AUSTRIA STRIKES FIRST BLOW
RUSSIANS ENDANGERING GERMAN REAR IN GALICIA
NEW BUN Ml GATHERED
FOR DASH TOWARDS GRAM
GERMANS LEARN OF PLAN IN TIME TO GATHER COUNTER FORCE
—RUSSIANS DEFEATED AT SHAVLI, IN RUSSIA—PETROGRAD
REPORTS RUSSIANS HAVING CROSSED THE SAN RIVER TO OUT
FLANK GERMAN-AUSTRIAN TROOPS IN WESTERN GALICIA—
VIENNA REPORTS CLAIM RUSSIAN ADVANCES REPULSED WITH
LOSS-*-BATTLE RENEWED IN BUKOWINA—FI ELD MARSH AL VON
HINDENBURG COMMANDING GERMANS AT SHAVLI—THE GRAND
DUKE IN COMMAND AT SAN RIVER.
BERLIN, May 24.—The Russian
general staff has gathered a big force
at Warsaw, Ivangorod and Lublin, evi
dently prepared for a dash towards
Cracow and a blow at the rear of the
Austro-German forces operating in
west Galicia. The forces have been
gathered with great secrecy and the
Germans have become aware of the
only in time to counteract the
Russian drive by bringing more forces
to the Pilica and Vistula to check
the hosts of the czar. Military experts
here say that the German offensive
in the Baltic Russian provinces will
not be stopped to meet the new at
tack, but rather that it will be driv
en home in order to force the Rus
sians to change their plans. ■» I
Russian Northern Wing Defeated.
BERLIN, May 24.—The northern
wing of the Russian army has been
NEW CABINET
FOR TRE BRITISH
Churchill To Be Dropped; Newspapers
Demand Removal of Kitchener—
Balfour Joins Cabinet.
LONDON, May 24.—The formation
■of a cabinet with representatives of
parties in Parliament has been
completed and the announcement will
be made some time today. Lord Bal
four, former premier of the Unionists’
cabinet, which went out of office in
1910, will be one of the members of
the new cabinet and will become Lord
■of the Admiralty, and Lloyd George,
Austin Chamberlain, Lord Lands
downe, former foreign secretary in
the Unionists cabinet, will be added
among the ministers of the United
Kingdom in an effort to secure a war
cabinet satisfactory to all the polit
ical units in the parliament.
Winston Spencer Churchill, First
Lord of the Admiralty, will be drop
ped from the cabinet because of the
popular demand for a change. This
demand has become very strong since
the sinking of the steamer Lusitania
and the government has been forced
to recognize the popular clamor for
a change.
The newspapers continue the fight
on Lord Kitchener and the fight is
more bitter against the head of the
army than against the naval chief.
The papers insist that the failure of
the fighting in France and Belgium
is due to the poor administrative abil
ity of Lord Kitchener and they want
a change. Some of the papers insist
on the appointment of Field Marshal
Sir John French, now in active com
mand of the field forces on the con
tinent.
It is doubted if the demand by the
^ifeaumapers for Kitchener’s head will
be jfrantid by the government.
The formation of the coalition cab
inet is generally approved by the pa
pers.
defeated near Shavli and practically
all of the Russian provinces from the
Gulf of Riga to German border have
been conquered. The fight was des
perate, the Russians realizing that
a defeats means the loss of the line
of communications north from War
saw, where the big Russian force has
been entrenched for many months
In spite of the desperate efforts to
block the German advance the en
emy were pushed back and the city
occupied. It is a railroad center of
much importance. Gen. von Hinden
burg is said to be in command of
the forces operating in Russia and
has left the command of the Galician
battle in the hands of subordinates.
Heavy Fighting In France.
PARIS, May 24.—Heavy fighting has
been reported in many parts of the
battle line in France. The engage
ments continue. The French have
made some important gains in the
Arras section and are continuing the
offensive movement.
Russians Cross San River.
PETROGRAD, May 24.—The Rus
sian forces operating along the San
river have succeeded in gaining a
foothold on the south side of the
river and have driven the Austro-Ger
an forces back with terrible loss.
The Russians were strongly reinforc
ed and the attack started yesterday
morning. The Grand Duke is striking
at the German line of communication
and will attempt to cut off part of the
Germanic forces operating in western
Galicia.
Outflanking Movement Successful.
The outflanking movement is be
ing pushed with success. The Rus
sians have pushed quickly south to
strike at the rear of the mainAus
tro-German force. The Germans are
trying to block the forward march
but have so far failed.
Bukowina Attacks Renewed.
The Russian forces operating
against the extreme right wing of
the Austrian-German Carpathian
forces have renewed the attacks in
Bukowina. Both sides have received
strong reinforcements and the en
gagement is likely to bring the en
tire line in the Carpathians into ac
tion. •
Vienna Denies Russian Gains.
The war office today issued a gen
eral denial of the reports from Petro
grad to the effect that the czar’s
forces had crossed the San river and
were striking at the rear of the main
Austro-German force in western Gali
cia. The war office states that lit
tle fighting is now going on and that
the Austrians are holding all the
ground gained in the recent victory.
