
quist and Wireless Operator Recker
stayed on the Sampson until they
had seen all the others leave. Then
they tried to lower a lifeboat, but
were too late, and they were en
gulfed with the ship.
As a result of the collision the Pa
cific-Alaskan Navigation company
filed a libel for $670,000 against the
Princess Victoria.
The members of the crew lost
were: Captain Zimroe M. Moore,
Chief Engineer Allen J. Moon, Wire
less Operator W. E. Keeker, Stew ardess
Miss M. Campbell. Watchman.
A. Sater. Third Cook L. Cabaniss.
Quartermaster C. M. Marquist and
Mess Boy J. C. Williams.
The passengers lost were: Mrs.
Ruby Banbury, wife of George Ban
bury, the Pacific-Alaska Navigation
agent at Skagway
George W. Bryant, Seattle, paint
er, bound for Seward.
Ezra. Byrne, of Seattle, a waiter
who was burned so badly he died
soon after being taken to a hospital
here: alleged to have been a stow
away. The four missing passengers were:
John McLaughlin of San Francisco,
said to have been well known there;
W. Hoffen, J.- H. Cltne and William
Kiovitch.
The Princess In reporting the ac
cident said that she was on her way
to Seattle with most of the passen
gers and crew of the Sampson. The
Sampson carried fifty-six passengers
and a crew of sixty-five.
The Sampson sank in four min
utes. The collision occurred at 6:30
this morning.
When the collision occurred and an
oil tank exploded, Byrne was envel
oped In the flames. He was rescued
alive, but died just after the Prin
cess reached Seattle. Captain Moore
could have saved himself, but de
clared he would go down with his
ship.
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WEATHER TODAY
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. For Ari
zona: Local showers in the north por
tion. '
Many More Refugees To
Start Home On Saturday
associated presb dispatch .
ROTTERDAM, via London. .August
26. Among the Americans who will
sail on the steamship Rotterdam for
the United States on Saturday are
Osgood Putnam and family, of San
Francisco.
The Rotterdam will carry almost
2,000 pasengers.
The American consul general at
this port, Soren Listoe, has been endeavoring-
to prevent the advertising
by small steamship concerns here of
alleged steamship accommodations
for stranded Americans.
These concerns plan to put as
many as 250 passengers on a 4,000
ton vessel not built for passenger
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SAVING LIBERIA
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LONDON, August 26. Judge
McCants Stewart, of the supreme
court of Liberia called at the
American embassy in an effort to
interest Americans in saving Li
beria from distress through de
struction of the republic's trade
with Germany. "Two thirds of
the trade- of Liberia is with the
German empire," Judge Stewart
declared. "Three hundred .Ger
man ships called at Liberian
ports last year and took away
rubber, ivory, palm nuts, palm
oil, fibre and coffee. We hope
that America will put on a line
of steamers to relieve the con
dition of trade stagnation that is
bound to result."
Belgian Minister
Protests Against
War Upon Women
associated press dispatch
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. E. E.
Havenith, Belgian minister, present
ed a protest at the state department
today against what he termed "war
against women and children."
In a Zeppelin airship attack on
Antwerp ten persons were killed, the
minister said, four of them women.
Eight were injured.
Secretary Bryan was very reticent
concerning the attitude of the Unit
ed States toward such protests, and
intimated the state department
could take no action. The reported
activity of Brand Whitlock, Ameri
can, minister, in officially protesting
to Germany, was denied by Bryan.
It is understood that the German
military leaders in the battle before
Liege and other Belgian cities gave
due notice of their intention to use
airships, as required by the fourth
Hague convention.
The German, embassy today re
ceived the following-. wireless from
the Berlin foreign office via Say
vine: The English cavalry brigade was
repulsed at Maubeuge. An English in
fantry division was beaten off with
the complete rout of the division.
Many prisoners were taken. A
French official communication of
August 24 proves the French were
offensive on the Belgian line, and
the Lorraine frontier was ruined."
