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GERMANS ARE AIDING AUSTRIANS
ABANDON WARSAW CAMPAIGN; SEND TROOPS SOUTH
NEW ATTACK IS AIMED AT IVANGOROD ON VISTULA
HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE TRANS-CAUCASUS REGION
CALIFORNIA STILL
AFTER II JAPS
New Alien Law Similar To That of
Arizona Will Be Passed At
Next Session.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 4—An anti
, alien bill similar to that recently
passed in Arizona is to be introduced
in the legislature of this state at the
coming session and pushed through.
The bill is a'med directly at the
Japanese but because of the inability
of the legislators to put a bill
through which will only effect the
Mikado’s subjects and be constitution
al it is planned to follow the ex
ample of Arizona and strike at all
alien labor.
It is anticipated that a strong pro
test will be made by the admin.stra
tion against the bill as it may in
volve the government in trouble with
Japan and as Japan is now allied
with Great Britain, France and Rus
sia it is an awkward position to place
the American government in.
WHEAT RECORDS
ARE SMASHED
Sales Today At Chicago Were Made
^ At $1.33 a Bushel, Which Is
Highest Since Civil War.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.—Wheat is sell
ing today at $1.33 a bushel, the rec
ord price since the civil war. The
sales are heavy and are made most
ly for export. A continuous shipment
is being made via Canada to Europe.
It is reported here that the British
and French governments are gather
ing huge stocks of wheat, enough to
supply the armies and the people un
til next fall.
Reports now reaching here from
South America indicate that the same
condition exists in South American
countries, where the British are buy
ing heavily.
^ HAND SHAKE COST
FIVyUNDRED
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.—G. \.
Markman, of this city, today won his
suit for damages from C. B. Galloway
because the latter in shaking hands
crushed the bones of the hand and
v caused a painful injury. He receiv
• qp ed a verdict for $500. Galloway in
shaking his friend’s hand kept crush
ing it to show how glad he was to
see his friend and when he finally
released Markman’s fist the bones
were crushed and the hand will nev
er be normal. Markman started a
suit and won the decision today. His
former friend will make an appeal.
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Germans Admit Loss of Steinbach In Alsace—British and Germans To Ex
change Crippled Prisoners Who Can Never Fight Again-Reports of French
Repulse In Argonne District Come From London—No Material Change In
the Western Fighting Zone—French Aeroplane Destroys Zeppelin Shed At
Brussels—Crew of Turkish Battleship Sunk In Dardanelles Were Germans.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 4.—The Ger
mans southwest of Warsaw have re
newed the offensive and are attempt
ing to cross the Vistula at Czer
winsk. It is believed here that the
attack is aimed at Ivangorod and No
vo Alexandria, two important railroad
towns on the Vistula almost south of
Warsaw.
Germans Abandon Warsaw Campaign.
The kaiser’s troops have abandon
ed the campaign to take Warsaw anl
will direct all efforts towards uniting
the German forces with the Austrians
and save Hungary from invasion.
With this object in view Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg has suddenly
withdrawn large forces from northern
Poland and is sending them into
southern Poland to break the Rus
sian wedge which separates the Ger
mans and Austrians. This wedge is
also the force left to protect the Rus
sian Galician army and in conse
quence must hold its position or the
entire campaign against Austria fails.
With the fighting in southern Poland
the Russians can use the railroads
from Bresze and Warsaw, thus adding
greatly to the mobility of the army.
French Destroy Zeppelin Sheds.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—The French avi
ators made a successful raid upon the
German Zeppelin sheds at Brussels
and succeeded in dropping bombs into
the shed, destroying the shed and al
so killing a number of soldiers who
were near the building when the
sheds collapsed.
Russians Claim Gains In Caucasia.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 4—The Russian
troops in the Caucasus region report
that they have met with unexpected
stiff resistance but that in spite of
the desperate fight put up by the
Turkish troops commanded by the
German officers, the Russians had ad
vanced, taking 5,000 prisoners. The
fighting continues. The Russians
have a force of six army corps in
the Caucasus.
To Exchange Injured Prisoners.
