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VOLtlMB XIV.
HUNDRED THOUSAND TURKS
TAKEN WHEN ERZERUM FELL
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POPULACE OF RUSSIAN CAPITAL ARE WILD WITH JOY OVER
SUCCESS WHICH HAS ATTENDED RUSSIAN ARMY IN THE
SOUTH UNDER COMMAND OF GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS—CITY
FORCED TO CAPITULATE AFTER TERRIFIC BOMBARDM ENT
WHICH LASTED FIVE DAYS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION — RUS
SIAN COMMANDER HAS RETRIEVED HIS LACK OF SUCCESS IN
NORTHERN CAMPAIGN.
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PETROGRAD, Feb. 18.—The offi
cial confirmation of the news that
the Russian troops had captured the
Turkish Asia Minor fortified city of
Rrzerum has caused great joy here
«Hd crowds are parading the streets
and cheering for the Czar and the
Russian army.
Latest advices from Grand Duke
Nicholas who commanded the victori
ous Russian army states that one
hundred thousand Turkish and Ger
man tfoops were captured when the
city was forced to capitulate under
the terrific bombardment to which it
Was subjected for five days by the
Russian artillery.
It is also reported that hundreds
of guns and millions of rounds of am
munition were captured when the
forts surrounding the city were cap
tured when the forts surrounding the
city were captured by the Grand
Duke’s soldiers.
Caucasus Campaign Success.
LONDON, Feb. 18.—Petrogrrad ad
vices say that the City of Erzerum
has been captured and one hundred
thousand prisoners with hundreds of
guns and vast stores of munitions’
captured. The dispatches state that
Grand Duke Nicholas who was re
lieved from the command of the Rus
sian army in the north and sent to
the Caucasus mountains has retrieved
his lack of success in defending War
saw and has won a brilliant success
in the southern campaign.
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Hotpoint Electric Heaters. Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
DEFECTIVE WIRING
CAUSED BID RUE
ffsplosions of Oil and Monitions on
Hteamws Made Fire Fighting
Dangerous in Rxtreme.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Investiga
tion of the origin of the fire which
destroyed property to the value of
more than five mi.iion dollars and
caused the deaths of two persons at
■the Arlington docks at Brooklyn on
Wednesday, has shown that the
flames started in the warehouse and
was caused by defective electric wir
ing.
} When the fire was discovered it
■w^i believed that it could be brought
under cjkatrol but the flames reached
• quantity of oil and quickly spread
to tW British steamships Pacific and
Barton Castle which were at the
dock. The Pacific was loaded with
oil and' war jdunltibhs and exploded
with tremendous force scattering the
Are ever o wide area and igniting the
o..* and cotton dn lighters which
were transfering shipments to the
steamers. * . rv
Many explosions occurrea as
flames reached the oils on the lighters
and the task of the firemen In fighting
the flames was rendered extremely
difficult and dangerous. Two sailors
are known to-have been killed when
the Pacific exploded and scores of
longshoremen and others ■ who were
employed on the steamers and light
ers were rescued from the water by
the firemen and policemen and many
acts of heroism were shown when
men risked their lives to save others.
MAY RESULT IN A
NATION-WIDE ROUND-UP
' "■■** WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—
The department of Justice has taken
Official congnlzance of the poison plot
disclosures in Chicago in which a
waiter attempted to poison the
guests at a banquet, and may result
in a nation-wide roundup of persons
yrho are known to be identified with
Anarchistic societies.
• Secret service officials are working
ytlffiMb#.tfljtyr authorities in No* York
flh^P$icgfo and have disclosed the
fact that Oronis was a member of a
Society which had planned the -de
struction of public buildings In many
cities in order to create a reign of
'terror..
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
More. tt
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Valdez Drug Company have a line
tine of Bchtol Stationery. tt.
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GERMAN SENTENCED TO
PRISON AND FINED
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PARIS, Feb. 18.—Max Reissner, a
German, was sentenced by a court
martial here to serve five years In
prison and pay a fine of five thousand
francs when he was Convicted of hav
ing resided within entrenched dis
tricts under a false'name.
According to the evidence Relss
BWWeh'f ib 'tfie American Consulate
when the war began, and by false
declarations obtained a certificate of
American nationality, in the name of
George Stoddart. The police issued
a residential permit in August, 1915.
Reissner is said to have gone to
the American Consul General at Por
nic, where the American official was
spending his vacation and to have
confessed bis deception, at the same
time asking for financial assistance.
The Consul General reported the case
to the French authorities.
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WRECKED WON)
Senate Committee Hears How He
Wrecked New England Road
Quarter of a Ceatnry Ago.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—
The sub-judiciary committee of the
Senate investigating the fitness of
Louis D. Brandeis to be confirmed to
the vacancy on the bench of the Su
preme Court of the United States yes
terday afternoon listened to the
story of how Brandeis helped to
wreck a railroad company nearly a
quarter of a century ago. ,
The damaging testimony against
President Wilson’s choice to succeed
the late Justice Lamar was offered
by Attorney Storey of Boston who
said that Brandeis, while in the em
ploy of the New York-& New En
gland Railroad company in 1882 had
involved it in litigation which mn
tually caused it to go ihtn the hands
of a receiver add be absorbed by the
New Haven road.
The fact that the services of an at
torney have been engaged to bring
out the testimony for both sides in
the controversy; enabled the commit
tee to listen to,several witnesses yes
terday afternoon, all of whom pro
tested against' Brandeis being con
firmed.
Some show at the Liberty theatre
tonight as follows:
Other People’s Business
Fortunes of War. 2 part drama.
Fatty and Mabel’s Wash Day, com
edy.
Visit the Liberty theatre tonight,
good show warm and comfortable. *
STORM CAUSED
GREAT DAMAGE
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Gale Attained a Velocity of More
Than One Hundred Miles per
Hour Along French Coast.
LONDON, Feb. 18.—The gale,
which raged over the western part of
Europe and the Brluan Isles on Wed
nesday caused great damage along
the coast but was apparently of even
greater violence along the coasts of
Holland, France and Belgium than
on the coast of England.
At many points along the coast of
France shipping was damaged by
warehouses being blown down, ves
sels torn loose from their mooring
and carried out to sea or dashed on■
the rocks. Scores of houses were
crushed by the force of the gale
which is reported to have gained a
Velocity of one hundred miles an
hour.
Many of the large liners for whose
safety fears were entertained have
reported by wireless that they es
caped but there are many vessels
known to have been in the path of
the gale which are unreported and
may have been lost.
Several smaller vesesls engaged in
the coast trade have failed to reach
their destinations and it is feared
that they were swamped and carried
their crews and passengers to the
bottom.
FIVE KILLED I
JIG HUE
Snowslide on Great Northern Rail
road Near Leavenworth Rories
Five in Deep Canyon.
LEAVENWORTH. Wash., Feb. 17.
A snowslide which occurred near
here yesterday afternoon carried live
people to their deaths in a canyon
several hundred feet deep. The men
wore employes of the Great Northern
railroad and were clearing the track
of a slide which had occurred earlier
in the day when they were caught in
a second and larger slide.,
It is stated that the bodies of the
victims of the slide cannot be recov
ered tmtil the melting of the snows
next summer reveals them as they
were uuned under hundreds of feet
of snow.
The place where the slide occurred
has been a hoodoo to the company as
several; trains have been wrecked at
that spot during the past few years)
Snow sheds were constructed last
summer but a portion to the protec
tion to trains was carried , away by
the first slide and the entire structure
for several hundred feet demolished
by the big avalanche.
PORTLAND SDFFEha
$300,000 BLAZE
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18.—A lire
which raged (or two hours last night
in this city destroyed one of the larg
est mills in the state and caused a
property loss of more than two hun
dred thousand dollars. The flames
were with difficulty confined to the
plant in which the fire originated and
were only kept under control by the
efforts of the entire fire-fighting
force of the city aiding the fire de
partments maintained by the mill
companies.
ADVERTISING FOR
ALASKA AERIAL SERVICE
BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 18.—The
postmaster here has posted notices
that -the Postal department Is asking
bids for several .aerial mail services
in' Alaska, the bids for i which wot
close in Washington on May 12. The
aeroplane mail routes will be between
Valdes and Fairbanks, Fairbanks to
Tanana, Tan an a to Kaltag and from
Kaltag to Nome. Bids are also be
ing asked for a special' aerial mail
service between Seward and Anchor
age.
ASSISTANT CHEF
UNDER ARREST
Chicago Police are Gathering in All
Persons Who Were Known to
Associate with Cronis.
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; CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—The Chicago
tiolice are tightening the coils of the
law around the men who are believed
to have been involved in the attempt
to poison the guests at the banquet
given by the United Club in honor
pt Archbishop Munderlein, and have
arrested the assistant chef at the
University club.
It is reported that one of the men
arrested has confessed to the police
and that warrants have been issued
for the apprehension of several other
employes of the club.
The search for Jean Cronis has ex
tended to all parts of the country but
he has so far been successful in evad
ing the officers. The police are work
ing on the theory that he has found
a safe hiding place in the home of
some of his friends in (he city and
have searched a number of houses
where he was known to have visited
before he uecame an object of spe
cial interest to the police. His pic
ture is also being shown in theatres
in the hope that he will be recog
nized as the authorities regard him
as a dangerous criminal and have
connected him with Anarchistic plots
to dynamite public buildings in Chi
cago and other cities.
AIRSHIP FLEET
IS BEING BUILT
Reported tiiat Germany Is Turning
Out Thirty Machines Daily to
Wage War on England.
AMSTERDAM, Peb. 18.—It is re
ported here that Germany is concen
trating her forces in the west and is
soon to make a supreme effort to
break the deadlock existing through
northern France and Belgium in or
der to reach the French coast from
which she could operate to better ad
vantage against the coast of England.
The offensive against the Allies in
the Champagne and Ypres districts is
believed to be the opening move of a
campaign which may determine the
period of the war.
The German aamirauy is pre
paring to risk her navy in battle
with the British fleet for supremacy
in the Kiel canal and the Baltic. The
news has been received here'that new
guns are being mounted on the bat
tleships and that the fleet is nearly
ready for The Day.
A recent arrival in Amsterdam,
whose name has been kept secret
in connection with an interview giv
en the correspondent of the Associat
ed Press says that Germany is build
ing thirty airships daily for use in
the western campaign. It is believ
ed here that the German govern
ment plans a .fleet of one thousand
aeroplanes which will be sent to raid
the coast of England and to attack
the British fleet. The machines are
of the latest type, carry a number of
passengers and are capable of devel
oping a speed of more than one
hundred and fifty miles an hour.
AMERICAN DRUGGISTS
... TO DEFY PATENT LAWS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—
American drug manufacturers have
put it up to the government what is
to be'done if they manufacture drugs
in America the patents tor . which are
held in Germany. A number of man
ufacturers are making salvarsan in
defiance of the patent treaty and oth
er drugs. It is believed that the con
sent of the German manuficturers
has been obtained in order to avoid
litigation following the close of the
war.
Famished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Kodak Supplies at (he Valdez
Drug Comoiny. tt
SECRETARY LANSING WANTS
SAFETY LINERS CUARANTEEO
WILL ASK POSITIVE ASSURANCES FROM GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN
GOVERNMENTS THAT PASSENGER STEAMERS WILL BE EX
CLUDED FROM TEUTONIC POLICY OF SINKING ARMED MER
CHANTMEN WITHOUT WARNING — INTERNATIONAL RULER
PROVIDE THAT NON-COMBATANTS MUST BE PLACED IN BOATS
BEFORE SHIPS ARE DESTROYED—OFFICIALS NOT HOPEFUL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Secre
tary Lansing of the State department,
has formulated the reply of the
American government to the joint
note of the German and Austrian gov
ernments that in future they would
treat all armed merchant men as
warships and sink them without
warning.
The American government, accord
ing to the officials of the State de
partment, will ask positiyp- assur
ances from the Teutonic governments
that the commanders of submarines
will be instructed by the admiralties
to exclude passenger ships from the
policy of sinking armed merchant
men without warning.
