RUSSIANS THREATEN REAR OF
GERMAN ARMY AT WARSAW
GERMANS HURLED HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN AGAINST RU8SIAN
CENTER BUT WERE UNABLE TO BREAK THROUGH—GRAND
DUKE NICHOLAS HAS TURNEP TABLES AND RUSSIANS NOW
THREATEN REAR OF GERMAN ARMY—CROSSED BZURA RIVER
WHERE GERMAN FORCES HAD BEEN WEAKENED TO REIN
FORCE ARMY ATTACKING RUSSIAN CENTER—CZAR GOES TO
THE FRONT.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 6.—Grand Duke
Nicholas has been able by brilliant
strategy to turn the tables against
Gen. Hindenburg’s forces which were
battling desperately to crush the Rus
sian center to capture the city of
Warsaw. It is estimated that more
than 100,000 German infantrymen and
600 cannon were thrown against the
Russian center but were unable to
break through.- The German losses
are reported to have been enormous
as the fighting was at close range,
bayonet charges having been resort
ed to time after time in efforts to
capture the Russian trenches.
Russians Cross Zaura River.
While the battle before Warsaw
(was raging Russian reinforcements
crossed the Bzura river southwest of
Warsaw and are now threatening
Hindenburg’s army from the i;ear.
The German forces, along the Bzura,
which had been weakened in the su
preme effort to capture Warsaw, were
driven from many of their positions.
Claim Great Gains.
Grand Duke Nicholas has reported
Russian progress all along the bat
tle line from East Prussia to the
southern Carpathians. The only re
verse reported took place at Stryr
pass, where three strong Austrian
forces defeated the Russians, causing
them to retire.
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Hindenburg’s Position Precarious.
LONDON, Feb. 6—Military experts
here express the belief that if the
reports from Petrograd concerning the
defeat of the German forces south
west qf Warsaw are true that Gen.
Hindenburg’s army is in a precarious
position. Both the Russian right and
left wings are approximately fifty
miles further west than the position
held by Hindenburg. His failure to
dislodge the Russians from their po
sitions befpre Warsaw mu^t haye cost
an enormous number of men which
may be required to stem the advance
of the Russians from the southwest,
which are now threatening his line
of communication.
Believe Grand Duke Sure.
The news that Czar Nicholas has
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MURDEROUS FIEND
WIPES OUT FAMILY
Women Representing Three Genera
tions Murdered In Thei^ Beds
—Police Mystified.
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Feb. 6.—The po
lice of this city are mystified over
a triple murder which was discov
ered here today, when Mrs. Lizzie
Drake, aged 65, her daughter, Mrs.
Irene Spencer, and the latter’s daugh
ter Gertrude were found in tjieir.beds
with their heads crushed. Physicians
who have examined the bodies state
that the women must have been in
stantly killed.
Detectives who have been placed
on the case have been unable to
pick up any clue, as the women lived
by themselves and had few close
friends. The police are .working on
the theory that the murders are the
work „pf some demented fiend who
entered the house during tjhe day and
secreted himself until the family were
sleeping.
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—Charlie Living
ston, known in Nome as "Big Charlie,"
has been sentenced to forty-five days
in jail for issuing a check in the
name of another Nome man, Tom
Milligan. Livingston was arrested on
the charge of forgery but was per
mitted to plead guilty to the minor
charge of larceny because he offered
to make good the amount of the
check. The court offered him clem
ency, but Livingston declared that
he wanted to do time for playing
such a low down trick.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Feb. 5, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,510
Temperature at 7 p. m. 24
Maximum temperature . 32
Minimum temperature . 2
Mean temperature . 17
Clear, moderate wind 15 miles.
CHICAGO BANKER
LAYS BORDEN DOWN
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.—Edward Tilden,
the millionaire packer and banker,
died at his home here last night. He
was interested in more than a score
of banks and was widely known for
his numerous gifts to charities. Al
though a millionaire he was demo
cratic and was proud of the fact that
he was a member of the Chicago
Board of Education.
Claimed To Be American Citizen
But Had Five Bombs Conceal
ed In Trunk.
MADRID. Spain, Feb. 6.—The offi
cers of a French steamer which ar
rived here today tell of an attempt
to destroy tjip vessel. A German
passen'ger had been arrested while
(jhe ship was at sea and when his
trunk was searched five bombs were
found concealed in the trunk.
The German, who was traveling
under an assumed name, claims to
be an American citizen. The arrest
of the man created intense excite
ment on board the ship as the cap
tain ordered an immediate search of
the baggage of all the passengers be
fore they could, enter their state
rooms, believing that if they intend
ed to destroy the ship they might
do so before the officers could pre
vent such action.
