GERMANS HAVE CAPTURED LODZ
NOW IN CONTROL OF RAILROAD LINE TO WARSAW
DUNKIRK REPORT STATES THAT OSTEND IS BURNING
ROUMANIANS TO JOIN THE ALLIES IN THE SPRING
WAR STANDING
BE INVESTIGATED
Members of Congress Will Try To
Expose Defenseless Condition
of the United States.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—The shat
tering of party lines is expected in
congress when the resolution to in
vestigate the preparedness of the
United States for war is brought up
in the House by Congressman Gard
ner.
The administration is opposed to
the inquiry, as it is feared the dis
cussion in the House and Senate will
give offense to foreign powers at a
time when the administration is
straining every effort to maintain
strict neutrality.
Republicans and Democrats will at
tempt to force the resolution through
.while the Democratic leaders and the
Republican managers will aid the ad
ministration to block the inquiry and
■pass the army and navy appropria
tions without any extended debate.
MANN ACT AIOS
Jessie Cope Is Also Caught In Gov
ernment Net—Forced Alexander
To Give Her $50,000.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—Jessie Cope, the
young woman who caused the ar
rest of Col. Alexander, of Rhode Is
land, because of his violating the
Mann white slave act in establishing
her in a beautiful home for immor
al purposes, is herself under arrest
here charged with blackmail.
Assistant Prosecutor Igoe secured
from the girl a promise to divide all
blackmail money received from Alex
ander and she cut a $50,000 purse
given her by the colonel to have her
hush her mouth. The assistant pros
ecutor had detectives and a dicto
graph in the room when the two
planned the blackmail and also when
the money was divided. The girl’s
arrest followed.
The federal authorities have known
for months that the women were
using the Mann act as a means of
forcing wealthy lovers to come across
or else be exposed. Most of the men
pay. especially if they have families
or hold high positions in social or
business life. The government claims
to have enough evidence to convict
both Alexander and the girl.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Dec. 6, 1914.
Barometric pressure .20,261
Temperature at 5 p. m. 17
Maximum temperature . 24
Minimum temperature . 2
Mean temperature . 13
Cloudy air, wind northeast 4 miles.
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Two Swedish Boats Are Sunk Off Coast of Finland When They Strike Mines—
German Sub-marine U 16 Reaches Port Badly Crippled—Russians May
Have To Abandon the Campaign In Southern Poland Because of German
Success At Lodz—Great Joy At Berlin Because of Continued Success of
General Hindenberg—Germans Advance 25 Miles In Two Days—Nish Re
port Says Austrians Have Been Repulsed—Heavy Montenegrin Losses.
BERLIN, Dec. {7.—The capture of
Lodz has been confirmed. The gen
eral staff has issued an official state
ment claiming that the Poland city,
which is one of the main railroad
centers of Poland, has been captured
and is now in the hands of the kai
ser’s troops. The city is wild with
excitement and joy and is celebrat
ing the victory of Gen. Hindenberg.
Germans Advance 25 Miles
The Germans have made an advance
of 25 miles since Saturday and are
pushing forward as rapidly as possi
ble in order that the Russians may
not have an opportunity to re-form.
Warsaw Again Threatened.
The city of Warsaw, the capital of
Poland, is again threatened by the
Germans. Its capture would place in
the hands of Gen. Hindenberg the
control of the railroad system along
the border and prevent the Russians
from sending reinforcements to dif
ferent parts of the fighting line.
London Admits Russian Loss.
LONDON, Dec. 7.—The British war
office admits that the Petrograd re
port confirms the German statements
that Lodz has fallen. The Germans
again threaten Warsaw and have
made rapid advances during the past
two days and have the Russian cen
ter in a precarious position.
Russians May Abandon Southern Cam
patgn.
The German gain in the center at
Lpdz may force the abandonment of
the Russian Czenstochowa campaign
into Germany. The German crown
prince is commanding the southern
wing of the army invading Poland
and his forces have been driven back
with heavy loss and an active cam
paign to invade Silesia was planned,
but with German success at Lodz the
invading army would be in danger of
being flanked and dare not push for
ward. Military men here assert that
;id the Russians been more active
in pushing forward the success at
Czenstockowa early last week the
German attacks at Lodz would have
been abandoned by the kaiser’s
troopas in order to protect the fron
tier.