ROME, Jan. 4.—King George ot
England and Kaiser William of
Germany have both agreed to the re
quest of the Pope that the prisoners
now held by both sides who have suf
fered injuries which make it impos
sible for them to again return to
active duty in the army to be sent to
their homes and families. This ex
change is also to include non-combat
ants who are so old that they can
not join the army and such women
as are still held in Germany or Eng
land. An effort will be made to ex
tend the scope of the agreement to
include France and Russia.
Germans Evacuate Stelnbach.
BERLIN, Jan. 4.—The war office
admits the evacuation of Stelnbach,
in Alsace. (The location of Stein
bach is not given on any maps In
the Prospector office and must be a
small town.—Ed.)
French Repulsed In Argonne District.
, LONDON, Jan. 4.—The French
have been repulsed In the Argonne,
district, where they made several de
termined attempts to capture the Ger
man line. The Germans hold strong
ly fortified positions in the forests
and all efforts to dislodge them have
failed.
No Material Change In West.
The reports coming here from the
battle line in France and Flanders
are not issued by the war office and
the people know little regarding the
situation. The only official announce
ment made today is that no material
change has been reported by the com
manders.
Turkish positions sneued By war
ships.
ATHENS, Jan. 4.—A French and
British squadron again shelled the
Turkish troops concentrated the last
few days on the Gulf of Saros, *he
arm of the Aegean Sea north of the
Dardanelles. No details of the en
gagement are given out by the British
or the Turks.
German Submarines At Constanti
nople.
PARIS, Jan. 4.—The report has
reached here that the Germans have
sent two submarines to Constanti
nople for use near that city against
the French and British fleet and
against the Russian ships in the
Black Sea. The submarines were
shipped in sections through Rumania
and Bulgaria soon after the Turks
entered the war. The boats have
been placed in commission.
Messudieh Crew Germans.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—According to the
Petrograd correspondent of The Post,
the Turkish battleship Messudieh,
which was recently sunk in the Dar
danelles by a British submarine, ha.l
just been newly armed with an en
tire set of the latest big guns sent,
from Germany and the crew, as well
as the officers, were all Germans.
Many Soldiers Go insane.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 4.—A new First
Aid Corps, consisting of nerve spec
ialists, for the treatment of soldiers
who have become insane during bat
tle, has been organized. The neces
sity for this form of treatment is
growing as a result of the intensity
of the nervous strain under which
the soldiers are fighting.
An instance in point is the case
of a second lieutenant who escaped
unwounded from a fight in which
there were only thirteen survivors out>
of 240 men. He is a mental wreck.
It is said that there are many simi
lar cases.
Germany Aids Prisoners.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—In an official
communication received at the Ameri
can consulate general from the Ger
man war office it was stated that
there had been some delay in the
delivery of letters and money to pris
oners of war because the number in
the hands of the Germans was 527,
000. This communication said this
matter had now been thoroughly or
ganized, and that delay in the future
would be reduced.
The German war office recently
sent to the detention camps a regu
lation form of postcard, by means of
which prisoners could communicate
with their families. These cards have
been printed in six languages. At
WESTERN ROADS
WANT INCREASE
Interstate Commerce Commission Will
Hear Railroads In Chicago On
February 15.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The appli
cation of the western railroads for
permission from the Interstate Com
merce Commission to raise rates will
be heard in Chicago on Feb. 15, the
application for a hearing being grant
ed this morning by the commission.
The western railroads made the same
request as the eastern roads, whicn
was granted. They allege that the
present rates do not allow for the
proper upkeep of the road, cost of
operation and the payment of inter
est charges and dividends.
The railroads will be represented
by western attorneys, while the ship
pers will make a protest by claim
ing that the present freight rates are
ample provided the roads practice
economy.
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NO PATENT FOR
BERING CLAIMS
Land Department Says Locations Are
Invalid—Long Fight for Pat
ent Be Continued.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—The land
.office today decided adversely the
applications for patent by the own
ers of 27 coal claims in the Bering
River district. The Hunt group, Che
zum, Willoughby, and Britton groups
are those decided. To date not a
claimant has secured patent to coal
claims in the Bering River district,
the government agents contesting the
claimants rights on one pretext or
another.
The locators have spent thousands
and thousands of dollars in develop
ment work, but the department in
sists that the locations are Invalid.
