TURKtSH LOSSES
, WERE EWORWMUS
{Jrnad Duke Reports that Hundred
Thousand Were Killed or Cap
tured During Big Battle.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 22.—The Rus
sian war office has officially announc
ed that dispatches from Grand Duke
Nicholas, commanding the Russian
drmy in the Caucasus mountains,
states that the Turks lost more than
one hundred thousand men during
the two weeks offensive movements
Of the Russians south of the moun
tains in the Tigris region. Later dis
patches say that when the city of Er
leram fell into the hands of the Rus
sians that forty thousand Turkish
troops were captured with hundreds
of guns and millions of rounds of
ammunition. . The dispatches also
state tm&the Russian army is march
ing southward to meet' the British
forces operating-, on the Tigris in
their campaign against Bagdad.
Chicago mil my
GET APPOINTMENT
President Wilson Said to be Consid
ering Several Men to Succeed
Secretary Garrison.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 22.—
It is believed in official and congres
sional circles that President Wilson
■will appoint a successor to Secretary
Garrison of the war department be
fore the close of the present week.
The president has held numerous
conferences with the party leaders
and it is reported that a strong ef
fort is being made to have Gfeneral
Hugh Scott, who is now acting Sec
retary of War, confirmed In the ap
pointment. v
President Wilson is said to have
been seriously considering the ap
pointment ot Secretary Houston of
the Agricultural department to be
Secretary of War. It is also rumor
oil th&t the western members are ad
vocating khe appointment of Thomas
Jones oF Chicago to the cabinet.
Secretary Garrison, who resigned
frond tfie cabinet because President
Wlbyih declined to approve of his
Continental army plan, lp a frequent
visitor kb the capitoV building and is
aiding General Scott in becoming fa
miliar With official business irtich was
wader progress before the'Secretary
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Allies Coercing Greece.
BERLIN, Feb. 22,—Official dis
patches bom Constantinople are to
the effect thlt the Allies are again
attempting to force KJng Constan
ttbe to declarfe war against tie cen
tni'Mr&Bean powers. It is report
ed that .additional troops are being
landed from transports, at Saloniki
and that the Allies are becoming
more aggressive toward the Officials
of the Greek government.
MINING COMPANIES MUST
* ■' PAY CORPOKATNON TAX
$ WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.—
The United States' Supreme Court
yesterday handed down a decision up
holding corporation taxbs as impos
ed on mining companies. The ruling
was made bn a test case in which a
mining company had refused to.pay
the corporation tax on the profits of
4be mind *hd held that tr the slock
holders were compelled to pay oh ifi
eomesAhat in Collecting the corpora
tion t^Pthe prolix of the mine Were
being subjected to A double tat.
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Ben Silverman was an outgoing
passenger on the Admiral Farragut
'this morning for Seattle where he will
arrange for the extensive develop
ment of a copper property in which
.be is interested on Knight’s island.
A shipment of ore recently made from
the mine to the Tacoma smelter gave
good returns and Mr. Silverman be
• Ueves that it is sure to became a big
producer when fully developed.
PEOPLE ARE SHOWING
■ABLY PHYSICAL DECAY
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NEW YORK: Hr. Fisk of Ne%.;
York, director of Hygiene of the Life'
Extension Institute, declares that;
early physical decay among Amerir
cans is increasing. The examination
of 1000 workers in Detroit and 1000
clerks showed serious ailments witii
the irast majority although fpw knew
of physical impairment. The prin
cipal complaint was hardened arte
ries in both of the groups.
BONE DEPOSITS
FOR FERTILIZER
Commerce Department Has Discov
ered that Alaska Can Aid Agri
culturists of the States.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 22.—
That millions of dollars worth of seal
bone deposits are lying on the shores
of the Pribiloft islands, Alaska, and
form a vast store of government
owned fertilizer is the announcement
of Secretary Redfield of the Com
merce department.
When the secretary appeared be
fore the House merchant marine com
mittee yesterday afternoon in support
of the pending administration’s ship
purchase bill he called the attention
of the members of the committee to
the fact that the government owned
deposits of fertilizer in Alaska which
would form an important source of
cargo for the ships which may be
built or purchased If the measure is
favorably acted upon by congress.
