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VOLUME XV. no. 24. Telephone Main 46 noml. Alaska "o.nday. January 4, 1914. Telephone Main 4f>. PRICE 35 CENTS
SLAVSSTART E
ALLIES CENTER IS SURPR SED
SEVEN RUSSIAN ARMIES POUR INTO HUNGARY
SEBIOUS FRICTION BETWEEN BERMAN AND AUSTRIAN COMMANDERS
BLOODY TRAGEDIES OF POLAND TO BE SEEN IN FRANCi-BELOlUM
CONGRESS PASSES LITERARY
TEST BILL FOR IMMIGRANTS
WASHINGTON. Jan 4 The literary
t' St for immigrants passed today This
measure provides for certain educa
tional quulitii atlons before immigrants
will be admitted to land hereafter In
this country. This measure did not
have the support of President Wilson
and met with much opposition but
finally passed by a elose vote.
governor west appoints
A WOMAN STATE SENATOR
SALEM. < >re.. Jan. 4.- Governor
West, of Oregon. Iihh appointed Miss
Katherine Clark to till an unexpired
term in the Oregon state senate.
West's term will expire at the meet
ing of the legislature and this will be
among his last acts as governor and
i will be to his credit of having placed
the first woman of the state, in the Ore
gon legislature ns a member of that
body.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
INSTALLS INDEPENDENT
WIRELESS STATIONS
SEATTLE, Jan. 4. The Alaska
steamship Company lias decided to put
independent wireless plants on all
1 heir steamers. This is a light against
the Marconi Wireless Company which
has a monoply on all the ships hereto
fore and who are accused by the Al
aska Steamship Company with exces
sive rates and petty exactions.
VILLA’S STRENGTH
MUCH EXAGGARATED. |
JUAREZ, Jan 4 -General .Mexican
reports indicate that Villa's strength
has been greutly exaggarated and many
believe that Carranza will not only put
up a good fight but that the chances
are extremely favorable t<> his being
able to defeat Villa.
This change of sentiment is doing
much to strengthen Carranza as many
soldiers are flocking to his stnrdard be
cause he has a good chance of winning.
CARRANZA’S FORCES MARCH
UPON MEXICO CITY.
VERA CRUZ, Jan. 4—Carranza’s
lorces which have been occupying the
outer defenses of Vera Cruz, construct
ed by General Funston’s occupation,
are now reported enrout for Mexico
City along the railroad.
Carranza is confident of tin- success
of his armies and says he will be in
possession of tlie capital within the
next few weeks.
WHEAT REACHES HIGHEST
POINT SINCE THE WAR
CHICAGO. Jan. 4.—May delivery of
wheat sold today for $1.33, reaching the
highest point since the commencement
of the war. The advance while reaching
a most gratifying figure and will add
many millions to the income of the
wheat growers of the world, has not, it
is believed, yet reached the limit of the
advance, if the war continues for many
months longer.
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RUSSIAN NEW OPERATIONS
DIRECTED AGAINST
AUSTRIA HUNGARY.
HOME, Jan. -t Russian reports via
Servia show that the Germans are now
hopelessly outnumbered m Roland al
though they are continuing to tight at
great sacrifice The Russian new oper
atlons are evidently being directed
mainly towards Austria-Hungary up
parrently being satisfied for the Unit- to
held the Germans in their present in
trenched positions
SERIOUS FRICTION BETWEEN
GERMANS AND AUSTRIANS.
COPENHAGEN, Jan I Berlin re
ports show that there is again serious
friction between the German and Aus
trian commanders over the Carpathian
reverses of the later The Austrians
claim that they have been sacrificed for
the protection of the Germans and not
given aid tit the critical moment when
such aid should have been extended
CHANCELLOR UNCERTAIN
OF GERMAN SUCCESS.