Russian Battleship Lost.
BERLIN, May 24.—An unconfirmed
report has reached here from Bucha
rest telling of the sinking of a Rus
sian battleship in the Black sea with
a loss of 1,400 men. /
Turkish Warships Sunk.
PARIS, May 24.—A British subma
rine succeeded in sinking two Turk
ish torpedo boats and two transports
this morning in the Dardanelles. The
submarine worked up the waterway
(Conthraefl on page 2.)
SUBMARINE F-4
NEAR SURFACE
Boat Will Be Docked Tomorrow—Is
Now One Hundred Feet Be
low Surface of the Sea.
HONOLULU, May 24.—The subma
rine F-4, which went to the bottom of
the ocean on February 25th, has been
raised to within 100 feet of the sur
face and will be (locked tomorrow.
The work of bringing the vessel to
the surface has been a much hard
er task than anticipated. The boat
was lying on the sea floor at a depth
of 290 feet and the naval divers broke
all records in going to the ship and
fastening the big steel cables to the
hull. The first four cables broke and
more were fastened and finally the
submarine was lifted from the sea
bottom and hauled slowly towards
shallow water.
Even should the cables breaK tne
boat would be raised without great
difficulty as the submarine has been
slowly pushed into shallow water and
divers can now work about the boat
without difficulty.
The cruiser Maryland is attending
the raising of the boat. The bodies
of the dead naval officers and crew
will not be taken from the hull un
til the boat is drydocked.
GREEKS ANXIOUS
10 ENTER WAR
Demand Consideration When Balkans
Are Reconstructed—King Is
Seriously Sick.
ATHENS, May 24.—The entrance of
Italy into the war has greatly
strengthened the war party and It Is
expected Greece will enter the war
within a few days. Strong forces
have been sent to the frontier to
protect the inhabitants from any
sudden advance of the Turkish troops.
The war party is in control of the
-war office but lacks influence in the
cabinet.
The war on the Dardanelles is of
vital importance to Greece and it is
realized that a reconstruction of the
Balkans will be made following this
war. Greek statesmen are determin
ed to secure for the country the po
sition she desires.
The queen, who is a sister of the
Emperor of Germany, is making ev
ery effort to keep the country out of
the conflict but the serious illness of
the king gives her little opportunity
to aid her native land.
RESCUE CREW OF
S.S. CLAREMONT
MANSFIELD, Ore., May 24.—The
crew of eleven on the stranded steam
er Claremont were saved last Satur
day night by life savers, who suc
ceeded in reaching the ship during
a lull in the storm. The big boat is
expected to break up as the waves
were pounding over her all of yester
day and today and It is doubtful if
the hull will be worth salving.
The Prospector office for job work.
PLENTY FOOD
IH GERMANY
Government Has Taken Over All Food
In the German Kingdom and
Prices Are Still Low.
BERLIN, May 24.—A careful sur
vey of the food supply made by gov
ernment experts shows that there is
no danger of any shortage. The
stocks of food on hand have been
very little depleted. The huge cold
storage plants have been filled with
beef, sheep and hogs. The beef has
been killed in order that the con
sumption of grain need not continue.
The Russian, British and French
prisoners of war are being rented out
to the farmers in order that the new
crops may be planted. More than a
million prisoners are now at work on
roads or on farms.
The government has estamisneu a
monopoly of all foods and gather the
crops, paying the farmer, and then
retail to the civilian population. All
stocks of food in warehouses and
stores has been taken over and the
price for the retailing of it is made
by the government. The prices to
day are but little higher than in July
of last year before the war broke
out. The army is well supplied with
foods and war equipment.
MOUNT LASSEN
STILL ERUPTING
Many Ranchers Forced To Flee To
Safety In Automobiles—Mud
Wave Continues.
*
REDDING, Cal., May 24.—The
eruption from Mount Lassen has be
come suddenly worse. Yesterday
four streams of hot mud coming down
the mountain side united just at the
entrance of Ha* Valley and for a
time it was feared that several hun
dred people had been caught and
could not reach safety. A number
of powerful touring cars were used
to take the men, women and chil
dren from danger and the last party
had just entered Hat Valley when
the flow of mud cut off the road to
safety.
Many more families are ready to
leave their homes if the mud wave
continues down the mountain side and
automobiles are in waiting to carry
them to safety. Some of the ranch
ers have already moved their house
hold goods some distance away and
have driven cattle down the valley
out of danger.
The Northwestern, of tjte Alaska
Steamship Co. line, left Skagway yes
terday morning at 11:30 and is due
here tomorrow afternoon. The Nor
thwestern goes only as far west as
Seward.
John Barrett, of the New York Life
Insurance Company, is a passenger
for Valdez on the Northwestern. His
wife accompanies him, and will re
main here for several weeks.