Secretary Redfield believes fhat
the government;V6Wnjg£ ships if sent
into Bering sea could bring cargoes
of valuable fertilizer from .the north
to enrich the lands of states where
fertilizer was at a premium. Gov
ernment agents who have investigat
ed the islands reported that the de
posits of. bone fertilizer are practi
cally unlimited and would provide
the agriculturists with a valuable aid
to crop producing for many years.
POLICE SAY THAT
PUBLICITY HELPED
Have Attested three Members of An
archistic Society and Learned
Identity at Others.
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NEW YOUK, Fpb. M.«—Tho police
of tela city believe that the notori-;
the Gronia cCHf WflL walk
iti the capture of the local Anarchiata
property apd inaugiUrtite a reign of
terror on the Urge. Cities. Three of
the conspirators have; peen appre
hended and the police have secured
the patnes.of other members of the
inner circle
During , the hours of service last
Sunday every church iij New t York
city Was under guard by poiioe and
detectives in plain clothes and all
suspicious characters were investi
gated bqtpre being permitted to en
ter the buildings
Cards of Thanks.
The Ladies Aid of the Congrega
tional church wish to extend their
cordial thanks to Mr. G&Mrge' Keinke,
Mr. and Mii. W, H. Kitty, Hy. Jack
Surryhune and Mr. R. Weber tor the
excellent orchestral mifaic which they
lAovided tot the’ Old Maid’s conven
tion.
SIGNAL CORPS OFFICER
coming ON Northwestern
Captain Robert Nolan, who was
detailed by tbp War. department to
succeed Lieut. C. A. Dougherty as of
ficer in charge of the government
military cable and telegraph system
on the coast division Is a passenger
on the steamer Northwestern which
sailed from Seattle for Valdes last
night Qapt. Nolan is accompanied
by his wife and they will make their
home in Valdez.
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Employee of Government Printing
Bureau Believed that Building
Had Been Dynamited.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.—
Xn explosion which occurred yester
day afternoon in the laundry depart
ment of the government printing bu
reau caused a panic and sent the
hundreds of employes in the build
ing hurrying to places of safety in"
the streets. When the explosion oc
curred many believed that the build
ing had been dynamited and attempt
ed to stampede jumping from the
u'indows and hurling themselves
down the'lstairways.
The explosion was caused by a
quantity of gasoline used in the cur
rency washing department of the bu
reau becoming ignited. The flames
were quickly extinguished and the
officials of the department state that
the loss is not serious aud was con
fined to a small block of currency
which was being laundered when the
explC3ion occurred.
ILL EXPORTS ARE
FOR GOVERNMENT
Sweden Notifies Steamship Officials
Exports from l?. . 8. will Be
Seized Is Sent Dealers.
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—That the
Swedish government is preparing to
take decisive action against the Brit
ish blockade of the neutral nations of
Europe is indicated by an order re
ceived here today by the officials of
the Swedish-American Steamship
line. The order comes direct from
Stockholm and instructs the steam
ship officials that all exports from the
United States for entry at Swedish
ports must be consigned to the Swe
dish government, or the food com
mission recently appointed by the
government.
Several steamers which were load
ed and about to take their departure
for Sweden have delayed their sail
ings as it is believed that the order,
although sent direct to the Officials of
the SwedishfAtherlcem line, applies to
all shipments consigned to Swedish
ports. 4
It is generally believed here that
Sweden is prepaflnc to enter the war
on thd side Of the Teutons and that
the government is desirous of secur
ing cohtrol Of the food supplies Of
Pile nation in ordet to prevent deal
ers from demanding exorbitant prices
as in England.
BILLION DOLLAR SUIT
DISMISSED BY COURT.
PORTLAND, Feb. 22.—The suit of
Lewis Marshall against the .British
Ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, ip
which he was seeking one billion dol
lars damages for conspiracy to de
prive him of his rights and property
hs a British subject, hais been dis
missed by the coiiri.
LIBERTY’S OFFERING
FOR TONIGHT
The Liberty Theatre presents for
tonight the Mutual Weekly News,
Showing (he Revolution jn Hayti,
President Wilson voting, a big ship
gshpre. novel life preserver tryout,
woman parade for suffrage, latest
netfs,from tjte theatre Of War; also a
fine Keystone Comedy, “Hogan the
Porter;” same lead is in .“Rum and
Wallpaper.” Next change Thurs
paper.” Next change will be ^hank
day, when Richard Harding Davis'
play, "The Lost House” will lie the
feature.