BERLIN. Jan. 4.—The German
Chancellor has expressed himself as
uncertain about his country winning
tills great European war. The Chan
cellor recognizes the great and almost
overwhelming odds against Germany
and is not sanguine about a favorable
issue for Germany.
AUSTRIANS ANNIHILATE
RUSSIAN BATTALION.
VIENNA, Jan. 4.—-The Austrian
forces in a battle today northeast of
Gorice annihilated a battalion of Rus
sians gaining an important \ i> t<v'> and
capturing n large amount of munitions
of war.
GERMANS BOMBARD
CITY OF SONNEBEKE.
PARIS, Jan. 4. -Sonnebeke was sub
jected to a terrific bombardment by
the Germans today.
BATTLE OF BZURA RIVER
NOW CONSIDERED ENDED.
LONDON,’Jan. 4.—The new German
offensive movement to the soutli and
southwest of Warsaw is considered as
ending the bloody battle of the Bzura
river. Every indication is now that
the German offensive movement
against Warsaw is at an end for the
present and the policy of the Germans
Is now to intrench and hold wlint they
have gained.
RUSSIA MAKING SUPREME
EFFORT TO AID SERVIANS.
PETROORAD. Jan. 4—The Russians
are making another supreme effort to
go to the aid of the Servians against
the Austrians to prevent a threatened
second invasion nf Servia through
Belgrade
The Ruasiuu offensive operation
through the southeastern Carpathians
involves hundreds of thousands of men
which will attempt to force a conjunc
tion with the Servian army and divert
the Austrians from Servian invasion
GERMANS ADVANCE UPON
CITY OF IVANGOROD.
I'KTRt *HKA D, .Ian 4 Having fixed
a line between Tnmaszow and Oposz
imv, i lie Hermans are now turning their
attention towards the sooth and west
of Warsaw \n advance is now being
made Upon lie fortified city of Ivan
goind which the Hermans must possess
le retain the possession of Western Ro
land.
SEVEN RUSSIAN ARMIES
POUR INTO HUNGARY
RKTROUHAI1, .Ian. 4.—The Russians
now have control of the Carpathian
passes and are pouring troops Into
Hungary The Cossacks are In the ad
vance of the army and have penetrated
a considerable distance into Hungarian
territory. Seven Russian armies have
gone through the passes and are now
pouting into Hungary
WHEEL OF FORTUNE DUE
TO TURN IN FAVOR OF RUSSIANS.
LONDON, .1.111 I Lord Kitchener is
punted as saving that the Hermans and
Austrians have reached their maximum
offensive strength in Roland, lie says
I that the wheel "f fortune is now due to
I turn In favor of the Czars armies
which will now assume the offensive
not only in Roland hut in Austria and
Hast Prussia.
GERMAN ADVANCE IN
HOLLAND CONSIDERED CHECKED.
PF,TR< H»T! A I.», Jan. I Tic war
| Bureau has deflnitly annoum • d that
the C!f• rnu111 position in Poland is now
similar to that in France.
The Germans have strongly intrench
ed their positions and their advance in
i Poland halted beyond all doubt
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AUSTRIAN RETREAT FROM
BUKOWINA BECOMING ROUT.
PET lit >GR.W>, .Inn. I. The Austrian
i retreat from Bukowina is becoming
disorganized and rapidly assuming that
of a rout. The Russian cavalry is
hanging upon the rear of the retreating
Austrians cutting off stragglers and
harassing the army on their retreat,
which Is closely followed by the whole
Russian arm\
GERMANS TAKE RUSSIAN
TRENCHES NEAR KIELCE
PETROGUAD, Jan. i.—The Germans
made a determined attack on the Rus
sian trenches near Kielce and after
desperate lighting drove the Russians
buck occupying the trenches, the Rus
sian forces falling back upon Kielce.
CAPTAIN OF FORMIDABLE
GOES DOWN WITH SHIP.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—Captain Loxley,
who commanded the Formidable when
she was sunk by a German submarine,
is said to have refused to make any ef
fort to save himself but sank with his
ship. When last seen he is said to
have been coolly smoking a cigarette
although tie knew his ship was doomed.
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KAISER TURNS ATTENTION
TO WESTERN WAR ZONE.
Ci iPKX'Ji.USKX'. .Ian I Berlin re
ports indicate that the Kaiser now
considers that his line of defenses are
established in Poland suflielent to hold
the Russians for main weeks and is
now turning his attention to the Kretuh
and Belgian war zones Trousands i f
troops are being detached from the po
land armies and are being rushed to
the westward by the train loads indi
cating the complete abandonment of
the ad vatu.. Warsaw and a transfer
of the strength of his armies to the
western war zone.
KAISER'S CHANGE OF PLANS
EXCITES THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
l.it.S'lKi.N Jan i The Knglish pen
pie are aroused to a great pitch of ex
citement following the mans strong in
dilations which comes from all points
that the Kaiser means to hurl his great
offensive manemers against their lines
in Fra nor and Belgium The govern
ment and the people are plainly not
over-oonllilont of their ahilils In with
stand the (Jcinian's terrifh artillery
and are therefore much wrought over
the sudden change of the Kaiser's plans
of operation
ALLIES CENTER SURPRISED
BV GERMAN ATTACK.
I'AKIS, Juu. 3. Tin* allies center di
rectly east of Paris was taken by sur
prise by an ugly German advance
which was heralded In a fusilade of
artillery The French, taken by sur
prise were it lirst in great danger of
being stampeded by the rain of shot
and shell which raked their lines with
terrible effect
The French only checked the attack
after sacrificing many regiments in the
awful effect of the enemy's machine
guns which literally mowed the French
lines down as lho\ advanced b> the
attaik
GEN. PAU CEASES OFFENSIVE
TO AID ALLIED CENTER
I'AKIS .Inn I. General Pan is re
ported to have ceased his general of
fensive movement in Alsace and lias
been ordered to spare all available
troops to he sent to meet the German
offensive movement along the entire
allies renter north of Reims and ex
pending nearly north as far ns Idlle.
The sudden offensive movement of the
Germans has renew'd activity every
where in France The entire armies of
France and Br itain arc on the qui vivo
lest tin* Germans strategetically out
maneuver them at some vital point and
break their defensive lines. Troops
which were designated for the new
French offensive movement are being
rushed to the front to meet the greatly
augumented German armies which are
anticipating the Frencli offensive
movement
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KITCHNER PREDICTS TRANSFER
OF OPERATIONS TO THE WEST
LoNDoN.. Jan 4 Lord Kitchner in
a speech on Saturday last express***
the opinion that the Hermans, seeine
they can make no further progress it
Poland except *t sm-h • ptohibitiv*
cost men as i" make a 'oiitinuanc*
of the offensive action in that countr>
impracticable. w ill now entrench mi*
attempt to hold the Russians in check
where the\ are and prevent them from
assuming the offensive against Austri
and Past Prussia Kitchner said that
we might now expeel that the Kais«u
would assume a desperate offensive
movement throughout the entire west
erti theatre *f war and that the next
few days would probably see the great j
and bloody tragedies of Poland trans
ferred to France and l>»*lgium
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FLOODS STOP MOST OF THE
FIGHTING IN THE WEST.
PARIS. .Ian 4. The Hoods huv* :
stopped most of the fighting along tic '
battle front today Tic weather con
ditions arc sufh os t*» subject the sol
diets to the greatest possible hardships
and continuous discomfort.
The exposure of the soldiers has
caused much pneumonia and there ar*
so many cases developing daily that
the situation is becoming serious
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FRENCH AVIATORS DESTROY
DIRIGIBLE SHED AND DIRIGIBLE
AMSTERDAM. .Inn I Fivnc’1
aviators made .1 raid upon and des
troyed the German dirigible sited at
Etterbrek near Brussels Tile nirnoi
dropped several bombs striking the
shed, completely destroyed it and a
mammoth dirigible which it contained.