"The terrible effect of the howitz
ers on the forts at Namur is not
yet - known here. The German cav
alry near Louvain is moving in the
direction of Calais. An Austrian
corps attacked two Russian corps
south of Krasnik, and carried off
3000 prisoners, three colors, twenty
one guns and seven Mitrailleuses.
The situation in East Prussia is not
yet decided."
The French embassy received the
following dispatch from its foreign
office, dated yesterday:
"The movement begun yesterday
by the commander-fn -chief has been
continued all day and this the en
emy has been unable to stop. The
Prussian guard, attacked terrifically
by the Algerians, suffered great
loss. The Prussian attack against
Nancy was unsuccessful. Belgians
coming from Emberse have been
able, by an energetic offensive move
ment, to recapture Malines, and to
push back the Germans to Vilverve.
"The Russians are following with
great energy their move on Gallcla
and have routed a cavalry division."
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FOR CURRENCY AMENDMENTS
(associated press dispatch I
WASHINGTON, Aug. .26. Senator
Hoke Smith announced today that he
would introduce an amendment to the
currency laws to permit the issuing of
currency on commercial paper to the
extent of 70 per cent of its face value
insead of 50 per cent, as now provided
by law.
Another proposed amendment would
reduce the annual tax on the emergency
currency from 6 per cent to 3 per cent.
An amendment to permit domestic bills
of lading to be regarded as commercial
paper has been drawn by the reserve
board and sent to eSnator Owen.
the present law foreign acceptances are
accorded this right.
traffic. D. Henry Vandyke, Ameri
can minister, made representations to
his government on this score.
There has been no great Influx of
Americans the last four days, but it
is believed 1,000 will arrive from Ger
many as soon as the Berlin relief
bureau makes possible the cashing of
drafts. .
It is Impossible here to obtain ac
curate figures as to the number of
Americans still on the continent. A
fair estimate' is thought to be from
15,000 to 20,000 in addition -to those
now at Rotterdam awaiting trans
portation. Americana who have
reached here on the regular .trains
from Germany say the treatment
they have received was excellent. '
GU5 PLAN
10 MOW'
TO THE ODER
Will Abandon the Eastern
. Provinces in Order to
Strike Death Blow to the
Allies and March Through
to Paris
SLAVS OCCUPY
EAST PRUSSIA
Russians Sweeping Their
Enemies Backto Vistula
and Pouring into Eastern
Galicia Turkey - on the
Verge of War
associated press dispatch
THE HAGUE, via London, Aug. 28.
The military correspondent of the
Nieuw Courant asserts he Is able to
state on trustworthy authority that the
Germans plan to abandon temporarily
east and west Prussia and Pomerania
to the Russians and withdraw slowly
to the River Oder, where the main de
fenses of Berlin lie.
"Germany," according to the corre
spondent, "appears to have undertaken
this measure to give time for her army
operating against the French to try
and deal the French and British armies
their death blow and then march to
Paris, the di.stance between Mons and-
Paris being four times less than the
distance between St. Petersburg and
Berlin."
Russian- Advanco Continues
LONDON, Aug. 26. A St Petersburg
dispatch to the Reuter Telegraph com
pany says that Russian troops In east
ern Prussia have occupied the towns of
Nordenburg and Sensburg and Bisch
ofsburg, the railway station at Roth
fliess, and adds that the Russian ad
vance continues. In eastern Galicia
the Russians have driven back the
Austrian rear guard beyond the river
Zlota Lipa, which runs north and ctouth
about, thirty miles west of TarnopoL
Germing Fleeing Westward
ST. PETERSBURG, via Londan,
Aug. 26. Germans in the Elbing dis
trict, west of Prussia near Vistula riv
er are fleeing westward before the Rus
sian advance.
The Novoe Vremya publishes an ac
count of what it terms a memorable
charge of the Russian horse guards at
Gumbinnen during the recent fighting
in which the Russians were victorious.
