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GERMAN TRENCHES NEAR BORJIMOW TAKEN
FRENCH COMPEL GERMANS GIVE UP TRENCHES
AUSTRIANS MAKE SLAVS RETREAT BUKOWINA
' ITALIANS PRAT
FOR PEACE
HOME, Feb. 8.—In answer to the re
quest of the Pope for a united prayer
service throughout the counfry, thou
sands of Italians yesterday devoted the
entire day to praying for peace among
ttic warring nations. The public re
spouse to tite Pope's call was greutei
than was anticipated owing to the al
most universal inclination for war
TURKS DRIVE
BRITISH GUARDS
TO CANAL
CONSTANTINOPLE Feb. S— In a
series of sanguinary engagements, the
Turkish advance outpost have suc
ceeded in driving the British back
against the Canal. Battles are still
proceeding in the neighborhood of K1
Kantata and also at Ismailta.
MORE SLIDES
IN CULE6A CUT
PANAMA, Feb. 8.—A small slide in
the Culohrn cut for a time threatened
to impede traffic but it was later found
that vessels were able to pass through
safely although theii keel scrapped
through a considerable depth of soft
ooze in passing tho obstruction.
JOE WARREN APPOINTED
SPECIAL OFFICER. FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Fell. 8—.Toe War
ren, formerly special extradition of
ficer at Seattle, has been appointed ai
special policeman to look after the
iiank roll of unsophisticated Alaskans
who will visit the Panama-Pacific In
ternational Exposition during the sum
mer. Owing to his wide acquaintance
with Alaskans Warren is well qualified
to look nfter the Northern people
ANGRY WOMEN STORM
FERTILIZER PLANT
ROOSEVELT, Feb 8. -An immense
crowd of angry women today stormed
the gates of the fertilizing plant here
and severely beat a number of llio em
ployees. The fertilizing plant mention
ed is the same which became notorious
throught the shooting uf nineteen
strikers some weeks ago.
SEATTLE STILL HEALTHY CITY
SEATTLE. Feb. 8. A comparison of
the health reports of the larger cities
of the country discloses the fact that
Seattle still maintains the enviable re
putation of the past several years for
being the healthiest city in the country.
WHY EAT POOR BREAD
Whsn you can gat GOOD, WHOLE*
SOME Bread at 5c per loaf.
ANVIL BAKERY,
NORTH POLE BAKERY,
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EASTERN ZONE
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
TOWARDS KOENIGSBERG.
ItkiRLlN, Keb. 7.—-The Russians stil
continue the advance on Koenigsbert
In spite of the recently issued state
ment to the contrary and their attack)
continue to grow steadily stronger, ji
Is gradually believed that the renewed
aliack is for the purpose of diverting
the German oilensive against Warsaw
THIRTY THOUSAND KILLED
IN POLAND IN THREE DAYS.
I'KTROURAL), keb. 7.—The Germans
continue to fling their troops against
the Russian lines before Warsaw with
desperate fury and thousands are be
ing sacrificed In the effort to pierce the
defending lines. It is estimated that
the Oerman losses will average ten
thousand per day for the last three
CZAR WATCHES
TITANIC STRUGGLE.
PETROGRAD. Feb. 8—The Russian
ruler is watching with intense interest
the desperate efforts of the German
hosts to thrust their way to Warsaw
and is lending all possible aid to the
Russian commanders in their efforts
to stem the almost resistless German
tide of invasion. The reports from
Warsaw state tlint the Germans are
still on the offensive but their gains
aro negligible while the Russians have
succeeded in making slight gains at
several points to the south, notably at
Borjimow. where the Czar’s forces
have compelled the Germans to retreat
from a long lino of Intrenehmonts
GERMANS UNABLE TO
TO REACH WARSAW.
LONDON, I'eb. 8.—Notwithstanding
the terrific efforts of the last week
the German forces are evidently unable
to reach Warsaw as the latest reports
received here state that they have
made no definite gains in that direction
during the last three days. The Rus
sians claim possession of the principal
commanding positions along the front
and aro in such prepondcrlng numbers
that the German forces can hardly
hope to penetrate farther at presont,
while Petrograd announces the capture
of several of the German positions dur
ing the dav.
GERMANS CLAIM PROGRESS
ON BZURA RIVER
BERLIN, Feb. 8.—The lighting on
the Bzura river is gradually turning in
favor of the German forces after two
days of most bloody fighting. Tho
struggle has taken place under the
most difficult conditions, the troops
fighting knee deep in snow and slusli
and during the most inelement wea
ther The fine marksmanship and the
strong qualities of endurance of the
German troops has enabled tho German
commanders to drive back the superior
forces of tiie enemy and inflict severe
losses.
EXPERTS SAY
ARMIES TURNING.