COMBINED SEA AND tin MID
MADE ON THE ADRIATIC PORTS
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HOSTILITIES HAVE STARTED—AUSTRIANS AND ITALIANS CLASH
ON FRONTIER—GERMAN GENERAL STAFF IN CHARGE OF OP
ERATIONS AND TROOPS ARRIVING BY THOUSANDS AT TRENT
AND OTHER FRONTIER AUSTRIAN TOWNS—GERMANY STANDS
WITH AUSTRIA AND GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ROME RECALL
ED—POPE SENDS GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN CHURCHMEN BACK—
AUSTRIANS SHOW HATRED OF ITALIANS AND WILL SUPPORT
GOVERNMENT. N
ROME, May 24.—Austria struck the
first blow in the war between Italy
and Austria. A combined air and sea
raid was made against the Adriatic
coast towns today and bombs were
dropped on Ancona and the railroad
depot was destroyed. The Austrian
warships bombarded the cities but the
damage is said to have been very
slight. The Austrian fleet composed
mostly of destroyers was finally beat
en off by the Italian shore batteries.
German Staff Reaches Trent.
GENEVA, May 24.—The Austro
German staff which is to have charge
of the campaign against Italy has
reached Trent and have already start
ed the work of attacking the Ital
ians. Train load after train load of
troops are reaching the scene from
interior German points. The troops to
be pitted against the Italians have
all been under tire in the eastern or
western battlefields.
Troops Reach Border.
The German-Austrian forces have
reached the border from Tyrol and
are massing ft strong force of infan
try well supported with artillery to
crush through the Italian forces and
try to establish a line from Genoa to
Venice, thus cutting in two the Ital
ian empire and allowing Germany to
invade France from the south.
Huge New Army.
The Austrian and German forces
have equipped a new army of fully
2,000,000 men for the military oper
ations against Italy. This army has
been raised by calling the reserves to
the age of 50 to the colors. Several
new classes of young boys have been
called also and the army has been
equipped without trouble as the fac
tories of Germany and Austria are
working full time to supply equip
ments and munitions.
Austrians Hate Italians.
VIENNA, May 24.—A wonderful
and unexpected burst of patriotism
swept across the country when the
news was published of the entrance
into the war of Italy, the ally of Aus
tria. The hatred against the Italians
is intense and demonstrations were
made against the embassy by the
people and but for the police and
troops the place would have been
wrecked. The crowds paraded the
streets ca.-rying flags and cheering
for the Germans, Turks and Emperor
Joseph.
Triple Alliance Helped Italy.
Diplomats claim that Italy has
reaped great benefits from the Triple
Alliance, having been given a free
hand in operations against Turkey and
protected at different times from the
aggression of France and England
and now at the first opportunity turns
upon her friends.
Rigid Censorship In Rome.
ROME, May 24.—The government
has proclaimed a most rigid news
censorship and no news is allowed to
be published until the military cen
sors have read and corrected the
proofs of the papers. Foreign cor
respondents are not allowed to send
out news of military or naval move
ments.
Austrian Foreign Minister Resigns.
ROME, May 24.—The news has
reached here from Vienna that the
Austrian foreign minister, Baron Bu
rian, has resigned because of the
failure to keep Italy neutral.
Italians Bar War Correspondents.
The government today issued an
order that no war correspondents are
to be allowed with the troops. War
correspondents of Italian papers are
also barred and the news will be is
sued officially. The papers are pro
hibited printing news of movements
of either troops or naval ships.
Swiss Report Germans Declare War
On Italy
BASEL, Switzerland, May 24—The
German nation has declared war on
Italy for violating its treaty of offense
and defense by which the German,
Austrian and Italian empires were
(Continued on page 3.)
EMPEROR JOSEPH
Calls Upon the People To Help Gov
ernment To Destroy Treacher
ous Italians.
VIENNA, May 24.—Emperor Franz
Joseph, the aged emperor of Austria
and Hungary, today published a let
ter to his subjects calling upon the
people to aid the government. The
Austrian emperor denounces the act
of Italy as the most treacherous in
history, as the Austrian and German
governments have aided Italy to be
come a first-class power and prevent
ed aggression on the part of England
and France, the would-be world dic
tators.
After referring to the great victor
ies of the past for Austrian arms,
the emperor asks for a repetition of
past history and urge.s the people to
support the government in its ef
forts to establish peace and liberty in
Europe.
.. /
A Hard, Hard Law.
' Solon, the famous Athenian law
giver, secured the passage of a law
compelling every able-bodied adult
man in the nation to give proof once
a year that he was earning a decent
living and was self-supporting. Some
body has suggested that this would
not be a bad example for Uncle Sam
to follow, since the class of those
who have learned to live “gracefully
in idleness” is constantly on the in
crease.
Solon was not the originator of this
unique law, which went out of exist
ence shortly after his death. The man
who had the “happy thought” first
was a certain King Amasls, of Egypt,
who, before he became monarch, was
by turns soldier, freebooter, and vag
rant, living on the plunder he gained
from others. He probably based the
law on his own experience, not de
siring to have his subjects Idle and
lawless, as he once was.