It says:
"The Germans held a position in a
small village from which they were
pouring a murderous fire on the Rus
sian troops. The cavalry was ordered
to silence the guns. The first squad
ron rode straight at the battery which,
firing point blank, mowed down the
Russian ranks frightfully, annihilating
the squadron. The second squadron
followed fast and would have shared
the same fate, except that If a critical
moment the third squadron rushed on
to the enemy from the flank, sabred the
gunnels and routed the whole German
force.
"The Germans ran like rabbits, dis
carding swords, helmets and clothing
in their haste to escape the avenging
Russian horsemen.
"One squadron of Niz.lni Hussars,
who are all famous swordsmen, cut
down seventy Germans without re
ceiving a scratch In return."
Defenses Abandoned
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. The military
attache of the Russian embassy,
through the Russian consulate tonight.
Issued the following statement: "In
eastern Prussia on August 24 the line
of the river Angerap, although fortified
for defense was abandoned by the
enemy . without any attempt to offer
resistance. Insterburg and Angerburg
have been occupied by Russian troops.
The enemy retreated in great didder,
partly towards Koenigsberg and partly
toward Rostenburg. From their front
from Ortelsburg to Soldau the Rus
sians are gradually advancing, the
enemy retiring to Osterode, leaving
several guns, machine guns, ammuni
tion wagons and prisoners.
TURKEY MAY JOIN
WAR AT ANY TIME
Ottoman Cabinet Wavering Between
Declaration of War and Pre
servation of Neutrality -
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, August 26. Ten
sion is -so acute in Constantinople
that diplomats. . there fear Turkey
may at any moment be drawn into
the general European war on the
side of Germany and Austria. The
Turkish cabinet is wavering between
a declaration of war and the preser
vation of neutrality.
A strict censorship has been placed
on newspapers in Turkey which are
controlled by the military, and are
being used, according to diplomatic
despatches here, to create a strong
pro-German feeling.
Diplomatic representatives of the
various powers are in- constant con
ferenee with government officials.
Great Britain and Russia are en
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Behind this gateway, erected in 1864, are the almost impregnable fortifications of the city of Antwerp,
the most strongly fortified city of Belgium. With the German forces almost within shadow of the gate,, the
first really great engagement of the war may take place here soon. The capture of the city by the Germans
would give them a wall of troops extending from the sea down to the French line at Lille, to protect the flank
of the German armies forcing their way along the Sambre. To prevent such a possibility, the forces of the
allied armies are concentrated about Antwerp.
PAPERS REFUSE
TO BOW BEFORE
THE BINTS
Stockton Editors Say the
Merchants, Manufactur
ers and Employers' As
sociation Attempted to
Control Editorial Policv
(ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26. The
story of the futile effort of the Mer
chants and Manufacturers and Em
ployers association of Stockton to con
trol the editorial and news columns of
the three daily newspapers of that city
In the present labor troubles were re
lated to the federal industrial relations
commission today by Irving Martin,
owner of the Stockton Record.
While no open threat ever was made
to withdraw advertising, Mr. Martin
said, in the several conferences be
tween publishers and members of the
association, the matter of the source of
the newspapers, principal financial sup
port was always the leading topic
broached by business men.
The-principal objection voiced, it was
testified by Mr. Martin, was that too
much publicity was given the union
side of the controversy. Union leaders,
he continued, brought their news to the
various offices, while the reporters
found it difficult to obtain a statement
from the association headquarters.
When both sides eventually established
press committees, Mr. Martin went on,
practically nothing except controversial
statements were forthcoming.
Eventually Mr. Martin refused to
publish further statements of this char
acter, he said, and published an edi
torial advising arbitration. For this
act, he testified, he was termed '"ob
noxious" by certain employers and was
told that his editorial was a bad thing
to publish for the community. :
When a rumor became current that
all the business men would withdraw
their advertising as a result of the
newspaper's stand, Mr. Martin said
members of the Typographical union
offered their services free in such an
exigency. The advertising, he con
tinued, had fallen off, but he did not
believe it was due to any concerted
action.
deavoring to keep Turkey neutral.
