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VOLUME XV. NO. 50. Telephone Main 46. nomc, Alaska Wednesday, February 3, 1915. Telephone Main 46 PRICE 35 CENTS*
SLAVS 20 JVHIJS FROM THORN
GERMANS DESPERATE TO REACH WEST COAST
ITALY EXPECTED TO MOBOUZE IN FIVE DAYS
FRENCH ON OFFENSIVE ALONG EASTERN WING
GERMANS DESPERATE
TO HEACH COAST.
FAHIS, Feb. 3. Once again the lid -
mans are desperulely trying lu Pure
a wedge Inwards the * 'lliimicl must in
all ulieinpl lu cul oil llie allied forces
ul Dunkirk and Calais and wilii a eon
sequent isolation of that him lion "l the
coast. Fighting of tin; most sanguin
ary nature is taking place, and the
French forces lia\e been compelled to
give ground in the region of La tlussec
The establishment of a base along
the coast is much desired by the Uei
mans and Hast FranUers is now the
seeno of some remarkable strutagetir
* moves on the part of the enemy who
evldeutly realize ihut he must lake or
lose tills section of France, now or
never.
QERMANS BELIEVED TRYING
TO REACH COAST.
LONDON, Fell. 3. The concentrated
attacks of the Germans along the left
during the last few days leads to the
belief tliut the Kaiser is making a
second desperate attempt to force tiis i
way* to the coast in order lo secure 1
control of tho Channel ports.
Vast bodies of troops have been i
moved to the west and everv indication)
points to a vigorous renewal of an j
attempt to reach the coast. The Oer
man artillery today subjected the Del-:
gian positions in Flanders to a tierce [
artillery bombardment the great guns
of the enemy hurling thousands of
shells along the Belgian lines.
GERMANS SHIP
SUBMARINES TO COAST.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 3.—German re-!
ports Indicate that preparations for!
naval action on a huge scale are in J
progress and intense activity is being
displayed at all naval stations. It Is
also reported from Belgium that a
largo number of IT type submarines
have been shipped by rail toward Os
tond. It is asserted that these ves
sels will be the deciding instrument in
tho North sea.
I
KAISER WILL INSPECT
FLEET AT WILH ELMSH AV EN.
BERLIN, Fell. 3. — The Germ an Km
peror leaves today for Wilheimshavon !
ostensibly' on a visit of inspection of;
tho concentrating base or the German !
navy. It is reported that lie will per-1
sonally visit every war vessel of the j
entire fleet, gathered at that station.
BERLIN DECLARES BRITIAIN
IS SUPPRESSING LOSSES.
SATVILLK, Feb. 3. The press of
Berlin declares that the British are
concealing from the world their hears
nasal losses in the North Sn It is
asserted that the French ami Knglish
Heels base suffered lerrihle losses anil
that several hallleslilps and numerous
smaller craft hair team souk and dam
aged tis the Herman submarine fleet I
which has been active at all times and
given the blockading fleet no peace It I
is stated that only the most constant
sigllanoe has prevented the German
submarines destroying almost the en
tire fleet and the enemies s'essels have
been constantly forced farther from the
coast by the ever menacing vessels of
the under water fleet.
CRUISER SEYDLITZ DAMAGED
GERMANS WILL CAN PORK.
A MSTKHDA M, Feb 3 It is reported I
that the German cruiser Seydlitz was
considerably damaged in an engage
ment with the. Allied North Sea fleet
which is said to have occurred Jan. 24
No details have been allowed to pass
the censors. The same report says
that the German government is plan
ning to buy a sasl number of pigs
which will he canned and preserved.
The plan is necessitated by (be rapidly
decreasing fodder supply ft is stated
that fifty million marks base been ap
propriated for that purpose.
SERVIAN ADVANCE HALTED
BY SUPERIOR ARMIES.
i ‘KTTINJK, Feb. 3. The presence of
heavily reinforced Hungarian armies
in Bosnia and Herzegovina has com
pelled the Servian and Montenegrin
forces to suspend their advance until j
the Russian columns proceeding
through Transylvania reach a point
where a junction may be affected with
the Serbs. Desultory fighting is pro
ceeding at several points, although the
inferior forces of the Servians compel
them to remain on the defensive until
such time ns the Russians appear.
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BRIDGE WRECKER IS
CAREFULLY GUARDED
ST. CROIX, Me., Feb. 3.— Warner
Van Horn who yesterday attempted to
destroy the International bridge over
the St. Croix river is said to be care
fully guarded by the authorities in the
fear that he bill become tlie victim of
a mob.
There is much feeling against the
prisoner throughout the section and it
would require but little to fun the
flames of resentment to a white heat.
Canada is said to have made a formal
demand for extradition on the groiHid
that the net of the prisoner was mainly
directed against the Dominion of
Canada, the prisoner being an enemy
to that country.