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Ticket No. 67 was the lucky num
ber and won the lot raffled off last
night by F. C. Morgan but the owner
has not as yet appeared to claim his
property. The lot Is No. 21 In block
und is located near the water
fronl In the west end of town.
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Lincoln Boasts that He was Too Clev
er for the Police to Effect His
Capture—Not In Hiding,
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—It has de
veloped that the capture of Ignatius
Lincoln, the confessed German spy
and former member of the'British
parliament, was accomplished thru
the assistance of Beveral naturalized
German citizens who were not in sym
pathy with the work in which Lin
coln was engaged.
dlncoln, whose real name is Igna
tius Trebich, declares that, he remain
ed in New York while the Depart
ment of Justice officials were putting
forth every effort to effect his cap
ture and boasts that he was too clev
er for; them.
'He has verified the statement of
the editor of the New American that
he visited the editorial office at night
and left an article for publication de
scribing his experiences, while the
police were making a nation-wide
search for him.
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JESS WILLARD i
SIS RECOVERED:
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Says He Will Positively be in Ring j
With Frank Moran on March
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~4—Other Boxing Contests.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 22.—Jess Wil
lard says that lie will positively be in
the ring in Madison Square Garden
with Frank Moran on March 24. Wil
lard lias been suffering from neural
gia i'ut has recovered and is training
hard for the match. No bets have
been recorded but it is predicted that
Willard will be the favorite with
odds at two to one.
Cross a»d Griffin Sign.
CLEVELAND. O., Feb. 22.—Leach
Cross and Johnny Griffin have signed
to box twelve rounds before a club
here some time before the end of
March, the date to be arranged by the
management bf the club offering the
purse.
For Championship of England.
LONDON, Feb. 22.—In the fight
for the championship of England be
fore a club here last night Bombadier.
Wells khocked odt pick Smith in the!
third round. The boh test was one of
the best attended sporting events
since the beginning of the European
war.
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ADMIRAL EVANS BRINING
BIG PR0#P NORTHWARD.
SEATTLE, Feb. 22.—The steamer
Admpal Evans of the Admiral Line,
sailed for Alaskan ports Sunday
with the largest list of passengers
carried by any of the company’s lin
ers since last bilk The passengers
for Valdez are: Mrs. .J. H. Harvey,
Miss E. Rogers, Jack Crall, Tom Dil
lon, George Dean, Joseph Conway,
and five steerage passengers.
COWS FREEZE IN BARN ’
8AVS A NORWAY LETTER
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Mrs. Thorkelson of Juneau has re
ceived a letter from her mother in
Norway who says that the weather
there recently was thb coldest ever
experienced. She says that three, of
th cows belonging to the farm were
fotfnd frozen to death. As most peo
ple know the bUrns in Norway are
built for oo^d weather; and qpph an
occurrence is rare. , The fatally was
ComjbeilCd to abaUdon all But one
toom of their (ipuse and live in ttie
one roo'ikt in order to kee^ warm.
Chas. terry,' who' is developing a
copper property at Ellamar is in
town for a few days to purchase an
outfit of supplies. The ground in
which he is interested adjoins the
claims of the Ellamar Miuing com
pany and gives promise of containing
a big body of commercial ore.
OLD RAILROAD TIES
FOR WAR TRENCHES
BOSTON: An offer of 5 cents
eactrfor 100,000 cast-off railroad
ties wps received today by the Bos
ton & Maipe Railroad Company from
the British government, Formerly
fpp, railroad burped all Its old ties.
It is understood that the British gov
ernment isnegotiating with other
railroads in the hope of obtaining a
half million ties for use in construct
ing trenches in France.
GERMANY MAT
EXEMPT LINERS
Confidential Advices Give Hope to
State Department that Order
Will be Modified.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 22.—
Confidential advices from Berlin say
that the German government has re
fused to modify the Teutonic decla
ration to treat ail armed merchant
men as warships and sink them un
warned except in the case of liners.
The hws that the liuers will re
ceive Warning lias given rise to the
hope that the German admiralty will
instruct commanders of submarines
to avoid sinking liners if the safety
of the passengers and crew cannot be
provided for by placing them in the
boats, aud that in the event the sub
marine is threatened by cruisers
while attacking a liner that the Ger
mans will prefer to let the passen
gers escape. The submarine policy
of the Teutonic government goes into
effect on March X. and ;tt is believed
that before that date Germany will
have made her position clear.