The German ambassador, it is under
stood, has intimated that while Ger
many wishes Turkey, to remain neut
ral, he believed the Ottoman empire
should mobilize to prevent invasion
by Russia.
Feeling is most acute over the en
try Into the Dardanelles of the Ger
man cruisers Goeben and Breslau.
Great Britain, Russia and Irance not
only . requested ten days ago that it
tht-se ships had been bought by Tur
key, the crews be sent either to Ger
many or Austria but promised their
fiafe conduct. ' Today many German
sailors are .still on board and . 150 or
more are said to have been dis
tributed among the Turkish torpedo
boats.. '
POWERFUL FORTIFICATIONS OF ANTWERP
HEAVY FIRING HEARD
NEAR COOS BAY
i M A RS H FIELD, Ore... Aug. 26.
Reports came from many sources
along the toast in the vicinity of j
Coos Bay that heavy firing had
I been heard to the northwest of j
I Cape Blanco up to a late hour, j
. j However, the opinion that there
I had been an vaval battle received j
j nothing more to vesify it than that
heavy firing, lasting from 10:30 j
o'clock this morning 'until 4; 30 j
I o'clock this afternoon had been j
heard at numerous points.
The steamer Queen, about 35 miles j
j northwest of Coos Bay late today
reported nothing concerning the j
presence of warships, although she
was in wireless communication j
! with the shore. The steamer Ade j
line Smith, off Cape Blanco, also
failed to report any engagement j
I and it is believed that blasting on
land might have deceived those
j who heard the sound, but no blast- j
Ing operations could be located any '
wjiere between Cape Blanco and j
this port. j
Austria Breaks
Relations With -The
Japanese
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
MANCHESTER, Mass., August 20.
Dr. K. Duma, Austrian Hungarian
ambassador to the United States, an
ncunced he had received a wireless
mtssage via Sayville, L. I., from the
Hungarian foreign office saying the
Emperor had commanded the Aus
trian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth at
Tsing Tau'to take up the fight to
gether with the German navy. Dip
lomatic relations with Japan have
been broken off.
'The attacking Austrian, forces
joined with the German troops west
of Vistula river. On August 3 near
Krasniki in Rusian Poland, twenty
seven miles north of the Gallclan
fiontier,'' the Austrian forces repelled
strong Russian forces and drove
them toward Lubin, capturing three
banners, twenty guns and seven ma
chine guns with their horses and
taking 300 Russian prisoners of war.
"Near the frontier town of Nowo
selfca, in the province of Bukowlna,
20,000 Russians were routed. Several
hundred Russian soldiers, left be
hind, were made prisoners. The Rus
sians left their war materials In our
hands. The Russian forces have
plundered and burned entire villages
in a barbarous manner."
Felicitations From Japan
NEW YORK, August 26. The. in
dependent will print in a forthcoming
issue the following cabled message
from Count Okuma. premier of Japan:
"I gladly seize this opportunity to
send through the medium of the
Independent a message to the people
of the United States, who always
have been helpful and loyal f.-iends
of Japan. It is my desire to con
vince your people of the cincerity of
my governemnt and my people in all
their utterances and assurances con
nected with the present regrettable
situation in Europe and the Far East
(Continued on Page Five)
BUTTE HERS
ARE MAKING 'l
OH FEDERATION
More Than One Thousand
Insurgents March to the
Mines in Effort to Pre
vent Western Federation
Men Returning to Work
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
BUTTE, Aug. 26 More than a thou
sand insurgent miners have marched
to the mines with the announced pur
pose of preventing any Western Feder
ation of Miners from returning to
woik. A mysterious killing occurred
late this afternoen in headquarters of
the insurgent miners. Serious trouble
is feared.