The locators will endeavqr to take
the cases to the United States courts
in an effort to have the department
overruled.
present all communication between
prisoners in England and Germany
is done through the London and Be •
lin postoffices, the letters passing
through The Hague without stamps,
and money orders being forwarded
without any fee.
Few French Wounded Die.
PARIS, Jan. 4.—No fewer than 54
per cent, of the French wounded re
turned to the tiring line before Dec.
12, according to interesting figures
supplied today by the surgical de
partment of the Ministry of War.
Of the rest, 24 per cent, had receiv
ed convalescent leaves, 17 per cent,
were still in hospitals, and 1 1-2 per
cent, had been discharged from the
army. Three and a half per cent,
of the wounded died.
These statistics show a lower per
centage of deaths from wounds than
in any preceding war, thus demon
strating the remarkable advance mad®
in surgery.
Berlin’s Heavy Death Toll.
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 4.—Berlin
newspapers reaching here say’that a
majority of the 70,000 residents of
Berlin who went to the front have
lost their lives.
Other statistical information given
by these papers is that of the organ
ized workers of Germany, who num
ber 661,000, about 31 per cent, an;
now in active military service. The
German Federation of Workers has
given more than $3,750,000 for the
relief of the unemployed and to as
sist needy women and children.
Warship Building Record.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—What is describ
ed by the admiralty as a record in
ship construction is announced. The
light cruiser Caroline was delivered
complete today and placed In com
mission, ten and one-half months af
ter her keel was laid. The date of
delivery specified in the contract was
May 31, 1915. Cammell, Laird & Co,
of Birkenhead, built the cruiser, whicn
is of 3,800 tons displacement and has
a speed of thirty knots.
Italy Well Provisioned.
ROME, Jan. 4.'—The Minister of
Agriculture, Signor Cavasola, answer
ing an interpellation in the Senate
today regarding the amount of wheat
necessary for the country, said that.
Italy had produced 46,000,000 quintals
and needed 10,000,000 from abroad
(a quintal is equal to 220 pounds.)
The government, said the minister,
had already provided for all the
wheat required by the army and navy
until August, 1915. He added that
when the war closed the Russian and
Rumanian markets, from which most
of the wheat was Imported, it was
found necessary to overcome many
difficulties to reach the American
market, principally the stipulation for
payment in gold, which was hamper
ed by the Italian moratorium.
Now the importations from Amer
ica were increasing daily, said the
minister, from thirty to forty steam
ers crossing the Atlantic constantly,
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BIG FIRE LOSS
Two Separate Fires In Lumber Dis
FiFghts With the Flames.
Fight With the Flames.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4.—The fires
in the lumber yard district on the
river front gave the department a
desperate struggle yesterday. The
flying boards from the first fire start
ed a second conflagration half a mile
from the first and forced the depart
ment to divide its forces. Five fire
boats and the entire city department
including the high pressure system
was used at the flames in the fight
to conquer them. The lumber dis
trict was flooded before the confla
gration was extinguished.
As far as is known no lives were
lost but the money damage is fully
$1,000,000. The fire threatened the
entire water front and many of the
steamers at the docks were taken
down stream in order that they might
be sure not to be burned. * ~
PLOT TO FORGE
U. S. PASSPORTS
Four German Reservists Caught On
Outgoing Steamer—Strict Watch
On Passengers.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—A plot has
been unearthed by the government
secret service agents by which Ger
man reservists would be able to se
cure American passports. The pass
ports were to be issued in whole
sale and the thousands of reservists
now here were to sail upon Ameri
can boats for Holland, Denmark, Swe
den and other neutral countries.
Four reservists were caught on the
liner just sailing and were arreste;l„
A search of every steamer will be
made by the authorities aided by the
steamship owners to prevent those
without passports leaving while the
passports presented will be inspected
with care so that fraudulent ones
may be picked up.
More arrests are to be made *oday
of prominent German-Americans who
are invo’ved in the plot to aid the
German soldiers to return to the
fatherland to join the army.
LONDON STOCK
EXCHANGE OPENS
LONDON, Jan. 4.—The London
Stock Exchange was reopened today'
after having been closed since the
27th of July. The government will
watch the sales and prevent the un
loading of stocks. Efforts to putt
down the market are to be blocked ,
at the start and arrests will follow
any effort to push heavy liquidation.
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