Mr. Donald McDonald, of Tacoma,
and now with the Alaska railroad
commission, will talk before the Val
dez Socialist Local this evening at
8:00 on the subject, "The Importance
of the Land Question To Socialism,”
a general discussion to follow. The
meeting is at the Socialist hall on
McKinley street opposite Silverman’s
and is open to the public, ladles in
cluded.
The Prospector office for job worx.,
BLIZZARD RAGING
III BRUIN'S STATE
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 6.—A severe
blizzard and wind storm is raging ov
er this state today. Iowa is also in
cluded in the storm belt. Railroads
in all parts of both states have been
tied up. A number of passenger
trains are reported to be stalled along
the roads but no fatalities have as
yet been reported.
DOCK LABORERS
STRIKE KT COLON
COLON, Panama, Feb. 6—The work
of transferring freight steamers here
has been interrupted by a strike of
the dock laborers who formerly work
ed on the night shift. The men had
been receiving double pay for night
work and when the wages were re
duced to regular rates the laborers
went on strike.
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT
CORRECTS MISAPPREHENSION
ADMIRALTY DECREE DID NOT M£.AN THAT AMERICAN SHIPS CAR
RYING FOODSTUFFS TO NATIONS AT WAR WITH GERMANY
WOULD BE DESTROYED IF CAUGHT WITHIN THE WAR ZONE
ONLY VVESSELS CARRYING MUNITIONS OF WAR AND CONTRA
BANDS WILL BE MOLESTED—IS A RETALIATORY MEASURE
AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN FO R ESTABLISHING A BLOCKADE
t AGAINST GERMANY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—The Ger
man government, through Ambassa
dor von Bernstorff, has notified the
State Department that the notice
•sent ,to neutral .nations by .the Ger
man admiralty that ships caught in
the waters around England and Ire
land and in the English channel would
be considered as belonging to enemy
nations, has been misinterpreted.
The German government states
that the decree does not mean that
American ships laden with foodstuffs
for civilians, even to lands now at
•war with Germany, will be molest
ed. Germany is only retaliating up
on England for the blockade which
she has established upon shipping to
German ports.
The German note makes it plain
that all ships caught in the waters
declared to be Included in the war
zone will be destroyed Irrespective
of their flag if they are found to be
laden with muunitions of war intend
ed for a nation hostile to Germany.
The State Department has notified
■all shippers to observe strict watch
to see that no goods declared by Ger
many to be contraband are permitted
to be mixed with shipments of food
stuffs. Many sailings have been an
nounced from New York to British
ports after February 18, the date set
by tihe German admiralty when the
war zone would be extended to in
clude the waters of the English chan
nel.
Tells Industrial Committee That He
Was Not Interested In Colora
do Coal Strike.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—John D.
Rockefeller, Sr., appeared before the
Industrial Relations committee yes
teday and defended the course pur
sued by the Rockefeller Foundation
for the part that insltution had tak
en in organizing the Belgiup .Relief
Fund. He declared that Jolp ,Copi
gan, of the United Mine Workers qf
America, had unjustly accused him
of withholding their dues from Amer
ican laborers in order to send money
to Belgium.
When Questioned regarding the
Colorado coal miners strike Mr.
Rockefeller said that he had not in
terested himself in the subject as he
had retired from active business and
the control of the Colorado mines
were in other hands. He said that
he had always believed in paying fair
wages and illustrated the fact by say
ing that no one ever heard of a
strike among the Standard Oil em
ployes in recent years.
GAS EXPLOSION
KILLS NINE MEN
WARREN, Pa., Feb. 6.—Nine men
were instantly killed and six others
severely injured by the explosion of
a gas stove which they were using for
cooking purposes. The building was
completely wrecked.
—
The pupils of the Valdez high
school will have a holiday on Mon
day next, the school board having
decided to that effect.
BIG FORTUNE AWAY
His Donations To Charities and Edu
cational Institutions Total
$300,500,000.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Andrew Car
negie again offered evidence before
the Industrial Relations committee
yesterday. He stated that at the
close of the past year his contribu
tions to educational and charitable
institutions had reached the total of
$300,500,000.
Mr. Carnegie expressed the opinion
that the day was not tar distant in
America when capital and labor
wpnld stand on equal footing. Men
who had been given the genius of
accumulating vast wealth were be
ginning to realize that the posses
sion of great wealth was not all
there was to life. Personally he had
found more pleasure in giving away
money than in making it. He always
took good care to see that the money
went where It would do good. He
believed that culture and refinement
would receive homage* which was now
paid to the possessors of wealth.
CONTRACTORS WANT
GOVERNMENT JOBS
*
WASHINGTON, 1 Feb. 6.—Alex.
Pearson, who has had extensive ex
perience in raillroad construction in
Washington and other western states
is here trying to land a contract for
the construction of a portion of the
government railroad in Alaska.
George Herman is In town from the
Granite mine, where he has been
working for the past several months.