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Butter crisp at the Rose Candy Store.
RUSSIANS WITHIN TWENTY
MILES OF THORN.
PETROORAD, KVb. 3- I'h, Gutman
forces renewed the attack today near
l.ipno and desperate efforts were made
to break the Russian lines (nil without
success.
The (term.ms were more sneeessful al
’oer oolnis along the right hank of the
Ylstuln and have .advanced their lines
ai several points cast of l.ipno The
Russian forces operating to the west
ward have made steady advances and
are at present within twenty miles of
Thorn in force. Much severe fighting
lias taken place along the entire front.
RUSSIANS CLAIM ENTIRE
GERMAN BATTALION HAS
BEEN ANNIHILATED.
PETROORAD. Feb. 3 —War bul
letins received here claim that an
entire German battalion supporting the
Austrian forces in the Upper Carpa
thians has been entirely annihilated
by the Russian forces operating in
that vicinity Little details are given
beyond that the Germans were isolated
by the superior forces of Russia and
were later overwhelmed
BIG BATTLE AT BORIMO
GERMANS PRESSING TO WARSAW
WARSAW, Feb 3 Terrific lighting
is taking place near Borimo the Ger
mans making a determined attempt to
capture Warsaw.
The furious assaults on the Russian
lines are proving exceedingly costly
hut the Germans are undeterred and
press ilie advantage with extreme
vigor. The sudden renewal nf activi
ties at thin point is taken lo indicate
an attempt I,, force tile Russians to
abandon the campaign in east Prussia I
in order to protect Poland.
The German heavy artillery is ham
pered by tiie heavy snows and the
present fighting is of the close order,
the troops frequently fighting hand to
hand.
GERMANS TAKE SLAV
POSITIONS WEST OF WARSAW.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 3.—The German
forces advancing between Sachaczew
and Skurniwice to the south of Lowiez
today captured several Russian posi
tion* to the west of Warsaw. The
Germans are making n most deter
mined forward movement and appear
undaunted by the immense army Rus
sia has thrown across their path. The
German losses are said to he con
siderable,
GERMANS CONTINUE
ADVANCE ON WARSAW.
BERLIN', Feb. 3.—After three days
of desperate fighting the German forces
now advancing on Warsaw captured
tho vlliago of Humin, a short distance
from Borimow, taking four thousand
prisoners and a large quantity of army
supplies.
The German forces are now engaged
in a ferocious light south of Bzura
with no decisive results to either side.
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'RUSSIAN SUBMARINE SINKS
GERMAN TORPEDO CRAFT.
PARIS, Feb. 3.—It la reported hero
that a Kusaian submarine torpedoed
and sunk a German torpedo boat along
| Ihe south shore of the Baltic Jan zy.
Russia Is said to have placed a largo
number of sub surface boats into com
mission, most of which have been
consigned to the Baltic.
RUMOR ITALY WILL
MOBOLI2E IN 5 DAYS
RiiMK, Feb H Home is wild with
excitement due to tlie circulation of .1
rumor that King Victor Emmanuel
will give the final moholization order
to his army and navy reservists at
midnight Feb. x. The war spirit Is
now at its height and the populace of
i In- empire ire displaying ihe most in
tense excitement It is predicted that
fully ninetv si\ per rent of the Italian
reservists will rush to the national
standard within twentv font hours
after the general moholization order is
given out. There is now no doubt In
the minds of the people that Italy's
entrance into the war is but i matter
..r days.
GERMAN CHANCELLOR BELIEVES
ITALY BLUFFING AUSTRIA
SAYVILLE, Feb. 3.— Berlin remains
ominously silent regarding the warlike
preparations of Italy although she is
hourly expected to enter the great con
flict. Unconfirmed reports state that
Chancellor von Bethman has stated
that it is his opinion that Italy is mak
ing a forcible demonstration in the ef
fort to scare Austria into giving up
certain desired Adriatic possessions
without the prospect ol' having fn bat
tle for their possession and the ceding
of those Adriatic provinces to be the
price of Rally's non-entrance into the
war
KITCHNER PROPHESIES
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER
LONDON. Feb 2. Lord Kitehnor
declares that with tin* coming <>i sum
mer tlie world will witness a slaughter
o£ such gigantic proportions that it
will be absolutely beyond human imag
ination to conoiovp the awfulness of
its immense dimonlions lie declares
that the Allies will reach the peak of
their power by July first and that their
armies by that time will have on im
mense preponderance of power
The probable entrance of Italy,
Greece, Roumnnia and Rulgaria into
the arena before that time, while great
ly increasing the awful toll of lives,
will make the war correspondingly
Lshorter. It was his opinion that the
fate of Germuny would finally depend
on tier defensive ability as alio was a
most formidable foe when acting solely
on the defensive, and yet it was im
possible to tell how long she might bo
able to withstand attacks.