Arriving at the Anaconda mine, the
insurgents, who are now known as the
Butte Mine Workers union, massed
forces around the collar of the shaft
and notified the shifts going off work
that unless they joined 'the new union
before they went on shift again to
morrow morning and were wearing the
new union's buttons they would be
prevented from going to work by a
force of members of the new union.
Tommorrow morning insurgents say a
force will meet the shifts that quit
work at that time and these miners
will be notified that they must join the
new union before they can reeurae
work tomorrow night.
The miners marched through the
streets of the city four abreast gath
ering recruits as they alvanced on the
mines. Following their ultimatum to
members of the Western Federation of
Miners the insurgents again paraded
the streets winding up at the auditori
um where a meeting was held, no one
(Continued on Page Five)
International Bankers At
Work On Exchange Situation
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH I
NEW TORK, August 26 Addition
al steps looking to the relief of the
foreign exchange situation was taken
by , the international bankers today.
It is understood that $5,000,000 of
New York city obligations which ma
ture the first week in September will
be met by the purchase of exchange
in this market. Arrangements are
also under way to facilitate ship
ments of grain and other commodi
ties to Europe, in larger volume. It
is noteworthy in this connection that
some of the banks have decided to
issue long ' bills , against future
grain shipments. Most of the grain
now going abroad is consigned to
France, while. England is taking a
small amount of cotton.
Apropos of the cotton situation, the
southern banks were again active
borowcrs today, and aside from the
Closer Veil Than Ever,
Seems to Be Drawn Over
the Progress of the War.
Russians, However, Con
tinue Their Advance
FIGHTING AGAIN
NEAR MALINES
Road Toward Vilvoorden is
Littered With Bodies of
Men and Horses, While
Cattle in Fields Are
Killed by Shrapnel
PARIS, Aug. 26.
A dispatch to the Havas
.Agency from Antwerp
says it is officially an
nounced that the Zep
pelin dirigible balloon
made another attempt
last night to drop bombs
on the city, but that it
failed on account of pre
cautionary measures
taken by the Belgians.
(Associated Press Dispatch)
LONDON, Thursday, Au-
ever seems to be drawn over
the progress of the war.
Little news has come to
hand concerning the opera
tions on either front. The
Russians, however, appear
to be continuing their ad
vance in East Prussia to
ward Posen, with the Ger
mans in retreat. The only
news from the French side,
is that the French troops
were attacked along the Alsace-Lorraine
line, but re
pulsed all attacks success
fully. There are no indications
that the German attack was
in any great force, but, if
it was, the French success
shows that they are now in
a stronger position along
this frontier.
The belief is held here
that even should the Ger
mans succeed in reaching
Paris, the Russians are
almost as certain to reach
Berlin.
Fighting Nsar Malinss
AMSTERDAM, via London, Aug.
26. The Telegraf's Antwerp corres
pondent wires that fighting was re
sumed this morning in the vicinity
of Malines, where the Belgians havo
been engaged daily with the German
advance troops.
"The road from Malines toward
Vilvoorden, six miles northeast of
Brussels," the correspondent adds,
"is littered with the bodies of men
and horses, while in the fields pas
turing cattle have been killed by
shrapnel.
"The. Belgians captured one field
(Continued on Page Five)
numerous renewals of loans, which
mature between now and the end of
the month many new loans were re
ported. In order to meet these fresh
demands it is likely the local banks
iwll increase their supplies of emer
gency currency.
A review of the steel and iron in
dustry reveals that the leading mills
are no less active than a week ago.
Euying power is steadily running be
hind the production. Announcement
hy - the Pennsylvania railroad of its
intention to curtail passenger servicn
along the main system is attributed,
to foreign conditions. Other roada
are said to be contemplating similar
ection. Money shows a tendency to
harden, some loans being made as
high as nine per cent Foreign ex
change was visibly strengthened by
the reported success of the German
army.