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DICK RYAN WANTS TO BUILD
ROAD FROM CONTROLLER BAY
BELIEVED HIS PROPOSITION HAS KEPT GOVERNMENT FROM BUY
ING COPPER RIVER ROAD, WHICH WAS OFFERED BY MORGAN
TO GOVERNMENT AT LATTER’S OWN PRICE—SECRETARY
LANE SAYS HE IS ANXIOUS TO SEE CONSTRUCTION BEGIN
ON RAILWAY AND BELIEVES WORK WILL START BEFORE JUNE
1—GRAND TRUNK BELIEVED TO 3E MONEY POWER BACK OF
RYAN’S PROPOSITION.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Richard
S. Ryan, the Alaska railroad build
er, is in the capital and has held
several conferences with Secretary
Lane. He has offered to build a
railroad from Controller bay to the
Bering coal fields, a distance of forty
miles.
That Secretary Lane has been con
sidering Ryan’s proposition is believ
ed by Alaskans now in Washington
to be the reason why the government
turned down Morgan’s proposition for
the government to buy the Copper
River & Northwestern railway.
Secretary Lane declared this morn
ing that he wanted to see construc
tion begin on the Alaska railroad as
soon as possible and stated that if
the appropriation asked for was
granted work would be under way
before June 1 next. He believed
work should first be rushed on roads
to the coal fields.
Ryan has given no intimation as
to who his financial backers are but
they are believed to be the same
men who had offered to put up the
money some years ago to construct
a road from Controller bay to the
coal fields. At that time it was re
ported that the Grand Trunk Paci
fic was desirous of securing a share
of the Alaska business and they were
generally believed to be the source
from which Kyan expected to secure
funds to build the road.
The Alaska promoter has submit
ted a report of the Geodetic Survey
showing that a navigable channel ex
ists to the head of Controller bay,
where his proposed terminal would
be located.
DOMINION GETTING
VERY PATRIOTIC
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—It is reported
.here that fully fifty per cent, of the
films for moving picture shows in
Victoria and Vancouver taken across
the line have been barred from exhi
bition on the grounds of an excessive
display of the Stars and Stripes.
BOILER EXPLOSION
KILLS TWENTY
MADRID, Spain, Feb. 6.—Twenty
persons were killed here yesterday
by the explosion of a steam boiler
in a factory where they were employ
ed. The explosion wrecked the
building, causing the floors to give
way and crushing all who were caught
in the ruins. Not a single employe
who was in the building escaped un
hurt. . It is believed the engineer
must have fallen asleep while on duty.
F0EI6N DIPLOMATS
MAY LEAVE MEXICO
Carranza Attempting To Force Re
cognition of Hie Government
By Other Nations.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—It is fast
becoming evident that Carranza, as
provisional president, will be unable
to retain his hold on the country.
Since assuming the presidency and
moving his capital to Vera Cruz his
treatment of the representatives of
foreign nations in Mexico has been
such that they threaten to leave Mex
ico.
Carranza is attempting to bring
pressure on the foreign diplomats to
urge their countries to recognize his
administration. His army is deterior
ating into a mob add it is freely
predicted that should Gen. Villa
march against Vera Cruz that Car
ranza’s followers will desert. Car
ranza is also attempting to force for
eigners into giving financial support
to his administration on the threat
of confiscating their holdings in the
oil and mining districts.
Ladies Night At Moose.
The dance given this evening by
the Order of Alaskan Moose will be
in charge of the ladies. All who at
tend will be assured a pleasant even
ing.
Swell pictures and music at the
|Orpheum tonight.
TWO BATTLE SHIPS
WILL BE BUILT
Congress Limits the Appropriations
for New Naval Craft To $31,
000,000.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—The
House last night passed the naval
appropriation measure limiting the
total expenditure for the construc
tion of naval craft to $31,000,000. The
bill expressly provides for the con
struction of two battleships, each to
cost $7,500,000.
The advocates of a bigger navy
made a vigorous protest against lim
iting the number of battleships to
two unless it became a recognized
plan of the government to add two
battleships to the navy each year.
The opposition pleaded poverty
through loss of revenue by the war
as a means of winning many mem
bers from the central states to favor
a curtailment of Secretary Daniels
plans for a larger navy.
OMulis
TOTAL $1,000,000
PANAMA, Feb. 6.—'Tolls collected
on vessels passing through the Pan
ama canal up to the close of the past
year amounted to $1,000,000. It is
stated that the business would have
been nearly doubled had the canal
been open for the passage of vessels
barred on account of the war. The
slides which blocked the canal for a
time also interferrea with the earn
ings.
Be sure and hear Bishop Rowe’s
lecture at Eagle hall tomorrow even
ing. Everybody welcome.
The launch Brighton returned from
Port Wells last night, bringing four
passengers from down the sound.
Capt. Stamey states that two days of t
rough weather was encountered.
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf