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> DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN
ABANDONED BY ALLIES
LONDON, Jan. 10.—Official announcement is
made today of the complete evacuation of the Galli
poli peninsula by the allied armies. No casualties
are reported. Only seventeen worn-out guns were
left behind. The news has been received with regret
by the people of England and the colonies.
Releases Turkish Troops
BERLIN, Jan. 10.—Turkish troops numbering
more than a million, fully equipped, will be thrown
into action to aid the central powers whenever
needed as the result of the opening of the road to
Constantinople.
Invasion of Egypt Will Be Easy
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 11.—The Turks are now
contemplating the invasion of Egypt, which is looked
upon as a comparatively easy task.
Turks Inaugurate Reprisals
BERLIN, Jan. 10.—The Turkish government has
inaugurated a system of reprisals against British sub
jects bceause of the arrest of the consul of the Teu
tonic allies at Saloniki, and have interned a thousand
subjects of the entente mations.
Teutons and Turks to Attack Saloniki
PARIS. Jan. 8.—A large Turkish army under
German commanders has appeared near Saloniki and
will begin an attack in conjunction with the Germans
and Bulgarians.
Airships Do Much Execution
LONDON, Jan. 1 1 .— Twelve German airships
have bombarded Saloniki, dropping seventy-six
bombs. Great damage was done in the French and
English camps.
Extinguishing Montenegro
The Austrian onslaught in Montenegro is being
prosecuted with great violence, menacing positions
of great importance on the Adriatic coast. Mount
Lovcen has fallen.
Attack Is Begun
ROME, Jan. 14.—Saloniki has been attacked by
a large mixed force of Austrians, Turks and Bul
garians under command of German generals.
Ask an Armistice
LONDON, Jan. 14.—Montenegro has asked an
armistice from the Austrians.
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CONSCRIPTION MEASURE PASSED
BT OVERWHELMING MAJORITY
LONDON, Jan. 1 I.—Premier Asquith and his
coalition cabinet have approved the conscription
bill. As a result three leaders of the Labor party
and several members of the cabinet have resigned.
Home Secretary Sir John Simon, who but recently
received his appointment to that portfolio, has
resigned as a result of the break in the cabinet. It
is the consensus of opinion that a brilliant ministerial
career has thus been sacrificed for conscience’s sake.
The Asquith ministry is under heavy attack. If
Asquith fails to hold the premiership, David Lloyd
George, the noted minister of munitions, undoubt
edly will succeed him as head of the government.
His slogan, “Too late.” is being used by the news
papers in the campaign against the ministry.
Rsignatioiu Are Withdrawn
LONDON, Jan. 13.—The conscription bill has
passed the house of commons by a vote of fourteen
to one.
The resignations of the Labor members. Arthur
Henderson, William Brace and George H. Roberts,
which were reported yesterday, have been with
drawn.
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BRITISH BATTLESHIP TORPEDOED
LONDON, Jan. 10.—-The British battleship King
Edward VII has been sunk by striking a mine. The
entire crew was saved. She was of the pre-Dread
naught class, and cost $8,000,000. She was built in
1905 and had a speed of 19 knots and a comple
ment of 781 men. She carried four 12-inch guns.
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RUSSIANS ALSO WANT SOME AMERICAN MONEY
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 .--Two prominent Russian
officials are en route here to obtain a credit of a hun
dred million dollars.
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QUEEN OF GREECE AT WILHELM’S BEDSIDE
LONDON, Jan. 14.—Emperor William’s illness is
declared to be serious, and his sister, Queen Sophia
of Greece, has been summoned to his bedside.
SENATOR WILLIAM LORIMER
TO BE PLACED ON TRIAL
CHICAGO, Jan. 14.- Former United
States Senator William Lorimer will be
placet! on trial for alleged complicity in
wrecking the La Salle Street Trust & Sav
ings Bank within a few days, and State's
Attorney Maclay Hoyne announces that the
prosecution is ready to proceed. Charles B. i
Munday, who was senior vice president of
the institution, was convicted at Morris,
111., last November, and was sentenced to ]
five years in prison.
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SUBMARINES STILL OPERATE !