Secretary Garrison has received no
answer to the protest of the State de
partment against the announced pol
icy of the German government to sink
liners as warships aud has stated
that the American government can
not recede from its position as it is
based on international rules govern
ing submarine warfare.
DEW ARMY BILL
IS PROGRESSING
Bring* State Militia Under Federal
Control and Increases ail
Brandies of the Army.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.—The ad
ministration’s national defense pro
gram is making progress in both
bouses and many of the more impor
tant measures are taking a definite
shape bdt many of the measures will
never be reported back to the House
by the committee to which they were
referred.
The new army reorganisation’ bill,
which is understood to have the ap
proval of President ,Wilson. was
agreed upon tentatively by the House
Committee on Military affairs yester
day afternoon and will probably be
reported back to the House with fav
orable recommendation that it be en
acted.
The measure provide* tor : ^aerai
izing the national gr.ivri. of tue vari
ous states and increases the regular
army to one hundred and thirty-four
thousand men, will double the field
artillery force and increase the en
gineer corps by fifteen companies.
The measure also provides for Creat
ing four squadrons of- aircraft and an
entirely new corps of cadets from col
leges where military instruction is a
part Of the college training.
Representatives from the eastern
and middle west are enthusiastic sup
porters of the plan to bring the state
militia under the control of the fed
eral officers'.
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Martin Ellington, who is connect
ed with the Alaska Road commission
staff, left on the Admiral Farragut
thi6 morning for Cordova en route
to Chitlna. He goes to arrange for
the transportation of the supplies for
the commission's operations for next
summer at different points in this di
vision
has mm
Coal Gas in Steamer’s Bunkers Ex
ploded While She Was Taking
on Cargo for Cnalaska.
SEATTLE, Feb. 22.—Intense ex
citement prevailed along the water
front yesterday afternoon when an
explosion took place on the steamer
Victoria of the Alaska Steamship
company's fleet, while she was load
ing preparatory to making the trip
to Unalaska.
The explosion took place in the>
coal bunkers and is believed to have
been due to the accumulation of gap
while the large cargo 'of coal for the
Alaska port was being loaded.
The Are was quickly brought un
der control by the crew of the steam
er as several streams of water were
pouring into the hold within a few
Jnlnutes after tho explosion occurred.
The Tire was prevented from spread
ing and the officials of the company
state that the loss is slight.
ER5
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Reported that Hundred- of Thou
sands of Germans and Auh
trains are Starving to Death.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.—F. W.
Wakefield, who has just returned,
from a trip through Siberia, says that,
thousands of German and Austria*
prisoners of war in the Russian con
centration camps in Siberia are dying
of exposure or starvation.
Wakefield reports that at Tchiat*
Siberia three hundred prisoners had
died from starvation and that the
condition of the survivors was piti
able but that the Russian govern
ment was doing ail in its power to re
lieve the shortage of food.
In an interview immediately after
his arrival from the Orient, Mr.
Wakefield said: “There were about.
38,000 prisoners there shambling
about with their German and Aus
trian uniforms in tatters. Som*
shielded themselves with animat
skins. In all of Siberia there were
hundreds of thousands of prisoners.
They must be given aid, or thousands
will die.”
PROVIDE CLOSED SEASON
FOR HALIBUT FISHING.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 32.—
Representative Johnson of Maine'he*
introduced a bill in congress to pro
vide a closed season for halibut fish
ing on the Pacific coast and in the>
waters of Alaska. The closed seaao*
would include the months of Decen^
ber and January and it is underatoedl
that the bill was drafted in accortf
anc - with resolutions passed by th*
fishing associations of the Pacific
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Don't Miss Tills.
See the Mutual Weekly News at tM
Liberty Theatre tonight. The movie
man took the Revolution of Haytl
when bullets were flying all arounih
hlin. Also latest war pictures. At
the Liberty tonight. *
SATE INNOKO DISTRICT ,
IS SHOWING UP WRLL
B. B. Smith, a prominent Interior
Alaskan mining man. who recently
cam® fro® Innoko district oref the
tditarod-Seward trail, says that the
road is in splendid, shape this winter
owing to the heavy travel. He sajja
(hero are over a hundred minora at
work in the Innoko this winter. He
reports that Tom McKinnon has tak
en out..oyer one mllllon dollars, froth
his ground on Candle Creek. McKte~
non is at present™ the Tolovana
camp examining property in which he
is interested.
C. Morgan was a passenger on the
Admiral Farragut this morning for
Cordova en route to Chitina.