NINE KILLED, SIX BURNED
IN BOARDING HOUSE FIRE
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3—Nine per
sons are dead and six badly burned us
the result of .a serious tire in n May
burg boarding house Inst night. The
fire is said tn have been preceded by a
terrific explosion which nearly wrecked
the building
FRENCH ASSUME OFFENSIVE
ALONG EASTERN WING.
PARIS, l 'H» 3 The French forces
repl> t<> tin- r* in* w• -«I German offensive
in the: \v**si is a vi^iruus forward
nmvcnnnt tl<*ng ihe eastern front
The I 'f en, |, forc es are preparing to
^ assume the initiative along the right
wing and a deter-iniiied «*ffi»rl will l>»
made t«> push hack the German lines
which are greatly weakened l»> tie
heavy . oiieentralion along the left
front. The French artillery t«»da\
homharded and destroyed the railwav
station at Noyon.
AIRMEN DAMAGE GERMAN
HEARQUARTERS UPPER ALSACE
liERNK. F'-bk An aero attack w.t.
iiimli' ..11 the German la adi|uarters in
upper Alsace tmiuy, the French itlrnii'ii
dropping many bombs and doing ..
damage in the supply depots uf th<
Germsn force-;. Mists weathei en
aided the airmen l.. approach unobser
ved and the sudden attack was entlrel.
unexpected.
The aviators were enabled to damage
[great stores of military supplies in
eluding a number of aeroplane, and1
munitions of wai The damage is
estimated to lie in the neighborhood of j
- million francs Alhough subjected1
to a rain of shells from the German j
guns the aviators escaped with practi
cally no damage
GERMANS BREAK ALLIES
LINES NEAR LA BASSE.
BERLIN, Feb. 3. .Severe lighting is
taking place in the region of Bethune !
the German forces moving westward |
from La Bassoe and arc gradually ex
tending their wedge In tin direction nt
Rologne
Tin. sudden forward movement of the I
German troops lias disconcerted tin-!
enemy who. although offering a des ;
porate resistance are unable to cluck
the German movement. The Germans
are suffering severely but are pushing
tho attack with the utmost vigor, un
daunted by the severe losses. The
concentration at and near this point
will enable the Kaiser's forces to make
[overwhelming inroads into the enemies
territnrj.
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| BRITISH TROOPS NEARLY
ANNIHILATE EACH OTHER.
BAGDAD, F**b. J Two Kugiuth oat
lalions posted al«»ng tin* desert bord»i
won* sui piiaed by a Turkish night ai
lack and in the resulting colli union
ar»- said lu have lired uj»on each other
I with diaasteiuus lesuils the Turk*
declare that great nunibw* were kiiieJ
L*efi>io ltie Uiintake vvai discovered
ALLIED FLEET AGAIN
BOMBARDS DARDANELLES.
' '• 'i'l.MlAGLN, l-'eh.u. The Fr.gii&h
French squadron® renewed their at
ta» k.- ..n tJu* remaining forts protecting
i he 1 >a i«kunales. Se\ et'al w ere de
stroyed by th« terriiie bombardment
i he Allied S(|uadloli is hendlllg every
elTort to all'l l an entrance t»* t 'utisian
(ilKiple hilt with little SUL'cesN.
BOMBARDMENT OF
DARDANELLES CONTINUES.
ATJIFNS, l'il). 3 Naval t»ngng*
n **nt> of great duration .ft' th * Dai
»ku. Hes are reported indicating that
tin* Anglo-French Meets are throwing
thousands of greut shells Into the
Turkish forts guarding the entrance
Steady streams of allied supply vea
m*-Im are also rei>orted to bo passing
through tlu* Greek Archipelago
NEW DANCING SCHOOL.
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Tuesday and Friday evening at 8 p. m.
Tangos, Hesitations, as well at all the
older dances. Mrs. Oliver and Mri.
Peterson, teachers.
COLO WAVE
SWEEPS EAST
N'KW YORK, J'eb. 3.—A billiard
accompanied by blighting cold, hoe
swept the majority of the Eastern
States during I be past 31 hours, sleet,
snow and wind seriously crippling wire
and railroad service and causing much
suffering
The entire northern section is buried
In sleet and snow and the trains are
moved with difficulty. The storm lias
taken a toll of lives, seven persons
having pereshed.
SHIP BILL SUPPORTERS
ADOPT SECRET PROGRAM
Washington. Kei>. 3.—The ut
most secrecy is being maintained by
the Democrats as to the ship purchase
controversy. Inquiry of the fight lead
ers elicit no information save that a
secret scheme has been adopted with
the view of pushing the bill Giro ugh
The program is said to include many
pariimentary moves. A caucus has
been called to discuss means of obtain-'
mg the passage of the bill each Dem
ocratic senator attending being pledged
to secrecy, The debates continued
throughout yesterdays session the op
posing forces blocking every move
made by tin- administration supporters
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