The airman escaped without sastainin
injury
LONDON EXCHANGE
OPENED TODAY.
LONDON. Jan. t The London ex
change reopened today with most grat
ifying results and it is believed that
business will be continued uninter
rupted from now on
ALLIES WILL WITHDRAW
DREADNAUGHTS AND RELY
ON THE SMALLER CRAFTS.
L0ND0N. Jan. I. The admiralty
has issued a statement indicating that
the alia s having 1 sufficient number of
submarines and destroyers they will
pursue the German policy and keep
their dreadnaughts in safe ports. They
'will hereafter rely on the small crafts
to hold off the big ship raids at least
till the dreadnaughts hay c been brought
to port and their hulls scraped.
GERMANS DROPPED XMAS
GREETINGS INTO DUNKIRK.
DUNKIRK. Jail. I It has finally de
veloped that the German airmen who
was said to have dropped bombs on
Dunkirk on Christmas day did not drop
bombs but only Xmas greetings to the
Englishmen
Mrs. Bartlett’s dancing class, K. K.
hall Tuesday and Friday evenings. Old
and new dances taught.
LARGE GUNS LANDED FROM
ITALY AND JAPAN IN FRANCE.
l.i>Ntii>N, Jan. 4 Apparently au
thentic Medlteranean reports Indicate
tlnn during the past week there has
heen landed it Tuition a hundred great
siege guns ft. on Japan and Italy These
gun.- have heen manufactured by the
two governments and by private con
eet ns m those countries fur the French
am eminent.
BRITISH WILL KEEP SPECIAL
WATCH ON AMERICAN VESSELS.
I.' * YI a i\ .Inn. I The government
has ..rdeied a special watch to be kept
. n ill vessels irriviug from all Ameri
n ports. This order followed the dls
ruien that hundreds of Herman
Americans had been passing through
Fngtanil while thousands are thought
lo have reached the fatherland via
I' ilv I ii-nniark and Holland This will
In- a subject of possible controversy
with the I'nlted Stales to he taken up
hereafter hv the British government
TWO GERMAN TORPEDO BOATS
REPORTED SUNK BY BRITISH.
I,i iND( iN Ini 4 K.-mi official re
in.it-. vlatni that tin' British destroyers
sunk two German torpedo boats last
Saturday. The German crafts (tad ev
idently been disabled in the storm
which bail been raging for several days
• ml they fell an easy mark to the Rrit
ish destroyers.
RUMORED BATTLE BETWEEN
OPPOSING SUBMARINES.
l.i'NI'i'N .Ian I I'ntraciable ru
tiior claims that the Allied and German
subtnarim flotillas fought a lengthly
battle in mid sea Saturday night. The
report states that the losses were many
• 11 both sid. ■ each side loosing several
submarines
TURKISH ARMIES INVADE
TRANSCANCASI A.
< a >X ST A XT IN OPI.t;, .Ian 4.-The
Turks und.-r Field Marshall Von der
Golt/ are invading Tt ansoanrasla ter
ritory at different points with strong
f"tees of Turkish troops Three armies
have advanced a cansiderable distance
in Russian territory and are sweeping
everything before them. The army of
invasion has captured many towns and
villages which have been razed to the
ground.
GERMAN RESERVISTS SECURE
FRADULENT PASSPORTS.
.\ H\Y YORK. .Ian. 4. -There was dis
covered here today a scheme by which
it was intended to secure the return to
Germany of several hundred reservists
who have been unable to reach their
fatherland. Fra.intent American pass
ports had been procured and placed
in lb*' hands of hundreds of reservists
who were ready to take passage to
Europe on the first steamer when the
fraud was discovered by one of the
inspectors and reported, since which
time it has been found that hundreds of
such passports have been placed in the
hands of German reservists to he used
as opportunity might present itself.