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RUSSIANS TORPEDO GERMAN CRUISER GAZELLE
GERMANS CAPTURE TRENCHES NEAR RETHUNE
RUSSIANS STSP AU TRAFFIC BETWEEN SWEDEN AND GERMANY
REFUSES CHANGE
OF ELECTION DATE
SEATTLE. Jan. 27 In response to
telegrafs sent to Governor Strong by
Senator Southward anil ex Senator
Kreeding. urging the calling of the
election for the Second Division on the
twentieth instead of the twenty seventh
of February, the Governor stated that
he would make no change in the elec
tion date The Governor stated that the
time tlxed by him for the holding of
the election was as short as the condi
tions in the district would permit of,
and give the outlying precincts an op
portunity to vote in the election.
PRESIDENT WILL VETO
IMMIGRATION BILL.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. It is semi
officially announced that President
Wilson will veto the immigration
measure which he has been holding for
several days under consideration. Th#
- president disapproves of the letcrary
test which Is said to he very severe and
whlcti is considered by many unwise
and is neither a fair or any tost of the
qualifications of the applicant to be
come a citizen of this country.
VILLA CAPTURES THE
TOWN OF MONCLOVA
EAGLE PASS. Jan. 27 Villa's
troops attacked and captured Mon
elova in the state of Coahuila after a
fight lasting nearly all day. The Car
ranza forces were forced to evacuate
the place after sustaining a heavy ar
tillery lire for several hours and main
taining an unequal fight against super
ior numbers of infantry which stormed
their positions. Monelova is an im
portant railroad town and its capture
is considered of much importance by
Villa.
CARRANZA PREPAIRING TO
ATTACK MONTEREY.
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 27 Carranza Hi
l>repairing to attack Monterey and is
concentrating n large force for that pur
pose. The Carranza forces which will
assail the Villa stronghold number
forty-thousand while the defenders of
the place numbers only eight-thousand
The strong fortifications are relied on
to enable the Villa forces to defend the
place against Carranza’s large army.
GUERILLA FIGHTING IN
NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL CHICHUAHUA.
NOGALES. Jan 27. - Desultory
fighting Is going on in northern Chichu
litin and much Guerilla warfare is go
ing on in the central part of the state
It is reported thnt the non-comba
tant population except In tlio target
towns, have practically abandoned the
country to the fighting factions. The
wholo state Is In a choattc condition
the people being in mortal fear of hot!
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nesday and Friday at K. K. hall fron
now on.
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GREAT ENGAGEMENT
IN EAST PRU8SIA
RUSSIANS CHECKED.
ROTTERDAM, Jan 27—The Rus
sian advance which was an attempt to
cut the German lines of communication
near Thorn was brought to a check by
a great engagement. The Russians {
suffered a severe defeat and the losses
on both sides were very heavy the Rus
sians Anally being driven hack several
miles with the loss of many prisoners
and large quantities of munitions of
war.
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RUSSIA CUTS OFF GERMAN
LAST WATER COMMUNICATION.
PETROGRAD. Jan 27.—The Russian'
submarines which w*A> shipped over- j
land from Kronstadt have entered the j
Baltic from the river Nienien
This threatens to cut off Germany’s
last water communication which here
to-fore has been uninterrupted be
tween Germany and the Scandnnavian
countries.
GERMAN CENTER PUTS
RUSSIANS ON THE RUN.
COPENHAGEN. Jan 27.—Appar
ently authentic reports from Berlin
this morning say that after a most des
perate battle in which thousands of
Russians were killed by the terrible
artillery Are, the German center lias
again put the Russians on the run
The German howitzer divisions uro
clearing the way for great columns of
Infantry and oavalery which inter
mingled with hundreds of machine
guns Is literally cutting their way
through tho Slav masses. The lighting
is the most bloody of the war but the j
losses of the Russians are said to be
many fold in excess of that of the Ger
I mans
RUSSIANS HOLD CENTER
AGAINST FEROCIOUS ASSAULT.
PETROGRAD. Jan. 27 —The war of- j
lice announces that the Germans are ■
making ferocious assaults upon the
Russian center west of Warsaw* hut
that the Russian troops are with stand
ing the awful offensive movement of
the Germans without a singlo waver.
The Russian losses are astounding,
which is due to the German artillery
which has hurled hundreds of shells
into the Russian trenches. Along a
thin lino of trenches covering scores of
miles the Russians have held their
ground not receeding at a single point.
TURKISH TROOPS CONCENTRATE
! ON FRONTIER NEAR 8ATUM.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 27.—The Turkish
troops which advanced on Ardahan are
now concentrated on the frontier near
Hat urn to resist the Russian advance
across the border into Asia Minor
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RUSSIAN SUBMARINE
TORPEDOES GERMAN CRUISER.
11EL1NGFORS, Jau. 27 A Russian
submarine torpedoed the German crui
ser Gazelle off the Rugen Island, so
seriously crippling the cruiser that she
was unable to travel under her own
steam A Swedish ship P wed the On-I
zelle Into port.