Swedish Steamers Sink.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 7.—Mines off
Finland destroyed two Swedish mer
chant steamers. The crew of one
of the boats were rescued but the
others drowned. The names of the
two boats are not given.
German Submarine Damaged.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7.—The Ger
man submarine U-16 reached Ebsjerg
today in a damaged condition. It is
believed the underwater fighting craft
was hit by British shells. It is
doubted if the boat can be repaired, as
she is in bad condition.
Germans Report Lodz Fallen.
BERLIN, Dec. 7.—The Poland city
of Lodz, with its population of 500,
000, has fallen into the hands of the
Germans, who are pushing beyond the
city and driving the Russians towards
the Vistula. The German army is
making rapid advances against the
Russian center in spite of the strong
reinforcements sent to that point by
the Russian staff.
Berlin Reports Turkish Victory.
The announcement was made today
by the war department that the Turk
ish army had defeated the Russians
in the Caucasus region and had cap
tured the city of Keda, near Batun,
a Black Sea port of considerable size
and importance.
Rumanians To Join Allies
GENEVA, Dec. 7.—Advices received
here from Bukharest, Rumania, state
that the Rumanian government has
decided to join the allies but that
some opposition was shown by the
army against a winter campaign,
which might delay the government for
some months or until the worst of
the winter is past. The constant ad
vances of the Russians into the Tran
sylvanian region, which is populated
largely by Rumanians, has caused
much concern in Bukharest, as that
.part of Austria-Hungary Is greatly
■desired by the governmentt and if
Russia secures a firm hold the chances
of securing that province after the
War will be nill.
French Bombard Metz.
PARIS. Dec. 7.—The French inva
sion of Alsace has propressed rapid
ly. The French lines have been push
ed to Metz, the great German border
fortress, which is being shelled by
the new French siege guns.
French Advance At Other Points.
The French army continues its ad
vance all along the line in Alsace
and Lorraine.
Servians Report Victory.
NISH, Dec. 7.—The Austrians have
been repulsed at every point of at
tack. The Servians enticed the Aus
trian command into the mountainous
region south of Belgrade and cut
ANOTHER REVOLT
IN MEXICO
Two Former Federal Generals Seize
Chihuahua and Start Another
Revolution.
EL PASO, Dec. 7.—Federal Generals
Salazar and Campai have started a
new revolution in Mexico. They have
established their capital at Chihuahua
and have 7,000 troops ready to defend
the city against any force that may
be sent against them.
The new generals have seized the
funds in the local banks and have
confiscated all the supplies gathered
at Chihuahua for the Villa forces.
The concentraton of troops at Mex
ico City by Gen. Villa leaves the
northern states open to attack by tbe
former federal commanders, who
have a considerable force of men un
der- their command.
BlG PITCHERS FOR
FEDERAL LEAGUE
The Federal League recently pur
chased the services of Ruhe Marquard
and Walter Johnson. The former was
with the New York Giants and John
son ' is the crack Washington pitch
er. The amount of salary to be paid
Johnson by the Chicago team Is not
made public, but it Is said to be the
largest ever paid a base ball player.
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HUE DEIS
R. R. RUMORS
Says Government Has Not Decided
To Buy Existing Lines of
*
Road In Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Secretary
Franklin K. Lane, of the Department
of the Interior, stated this morning
that the press stories to the effect
that the government intended to pur
chase any of the existing railroads in
Alaska were not authorized and that
no decision has as yet been made by
the department regarding the route
for the road.
The engineers who spent last sum
mer in Alaska investigating the routes
for the proposed railroad are still
working upon the comparisons of the
routes investigated and will not re
port for some time yet.
HARRISON MS
WE IS BOSS
CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—Mayor Carter
H. Harrison told a deputation of
women who called upon him today in
regard to his candidacy next spring
for re-election that he would not be
a candidate to succeed himself. May
or Harrison stated that his wife was
boss and that he had been forced
to promise her that he would not seek
a re-election at the coming spring
election.
them down with tremendous loss.