ROME, Fell. 8.—Poland reports indi
cate that there is a gigantic move
ment of both armies taking place in
Poland. According to tho deduction of
military experts while the Russians
are slowly swinging the German right
wing by a series of rapidly developing
Hank movements, their own right is
being turned by the German forces
I equally as much. The situation Is dew
cribed as turning on an axis of which
! Warsaw is near the center
RUSSIANS IN COMPLETE
RETREAT IN BUKOWINA
| VIENNA. Feb. 8.—Reports to the
war office stales that the Russian
forces are in full retreat following iheit
; recent dlsasterous defeats in the I ink -
, owlna district The Austrians are
(steadily pursuing the Slat retreat and
, have succeeded In capturing large
iquantltles of war material which the
Russians were compelled t.i abandon
j Some twelve hundred prisoners have
also been taken
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AUSTRIANS RESUME
ATTACK ON DRINA.
PARIS, Feb. R.—The Austrians have
again assumed the offensive against
the Montenegrin positions along tin
I>rinn and fighting Is general along the
whole line, with the tmlee m
: .Montenegrins, l.ate dispatches
report that the Montenegrin artlllett
1 has succeeded in completely silencing
I (he Austrian fire.
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AUSTRIAN AVIATORS OESTROY
FRENCH TRANSPORTS.
I VIENNA, Feb. 8.—Austrian aviators
today succeeded in destroying a French j
transport engaged In supplying tin '
French fleet in Adriatic waters The'
aviators were also successful in drop- j
ping bombs on several other vessels |
of the allies’ transport fleet with dam- :
aging results.
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FRIOAY, FEB.12. 1915
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i WESTERN ZONE
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ALLIES RESUME ATTACK
ON I HE DARDANELLES.
LOXDuN, i‘Hj. x I »ur torpedo
bf.ti.s ul Hit* allied Heel attempted o
i each the inner line .-i delctisea «.1 tho
Dardanelles and although unsui -coastal
jii pent n a m.g lu ui.) considerable di.s
laiice succeeded m indicting . unaidei
able uulimge on llie lulls, besides Set
ting die lu two um*uiiniU‘»n depute,
NesM> two hundred .shells .vna
thrown iniu the Turkish delefiwes
GERMANS PIERCE
ALLIES TRENCHES.
BERLIN, l*eh. v- -Great German
howitzers have pierced the allies' bomb
proof trenches-before Reims and Sois
koiin. the great shells make tin* enemy's
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lines appear to *
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THOUSANDS BOTH SIDES
ANNIHILATED NEAH REIMS.
I’XRIS, I ’• I. x. Hunda> Meaning
witnessed then petting of .1 grand u
tllleni die I east and northeast <T
Reims, hot It sides tiring thousands of
shells into tin- opposing lines and
trenches, annihilating: thousands on
both sides and destroying miles of
trenches.
FRENCH ARTILLERY
SUCCESSFUL ON AISNE.
PARIS, Fell. n.—The war ministry
lias bulletined llie statement that the
French artillery has been nniformally
successful along the Aisne and have
compelled l he enem\ l<> evacuate tlielr
trenches near Cuinchy. The dynamit
PASSENGER BOAT USED
U. S. FLAGS COAST IRE.
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LUSITANIA HOISTS
AMERICAN FLAG.
LONDON, Feb. 8.—That England is
giving serious attention to the sub
marine threats Issuing from Germany
is evinced by the statements of the
passengers arriving on the Lusitania
today who report that the Drltlsh ad
miralty ordered the vessel to use
American flags when approaching tho
Irish coast, in order to deceive the
German submarines supposed to lie
lurking in the vicinity. The raising of
the American flag caused mm It excite
ment among the passengers and the
majoritx announced an Intense relief
on landing safely
PAGE CONFIRMS
FLAG INCIDENT
WASHINGTON. I'eli \ Ambassador
Page, in a report to the State Depart
ment, confirms the Lusitania (lag in
cident as reported from London this
morning. So far the officials have of
fered no coment.
ROOSEVELT DECLINES
HUNTING TRIP
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SEATTLE. Fell. 8.—Kx-President
Roosevelt lias declined the offer of
several well known sportsmen to join
a proposed hunt in the Arctic waters
during the coming summer, stating
that the tlmo required made it abso
lutely out of the question. The sport
lovers had planned to charter tlie
steamer Oorwln to convey the party to
I
the North, hut the inability of Col.
Roosevelt to accompany the expedition
has caused the project to ho abandoned.
Tile Corwin will lie placed on the
Northern run as usual and will leave
for Nome May first with freight and
passengers. The vessel will be em
ployed in trading during the summer
season
mg of the German defenses a.! liiai
point are said to have iliflieteii sevtli
losses.
ASQUITH SAYS LOSSES ONE
HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND.
LONDON. Fete x 1 p liner Asquilh.
j during an address iu the House »>f
Commons today, slated tiiat despite
the enormous extent o the tiling in
the Western war zone, during the past
months, the British casualties were
not in excess of .me hundred and fix <
thousand.