RUSSIAN SUBMARINES DESTROY
SWEDISH AND GERMAN TRAFIC
COPENHAGEN. Jan 27 It is of- j
iaily announced that Russian sub-j
marines are patroling the sea lane be
tween Sweden and Germany stopping
all traffic between Swedish and Ger
man ports. This has been done be
cause of reported traffic which Sweden
has carried on with Germany supplying
them with provisions and munitions
of war.
SERVIAN MONITOR BESIEGED
BY AUSTRIANS.
BELGRADE. Jan 27—A Servian
Monitor is aground twenty miles above
the Capital where it was operating
against the Austrians who were col
lecting along the Danube for au attack
upon Servia, The Monitor Is now be
sieged and will probably fall Into tin
hands of the Austrians.
LARGE ARMY OF TURKS
MOVING UPON SUEZ CANAL.
COPENHAGEN. Jan 27—The Ger
man government tells the people that
the Turks under a German General is
about to seize the Suez Canal with a
big army which is approaching from
the eastwards.
It is asserted that the Turks in num
bers and equipment arc of sufficient
strength to overcome any force the
British ran concentrate for the protec
tion of the Canal
ADMIRALTY SAYS SUEZ
CANAL AMPLY PROTECTED
LONDON, Jim. 27.—The Admiralty
has issued n statement assuring the
British that there is no cause for alarm
for the safety of tho Suez Canal.
The Canal is amply protected by both
garrisons and a large number of war
ships. Tho reported approach of a
large Turkish army, the Admiralty says
gives no cause for alarm
BRITISH PREPARE TO
DEFEND SUEZ CANAL.
LONDON, Jan. 27.—Dispatches from
Caro report that in consequence of the
large Turkish forces which are moving
towards the Suez Canal, there is great
military activity along the canal zone.
Warships and troops being assembled
and civilians are fleeing in anticipa
tion of a great bnttle which must be
fought within the next few days
it is reported that the Turkish army
i is not only a large one but well equipp
ed and is recognized as a formidable
menace to tho Suez Canal. Tho British
military authorities however say that
the canal is amply protected and is not
endangered by the lurge Turkish army
which is now rapidly advancing
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GERMAN FRONT STEADILY
CREEPING FORWARD
PARIS. Jun 27 -The enure German I
from east of Soisaons is creeping up a I
few yards ,it .t time and gradually id- I
t urn ing theii trenches A great sys- |
tem of zig zug advancing trenches are
being dug b> both sides.
In scores of places tlie men are |
fighting in the narrow ditches anil shat- i
low tunnels of the sappers, as both
sides are mining and counter mining in
an effort to destroy the enemies
trenches <
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FRENCH COLUMN AMBU3HED
AND CUT TO PIECES.
SATV^,hE, Jail 27 A French col
umn tw enty-tlve nules northwest of
Metz were rolled buck with dlsasterous
results when they tried to sneak
through the forests under cover of
darkness The column was cleverly
led Into a German ambush by a sup
posedly friendly scout and the column
was terribly out up making their es- |
cap' with the utmost difficulty after |
loosing a large portion of lhe eolumn
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FRENCH ENGINEERS TUNNEL
UNDER FORTS OF METZ
ROME, Jan 27 -It is persistently
rumored that the French engineers are
approaching close to Metz with deep
tunnels it is claimed that these tun
nels. unless by a tnlrnelo will never be
discovered by the Germans until thou-j
sands of pounds of gun cotton may j
destroy their great forts
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GERMANS CAPTURE
ALLIED TRENCHES.
AMSTERDAM. Jan 27—The Ger
mans. after an all-day tight, captured
twelve hundred feet of the allied
trenches near IletliUtie The lighting
was the most desperate, the Germans
being driven bark several times be
fore the entrenchments were carried
nf the point of the bayonet after a ,
desperate hand to hand tight. The
Gormans captured one hundred and ten
men, three officers and three machine
guns
SURVIVORS OF BLUECHER
LANDED IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, Jan 27.—Two hundred |
Additional survivors of the Gorman'
cruiser Bluecher were landed here to- j
day. The German survivors tell of the
terrible hardships undergone while un
der the tire of the superior guns of the
English ships. In attempting to escape
the English lleet, they say, the Illue
cher was within range of the pur
suing English vessels’ guns which
raked the Bluecher fore and aft while
their guns could not reach their pur
suers and they were helpless and at the
mercy of the English
AIR SHIPS DROPPED BOMBS ON
BRITISH SHIPS ON SUNDAY.
LONDON, Jan. 27.— During the Sun
day naval light in the North sea the
German airships were used to assist
the licet and dropped bombs upon the
British ships A number of these air
ships were sent out from Helgoland
and took part in the naval battle. The
Germans claim that two British tor
pedo boats were sunk during the en
gagement.
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GERMAN ZEPPELIN
DESTROYED AT LIBAU.