IN TRAFFIC CHANNELS
ROME, Jan. 13.—Two Italian steamships, 1
the Brindisi and Citta di Palermo, have
been sunk by mines in the Adriatic sea. ]
Half the passengers on the Brindisi were
lost, but the crew were saved.
The Palermo was an armed vessel.
Sunk Off the Irish Coast
NEW YORK, Jan 14 —The Leyland j
liner Huronion, from Galveston for Liver- ,
pool, was torpedoed on December 29 off the |
Irish coast.
UNITED STATES OFFICIAL
KNOWN IN THIS CITY
KILLED AT OAKLAND
Word has been received in Juneau of the
death in Oakland of Thomas E. Kell, United
States inspector of boilers at St. Michael,
Alaska, who occupied a similar position in
the Juneau marine inspection office prior to
his transfer to St. Michael. The telegram
said a street car collided with his automo
bile, killing Mr. Kell and seriously injuring
his two small children. He is survived by
his wife and two children. Their home is
in Alameda, Cal.
Mr. Kell was about 42 years of age, and
was born on a farm near San Jose, Cal. He
was in the United States navy during the
Spanish-American war. serving as an en
gineer on the cruiser Baltimore, the only
vessel struck by the Spaniards’ shells during
the battle of Manila bay. Mr. Kell was in
charge of one of the Baltimore’s engines
on that occasion.
On October 17, 1911, Mr. Kell was as
signed to service at Juneau as inspector of
boilers, having passed a high examination
in the civil service. On October 27, 1913,
he was transferred to St. Michael. He went
to Seattle on the last trip of the Victoria
from Nome this fall, end went to his home
in California at once.
Mr. Kell paid a visit to Iditarod last
summer in his official capacity.
PEOPLE OF DUAL EMPIRE
SUSPICIOUS OF GERMANY
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Morning Post’s
Hungarian correspondent, in a dispatch
printed this morning, says:
“The resignation of the three Austrian
cabinet members is a protest against Ger
many’s attempt to force a trade customs
alliance on Austria and Hungary, and a
warning to the people of Austria-Hungary
that there is economic danger ahead.
“Germany’s tariff union policy already
has aroused bitter opposition in both the
Austrian and Hungarian governments. There
is little doubt that the conference between
the two emperors had reference to such a
tariff, and that the ministers who opposed
it had to resign.
“Dr. Rudolph Schuster von Bonnott, min
ister of commerce, who was among those to
resign, in a recent speech opposed the Get
man scheme. He is a shining light in the
circles that fear that after the war Ger
many, cut off from exploiting the entente
countries, is preparing to swallow Austria
Hungary under the guise of a customs
union."
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AMMUNITION DEPOT BLOWN UP
BERLIN, Jan. 13.—An ammunition depot
near Lille, in northern France, has been
blown up, and seventy persons were killed.
FIENDISH SLAUGHTER OF AMERICANS IN MEXICO
CALLS FORTH STERN DEMAND FOR INTERVENTION
EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 1 1.—Sev
enteen Americans were taken from
a train near Chihuahua, Mexico,
yesterday, stripped of their cloth
ing and then shot by a band of
Mexican bandits. The report has
been confirmed by the Carranza
government.
MARTIAL LAW IN TEXAS CITY
EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 14.—Martial law
was declared in this city at 11 o'clock last
night by General John Pershing, command
ing officer at Fort Bliss. The police have
been unable to stop the rioting on the streets j
on account of the massacre of eighteen
American citizens by Mexican bandits.
The Mexicans have been advised for their
own good to leave the city. Five former
officers of Villa's army have been deported.
A movement has been started to organize
a company of a thousand mining men to run
down the Mexican bandits, and the proposal
has been submitted to Provisional President
Carranza.
PUNISHMENT DEMANDED
WASHINGTON, Jan. II— Secretary of
State Lansing has telegraphed to Provisional
President Carranza of Mexico calling for the
prompt punishment of the bandits respon
sible for the murder of American citizens.
DEMANDS INTERVENTION
WASHINGTON, Jan. II— Senator Her
man today introduced a resolution propos
ing intervention in Mexico by the United
States and the six nations included in the
Pan-American conference. The resolution
was referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
TIRED OF "WATCHFUL WAITING"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The Mexican
situation overshadows all foreign complica
tions now confronting the United States gov
ernment. Today in the house of Representa
tives Congressman Dyer of Missouri offered
a resolution asking President Wilson whether
he does not think the time has arrived to
abandon the policy of “watchful waiting."