CHAOS HEItiNS
IN MiXICO
ugoiing j
.1 i i * w
ha« taken hi tiiHiiy points in the states |
of Sonora and Chihuahua with the Vill.i I
troops generally victorious, 'flu* con- J
lending a rimes lie r.i/.ing the country 1
"ij every side and art* gradually r«
Alining it to tin* a ■ > n tl i f i< hi of i wilder
ness. All non-combatants m a_oii*
centrating Into the cities or joining i»m
or the other *•! the mam factious in
order to obtain food. It is stated that |
all property is seized and when* mu j
available for use is destroyed
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REFUGEES SAY TOO LATE
TO INTERFERE NOW I
NEW ORLEANS. Ei'li. .v- -Mexican
refugees arriving from Tampico say
that there is little use for the I'tilted
States to attempt to interfere at his
late period as, having tolerated so
much from the rebels already there is
little lo be gained by entering the
country as there are but comparatively
few Americans or foreigners left in the
country.
FRI9CO THREATENED
WITH A TONG WAR i
SAN ERANClSOl». Eeli s Salt
Eranciseo is again threatened with i
Tong war in the Chinatown district
and the police have been cautioned to
use extra vigilance in watching the
gun men of the various tongs. The
trouble Is expected to arise as the
result of the firing of a score of mys
terious shots at an early hour this
morning which wounded members of
five of the leading tongs who were
leaving a secret tong meeting. 1 'wing
to the prominence of several of the;
wounded men the pollei are almost
certain that a hittoi tong war will be
inaugurated.
SAN FRANCISCO 9HIPPING
19 MENACED BY GALE
S.vN FRANCISCO. Eeb 8. A terrific
gale is lashing the roast of California
creating enormously high seas and
driving all shipping to cover and also
menaces the towns lying in close prox
imity to the coast The force of the
wind is terrific, a. velocity of eighty
five miles per hour being attained at
times. Considerable damage has been
done to the smaller craft in San Eran
ciseo bay and the trans-bay tradio has
been almost entirely suspended owing
to the mountainous setts. Although the
storm has evidently reached its max
imum there is no sign of abatement
Hot chooolata. hot baaf too, maltad
milk and fraah ico eraam and «oda
water at the Rote Candy Store.
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WAR SUMMARY
\\ el .-.uutiuuiy lot Uie week, gleaned
‘ 1 “ill tur dlspalcncs received uy l<*
ctaiulday lu&nt. .Uucli ui tile iniuiiuw
i .ei, i r.elveu routes, naturally. ironi
..oniclul setiii.es, out rule lias Lieeil
j' Aeietsea to approximate only uie true
| taels, as tar as it is possible;
tue corsletn w at zone uas witnessed
[ by tat me largest, pail ot tlte ligating
I ‘luting me pu.->l week auu sunguiliai >
nave hit'll el uatly occurrence a lulu;
; Uie line el Uie V lsiula front Glyno te
11,i -i wesl atiu seuiHWest el Wttl»«,»
llie i cue Wetf UtiUlull elleilsite^ began
tally in lie week, continued io LUat.c
slew aUl alli es in liie gonerui direction
el VWtisaw unit rcuelieti its ntaylaium
Within a feu miles of Him city on tile
fifth.
‘'’".I .Vi . i AVr11 along the line between
Saclutczew aim Skurneviee, south of
J-owitz. seme forty miles west and
southwest uf Warsaw, a terrific battle
being lent hi at Borlmo, the Germans
cii pi uring iimhi |. rise tiers
flu- tici'iirau forward movement was
ileiinilHl.t elieeked Saturday hi' Uie
Russians i rossing tin- B/.ura river, lo
the south f Warsaw, mid Inaugurating
i senes of Hanking counter attacks
which compelled lhe Germans lo draw
in their lines converging on Warsaw
The late dispatches indicated that
tin Germans were compelled to fall
back it many points.
lint Utile definite gains have been
made by cither side save directly In
front of Warsaw where the Germans
have advanced their lines u consider
able distance
The Russian advance on Thorn. East
[Tussin. continued and the Russians
sniveled severe reverses from the Aus
trians in Galicia being compelled lo
withdraw from their occupancy of
Tarnow which was partially offset by
reported Russian victories in the Car
pathian- and dong the Xlda. The
Austrians claimed advances at several
ponds in Eastern Galicia The results
of llu- fighting nppenr entirely In favor
of lie Dual Alliance
In I he Western zone llu- Germans
were more unfortunate owing to the
almost complete failure lo move the
enemies lines fronting the new Ger
man offensive near and south of Ypres.
Distinct gains were made at but one
point near Bethutte, where the Germans
drove the Allied lines back several
miles to the west, the German advance
being halted at I>a Bassee Desultory
fighting also took place at points oem
Lille, Arras and in the Argonne dis
trict where the Germans claim the cur.
tuie of a number of trenches and some
fitia prisoners During the later part
of tin week the Germans rontlnued to
batter the Allied lines in the Ypres
section with hut little result, the last
dispatches indicating that the Germans
were unable to dislodge the enemy at
any point 1’he fighting has been most
sanguinary for both sides and the re
sult seems to favor the allies who have
auceessfully held the enemy despite
their most vigorous offensive
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FRIDAY, FEB.12. 1915.
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Tuesday and Friday evening at 8 p. m
Tangos, Hesitations, ae well as all the
older dances Mrs Oliver and Mrs
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