LIBAN, Jan .’7 A Greman Zep
pelin dropping bombs on this place was
destroyed by the aero guns of the forti
fications. The Zeppelin had dropped
several bombs doing but little damage,
before it was fatally hit.
The Zeppelin was a total wreck and >
all the crew were found dead among the
wreckage
DAILY FIGHTING IN NORTH
SEA BETWEEN OUTER
SCREEN OF SHIPS.
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LONDON, .Ian 27. There are al
most daily combating in the North!
Sea. between the Allied outer screen
• »hsoJetf* vessels and the G«*rm^n war
vessels The result of these desultory
• ruraifements during the past week has
been the loss of two hundred sailors
and marines who were killed by sheila
exploding on the deeks *f the various
vessels
KAISER CELEBRATES
FIFTY SIXTH BIRTHDAY.
BERLIN, Jan. 27.—The Kaiser today
celebrated his fifty sixth birthday In
accordance with former announce
ments there was not the usual public
demonstrations as it was the Kaisers
wish that in time of National distress
there should be no public celebration
of royal birthdays.
The Emperor today granted amnesty
to many political offenders which is
customary on such occasions
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
BUILDING MANY WAR CRAFTS.
TOKIO, Jan. 27.—'The Japanese gov
ernment is rushing the construction of
torpedo boats at her navy yards and
will soon make many additions to her
fleet in the line of smaller crafts such
as torpedo boats and submarines
The Kobo Navy yard is about ready
to release ten torpedo boats which are
now practically finished. Many sub
marines are also in course of construc
tion and will soon he ready for service
KITCHNER BELIEVES ALLIES
CAN STARVE OUT GERMANY
LONDON, .Ian 26 Lord Kitchner
reitterates his firm belief that the al
lies ean starve ttie Germans and Aus
trians out within the next fifteen
months He is strongly in favor of a
military policy which is only nominally
offensive In brief, his policy is to
hold the Germans in check and act on
the offensive only to the extent that
such may lie made necessary to main
tain the defensive position of the al
lied forces He believes that such a
policy will save millions of lives.
AMERICAN RED CROSS SEND
MANY NURSES TO EUROPE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—The Amer
ican Red Cross is now ready to send a
hundred more nurses to Kurope next
week Hundreds have volunteered for
war sendee during the past few weeks
and the movement is becoming ex
tremely popular and nation-wide. It is
expected that many hundreds of Rod
Cross nurses will be sent from the
United States wdthin the next few
months
Can Helen Lomen fight and aing at
the eame time.
REINDEER FAIR
A BIC SUCCESS
Walter Johnson and I’arl Lomen re
turned last night from their trip to
Igloo where they went to attend the
reindeer fair Walter Shields who ac
cuinpauied liirm <nd wiio originated
the idea of the fair and presided over
i he meet c ontinued his trip of investi
gation as superintendent .»f the north
west distric t of Alaska Messrs Shields
and Johnson, as representatives of the
Bureau of Kdmation had charge of
the Igloo fair and are more than pleas
•d with tin results. Forty native de
legates were elected and sent to the
fair, besides many other natives were
present is interested spectators The
success the fair was so great that it
astounded those who promoted it. It
was more than a fall it was an in
stitute in which every phase of the
reindeer industry was dis< ussed and as
said by one native “We came here to
play and we are learning how to work ’
Another said after attending a meeting
“I have been In the reindeer business
many years but now feel like l Just
awakened from i big sleep." The iim
tivos entered into the contests with
their whole souls and the blue ribbons
were more highly prized than the many
valuable prizes which were hung up
for the various events. The events
which made up the program of the
fair were racing, lassoing deer, driving
one. two and four deer, harnessing,
haltering, butchering and exhibition of
animals, sleds, fur clothing, etc In the
evening the events of the day were
discussed at a me •ting held in a large
tent The natives took part In these
dlseussions and showed as much, if
not more, interest in these meetings
and discussion* than ihev did In the
exciting events «»f tin* dav Those pre
sent say that tin* work done hv Mr
Shields at this fair is simply wonder
fill and will work a complete revolu
tion among the natives who themselves
sav that it has awakened them from a
“big sleep." A full and detailed ac
count of the fair will appear in the
Nugget in a few days
SOCIALISTS DO NOT WANT
ROCKERFELLERS MILLIONS
NEW YORK. .Tan 27 A a great
meeting at Cooper t’ulon a Socialist
speaker il eel aired that tile people do
not want Rockerfeiler’s millions in
charities The speaker said the people
were not asking charity hut the remov
al c'f the underlying cause of poverty
and those causes which make the
multi-mllllonare possible at the ex
pense of those for whom such as Rock -
erfeller would offer charity from his
super abundance.
HEAVY ROITING IN CITY
OF AVLONA
ROME. Jan 27—Latest dispatches
say that there Is heavy rioting in the
city of Avlonn. The riots are brought
about by hundreds of Turks anti their
sympathisers who have smuggled
themselves into the city for the pur
pose of stirring up a revolt. The Ital
ian forces available ure thought to be
able to check the rioting or put down
any revolt which may be started
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