The Servian force is not strong
enough to take the offensive at this
time and will retain control of the
mountain passes until the conditions
in Galicia and Hungary force the
weakening of the Austrian rorce,
which now outnumbers the Servians
by two to one.
Russians Deny German Victory.
I’ETROGRAD, Dec. 7.—The German
claims of successes in Poland are said
to be absurd by the press bureau of
the government. The Russians are
still in control of Lodz and have made
decided gains in southern Poland,
where the German crown prince is
operating.
Montenegrins Sustain Heavy Loss.
ROME, Dec. 7.—King Nicholas, of
Montenegro, admits that one-third of
his fighting force has been killed,
wounded or captured, but states that
the people will fight on until the last
man is killed. The army has inflict
ed heavy losses upon the Austrians
but are continually outnumbered.
Ostend Reported Burning.
DUNKIRK, Dec. 7.—The city of
Ostend is reported as burning. The
report states that the entire town
has been destroyed.
90,000 Irish Fighting.
LONDON, Dec. 7.—John Redmond,
the Irish Home Rule leader, states
that 90,000 Irishmen are now with
the British army in France and that
more are enlisting every day.
Map Business At a Standstill.
LONDON, Dec. 7.—Pending altera
tions in Europe the map-making busi
ness is at a standstill, according to
an official of one of the largest map
making concerns in London, who as
serted today that such extensive
changes were sure to follow the war
that many scientific publications
which were scheduled to contain maps
•r-re being held up until the end of
the conflict, so that newly constructed
maps could be incorporated in them.
He added: “I would be a loss of
money to issue some publications with
the present maps, for they would have
to be re-printed at the end of the
war. * We are printing only a suffi
cient number of maps of Europe to
meet the trade demand, maintaining
no surplus stock.”
A "Bantams’ Battalion.”
LONDON, Dec. 7.—Lord Kitchener
has sanctioned the formation at Bir
kenhead of a battalion consisting of
men betwe-n 5 feet and 5 feet 3 inch
es in height. It is to be called the
“bantams’ battalion.”
Russians In Servia?
LONDON, Dec. 7.—The correspon
dent of The Times at Sofia, Bulgaria,
reports that Russian troops have ar
rived in Servia to assist the Servians
In fighting the Austrians.
"Fifteen regiments of Russian
troops with seventy barge loads of
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BRUTE ASSAULTS
10-YEAR OLD CUILD
Sacramento Police Find Margaret
Millings’ Body In Basement
of Church.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 7.—The
body of 10-year-old Margaret Millings
was found in the cellar of the Ger
man Lutheran church yesterday and
the janitor, David Fountain, was ar
rested charged with having assaulted
and murdered the girl.
Investigation made by the police
surgeons showed that the girl had
been brutally assaulted and then
strangled. Near her body was found
the little doll clothes she had been
making when criminally assaulted and
murdered.
The police claim that the investi
gation made by them shows that
Fountain had been familiar with the
girl for some months. The church
was closed and no services held yes
terday.
Prosecutor States That Worst Scan
dal In History of City Has
Been Unearthed.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—The state pros
ecutor in charge of the graft pros
ecutions in this city recently un
earthed in the police department
stated this morning that the greatest
police scandal in the history of the
city would be unearthed and expos
ed during the week. The prosecutor
states that the evidence already gath
ered is enough to send many of the
members of the force to the peniten
tiary, but that the investigation will
be thorough so that no crooks may
escape.
The police department has been
grafting upon the men and women of
the underworld in exchange for the
privilege of grafting on the public.
Houses of ill repute have been run
with the full knowledge of the police
when the owners paid bribe money
to the officials.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Jim Godfrey is in town from the
Mother Lode property.
“Miracle Mary,” a three-reel realis
tic drama, at the Orpheum tonight.
Alex. Thompson arrived in town
yesterday.
Mark Gleason will leave for the
Ramsay-Rutherford property in the
morning.
George Fawcett of S. Blum & Co.
came over on the Alameda on a busi
ness trip to Valdez. Mr. Fawcett will
leave tonight for the railroad town.