In the upper house Senators Gallinger of
New Hampshire, Borah of Idaho and Stone
of Missouri expressed the opinion that the
time for intervention had arrived.
ADVISES AGAINST USE OF FORCE
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 14.—Gov. Fergu
son said he was unprepared to act in the
matter of suppressing the rioting at El Paso,
and that it was folly to attempt to pacify
the people by force.
CARRANZA WILL ACT WITH VIGOR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Alizeo Arra
dondo, ambassador of Carranza, today
called upon Secretary of State Lansing and
gave him assurances that troops will be im
mediately dispatched by President Carranza
with orders to capture or kill all the bandits
concerned in the killing of the American
citizens.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF FATEFUL LANDING Oil GALLIPOLI
(Correspondence of Associated Press I
LONDON, Nov. 17.—“Our school books
told us that the bloodiest battle in history
was that between the Confederates and Fed
erals at Sharpsburg during the American
civil war, when one-third of the men en
gaged were left on the field. But Sharps
burg was a joy ride compared with Seddul
Bahr.”
Thus begins an account of the Gallipoli
venture by Lieutenant Commander Josiah
Wedgewood, the Liberal member of parlia
ment who has made the house of commons
ring with criticism of the Dardanelles cam
paign since he returned with special men
tion for bravery and the coveted striped
ribbon of the D. S. 0. at his breast.
He pays a splendid tribute to the Turk.
“The Turks are the finest fighters in the
world, save only the Canadians and Aus
tralians.” And again : “The Turks could •
easily have killed all those who went to
the wounded. They did not fire on them
sometimes for ten minutes, and then a burst
of fire would come. Then and afterwards
I found them extraordinarily merciful, as
compared with the enemy in Handers.”
Once only in his story does he mention
battlefield atrocities, and then, he says, the
deeds were blamed not on the Turks, but
on two foreign officers who were with them.
“The two officers,” he remarks, “were cap
tured and killed. These fiends, it appears,
had instigated the things done to those
dying Irishmen, and we never afterwards
found similar Turkish atrocities.”
Lieutenant Commander Wedgewood’s first
view of the fighting in the Dardanelles zone
was at the so-called V-beach, where the
now famous steamship River Clyde was run
aground to furnish cover for the attempted
landing.
The Fateful Landing
“This old “Wooden Horse of Troy,' ” nar
rates Mr. Wedgewood, “was run ashore on
a flawless Sunday morning, 400 yards from
the medieval castle of Seddul Bahr. I
never noticed the grounding, for the horror
in the water, on the beach. Five tows of
five boats each, loaded with men, were go
ing ashore alongside of us. One moment
it had been early morning in a peaceful
country, with thoughts or smells of cows
and hay anti milk; and the next, while
the boats were just twenty yards from shore,
the blue sea around each boat was turning
red. Is there anything more horrible than
to see men wading through water waist
high under a heavy fire? You see where
each bullet hits the water, which, like a
nightmare, holds back the man for the
next shot, which will not miss. Of all
those brave men two-thirds died; hardly a
dozen reached unwounded the shelter of the
five-foot sand dune.
“About 9 o’clock a dash across the row
of lighters from the “Wooden Horse’ was
led by General Napier and his brigade ma
jor. Would they ever get to the end of the
lighters and jump into the sheltering water?
No. Side by side they sat down on the
engine coaming. For one moment one
thought they might be taking cover, then
their legs slid out and they rolled over.
Gallant Deads
“It was the Munsters that charged first,
with a sprig c-f shamrock oa their cape;
then the Dublins, the Worcesters, the Hamp- 1
shires. Lying on the beach, on the cocks,
on the lighters, they cried on the Mother
of God. Ever when I looked ashore I saw
five Munsters. They at some moment had
gotten ashore; they had been told off to
cut the wire entanglements; they had left
the shelter of the bank, charged fifteen yards
to the wire, and there they lay in a row at ;
two yards’ interval. One could hardly be
lieve them dead. All the time great shells
kept hitting the shivering ship and doing
slaughter in the packed holds. These shells
were fired from Asia, but it was the Maxims
and pompoms in Seddul Bahr and on the
amphitheater that kept our heads down
below the bulwarks and boiler plate. There, ,
now, was Midshipman Drury swimming to ^
the lighter which had broken loose, with a
line in his mouth and a wound in his
head. If ever a boy deserved his V. C. that
lad did. And there was the captain of the
River Clyde, now no longer a ship to be
stuck to, but a part forever of Gallipoli,
along with a boat by the spit of rock, trying
to lift in the wounded under fire.
“All these things I saw as a dream as I
moved from casemate to casemate, watch
ing to see Turks, wearing an ‘election smile,’
and trying to pretend in an even voice
to men who had never seen death that this
was the best of all possible worlds. Columns
of smoke rose from the castle and town of
Seddul Bahr as the great shells from the
fleet passed over our heads and burst; and
in every lull we heard the wounded.
Terrible Ordeal
“I looked at the commander on the spit
of rocks trying to lift in the wounded, and
every splash by his side meant a bullet.
The colonel, the second, in command, was
shot through the head on the bridge. One
of my men came to me and said, ‘May 1
go over and help get in those wounded?’
‘Why?’ I said, and I remembered the story
of Stephen Crane’s of the man who went
across the shell-swept field to get a drink
because he was ‘dared to’ by his compan
ions. 'I can’t stand hearing them crying.’
“At 12 I had given up all hope; one gun
on the ridge, and we should be smashed to
pieces. At 1 o’clock I got 20,000 more
rounds from the fleet, and the Lancashires
were appearing over the ridge to the left
from Lancashire landing. We saw fifteen
men in a window in the castle on the right
by the water. They signaled that they were
all that remained of the Dublins, who had
landed at the Camber at Seddul Bahr. At
3 o’clock we got 150 men alive to shore,
and great chunks were flying out of the old
castle as the ‘15’ shells from the Elizabeth
plastered the ten-foot walls. We watched
our men working to the right and up into
the castle ruins—at each corner the officer
crouching in front with revolver at rest.
One watched them through the fire zone
and held one’s breath and pressed the but
ton of the Maxim.
Fight in the Dark
"Then night came, but a house in Seddul
Bahr was burning brightly and there was
a full moon. We disembarked men at once.
All around the wounded cried for help and
shelter against the bullets, but there was
no room on boats or gangway for anything
but the man to come -ashore. For .three
hours I stood at the end of the rocks, up
to my waist in water, my legs jammed be
tween dead men, and helped men from the
last boat to the rocks. Every man who
(landed that night jumped onto the backs of
dead men, to the most horrible accompani
ment in the world. It was then that I first
learned the shout of ‘Allah,’ for the Turks
charged. All night long the battle raged.
On shore everyone was firing at they knew
not what. Our men went up the hill through
the Turks, and the Turks came down
through ours to the beach. Over and past
leach other they went, sometimes not seeing,
sometimes glad to pass on in the darkness.
One party of our men were found by day
light at the top of the gully on the left, in
touch with the Lancashires. It is not neces
sary to burn your boats to insure the cour
age of desperation; it is as good to have
your ship firmly aground. The paladins of
that night’s fighting knew this, and knew
what was their position.
Final Ruth
“You must remember that for two nights
no one had slept; and then another day
dawned. We were firmly ashore at Lanca
shire landing, and at Du Toit’s battery to
the northeast; and the Australians were dug
in at Aniac. An end had to be made of
V-beach. The whole fleet collected and all
morning blew the ridge and castle and town
,to pieces. And all the time that wonderful
infantry went forward up the hill and
through the ruined town. The troops that
went in that attack had already lost half
their strength; the officers that led up those
narrow streets, dodging first through gate
ways, across the openings, and beckoning
when safe for men to come on, were nearly
all killed. Dead beat, at 1 o’clock, before
the final rush they hesitated. Then our last
colonel, a staff man, Colonel Doughty Wylie,
ran ashore with a cane, ran right up the
hill, ran through the last handful of men
sheltering under the crest, took them with
that rush into the trench, and fell with a
bullet through his he'"l. But the Turks
ran and the ridge was ours.”
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WASHINGTON GRAFTERS
LOOT INSURANCE FUND
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 2.—One of the
bigggst sensations in the history of this state
has been created by the discovery of the
fact that the looters of the industrial insur
ance commission fund have been financing
a gigantic ring of “dope” smugglers. The
publication of the circumstances has been
precipitated by the discovery of the forger
ies of warrants of the commission. It was
learned that J. F. Gillies, who has been for
four years the claim agent of the commis
sion, has been summarily dismissed without
any reason being given. It is now learned
that former Chief of Police Hall gave in
formation to the commission two months
ago that employes of the commission were
involved in the plunder and graft, and his
information led to the probe that has been
going on secretly since. Hall himself is now
in jail on a charge of graft. The investiga
tion, which is still proceeding, is expected
to uncover one of the most remarkable
smuggling conspiracies on record.
GERMANY COMPLIES FULLY
WITH WILSON'S DEMANDS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Count Bernstorff, the
German ambassador, has presented to Secretary of
State Lansing a proposal to pay indemnity for the
Americans lost when the Lusitania was torpedoed by
a German submarine, and thereby conclude the con
troversy arising out of that disaster. He also has
given assurance that German submarines in the Med
iterranean will not hereafter attack non-combatant
ships without warning, nor destroy them unless non
ccmbatant passengers and crew can reach safety.
Another Protest to Great Britain
Secretary Lansing has sent to Ambassador Page at
London a note to the British foreign office vigorously
protesting against the action of the British authorities
in allowing the censoring of United States mail to
neutral countries.
International bitnation Clearing Up
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 1.—Convinced that serious
trouble on account of the international situation has
been averted. President Wilson is urging congress to
speed up the bills providing for a larger army and
navy.
Wilson Harried Home
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—President Wilson was
hurried home from his honeymoon to take personal
charge of the interchange of communications rela
tie to the Persia affair when matters were at a criti
cal stage.
“HENRY” WILL REJOIN HIS PEACE PARTY
THE HAGUE, Jan. 10.—Five Swiss delegates
have arrived here en route to join the Ford expedi
tion which is visiting Norway and Sweden, Denmark
and Holland. A telegram has been received from
Henry Ford saying he will soon rejoin the expedition.
To Elect Delegates to Permanent Peace Board
THE HAGUE, Jan. 11.—The Ford expedition will
meet on Thursday and elect five American members
of the permanent peace board. William J. Bryan,
Jane Addams and Henry Ford are regarded as cer
tain to be elected.
“Sightseeing” in Germany
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 8.—One hundred and fifty
of the Ford delegates, numbered and in a sealed spe
cial train, have started through Germany for The
Hague.
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RUSSIAN ADVANCE DEVELOPS
FIERCEST FIGHTING OF WAR
LONDON, Jan. 8.—Grand Duke Nicholas, again
in supreme command of the Russian armies, has in
augurated a great “rolling-back" movement against
the Teutons along a 200-mile front. It is officially
reported that he has captured Czernowitz, Buko
wir.a.
Fiercest Fighting of the War
LONDON, Jan. I I.—One hundred and seventy
five thousand men have been killed on both sides
during the fighting of the last two days around
Czartorysk and Czernowitz, in the most desperate
fighting of the war.
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EMBARGO ON MUNITIONS PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Gardner of Massachus
etts, who is an ardent advocate of military pre
paredness, was severely criticized in the house of
representatives today by Congressmen Stafford and
Cooper.
Congressman Nicholas Longworth of Ohio in a
vigorous speech proposed that an embargo be placed
upon the shipment of war munitions.
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GERMANS WILL TAKE VENGEANCE ON BRITISH
LONDON, Jan. 8.—The British steamship Glen
gyle, the steamship Stowswald and the Japanese
steamship Kenkaka Maru were sunk by submarines
in the Mediterranean on Sunday. It is announced
that the Germans intend to inaugurate reprisals on
the British, and will shoot as many British officers
and men as will equal the Germans lost in the sub
marines sunk.
Another British Slip Sank
LONDON, Jan. 11.—The British steamship Clan
McFarnale has been sunk in the Mediterranean. No
details are given.
Arrives Safely Despite Warning
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The liner Lafayette, which
received warnings of threatened destruction prior to
her sailing, arrived safely in port today,
KRUPP GUN WORKS INJURED BY FIRE
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 11.—Fire in the Krupp iron
works at Essen destroyed two buildings.