Secretary Lansing maintains the
contention of the American govern
ment as used in the Lusitania con
troversy that under no circumstances
can liners carrying passengers be
considered as warships even if arm
ed with guns to resist attack. Inter
national rules governing submarine*
warfare procide that before mer
chantmen are destroyed that the pas
sengers and crews must' be allowed
ample time in which to reach places
of safety. This does not mean that
the duty of providing for the safety
of the non-combatants rests with the
commander of the submarines but
that the passengers and crews should
be placed in boats before the liner
is sunk.
Officials of the government are not
optimistic as to the manner in which
Secretary Lansing’s note will be re
ceived in Berlin and Austria as the
Teutonic nations are a unit in de
manding that their governmenta
adopt every measure possible to de
stroy the commerce of the enemy na
tions in retaliation for the blockade*
of the German coast.
FOREIGN LEGION IS
NOW THING OF FAST.
NEW YORK: The Foreign Le
gion of France no longer exists. Its
members—real soldiers of fortune—
gathered from the seven corners of
the globe-have, except a very few,
been killed or catftiired/says’Utlss
Florence Jordan, a nurse, who re
turned today after a year in the
French hospitals. Miss Jordan said
the legion died heroically during the
recent groat offensive in Champagne.
Its achievements, she said, will form
one of the most brilliant pages of
French history.
Lawrence Scanlon, formerly of
New York, is one of the few survi
vors of the legion. He was recover
ing from shrapnel wounds, in the
Hospital de Francais de New York,
near the front when Miss Jordan
left. He had been one of her pa
tients. Six small pieces of shrapnel
were removed from his right leg.
NINE ARE DEAD
Texas Town is in Mourning for the
Citizens Who Lost Their Lives
When Building Collapsed.
MEX1A, Texas. Feb. 18.—This
town is in mourning for the loss of
the lives of nine persons who were
instantly killed or suffered injuries
from which they have since died,
when the opera house collapsed Wed
nesday night, while it was crowded
with hundreds of men, women and
children.
The accident is believed to have
been dUe to faulty construction of the
building as the floors gave way with
out warning, throwing the audience
Into the lower floor. Many were kill
ed or Injured by falling timbers and
in their attempts to escape from the
ruins.
A terrific explosion of gas followed
the collapse of the building and ad
ded to the general horror of the
scene and caused the citizens to fear
that a bomb outrage had been per
petrated: The municipal authorities
are investigating the accident as it is
reported : that the proprietor of the
building had been warned that it was
unsafe for the use to which it was
being devoted. v >• -.
Good 8h6w
Tonight visit the Liberty theatre
four good reels of elgha and laugh
ter. • *
WANTED: Experienced woman de
sires work as cook or maid. Refer
ences given. Address Prospector.
SWEDEN REQUESTS
AMERICA’S HELP
Wants United States to Join with Etas
in Protesting to England
Against Mail Seizures.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 18.—
Secretary Lansing, of the State de
partment, yesterday received an offi
cial request from the Swedish gov
ernment that the United States join
with her in protesting against the
continued seizures of mail from neu
tral countries by British cruisers in
the European war zone.
The Swedish note says that all
steamers irrespective of the neutral
ity of the nation whose flag they are
flying are stopped by British cruisers
and the mails investigated by British:
officers in violation of international
law governing protection to mails be
tween neutral countries.
Secretary Lansing has stated that
his department has received assur
ances from the British government
that a plan is being formulated which
it is believed will prove satisfactory
to the neutral nations in regard to in
spection of the mails and which will
be announced at an early date.
It is believed here that the solu
tion of the problem which the British
government has under consideration
is a scheme whereby the neutral gov
ernments would provide a naval con
voy through British waters for mer- ■
chant vessels carrying cargoes and
malls guaranteed by the governments,
not to contain contrabands. This
would provide only a partial solution
of the problem and the difficulties ot
it are foreseen.
The Swedish government’s note
says that mails of all kinds both out
ward and Inward bound Are searched
by the British officers and many sacks
are retained by them on the charge
that they contain contraband.
EAST STEEL PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRS
! . BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 18.—
The United Cast Steel com
pany’s plant near this city was de
stroyed by Are last night, causing the
loss of Ave hut dred thousand dollar*
worth of property. The officials of
the company have, refused to make
any statement regarding the origlst
of the dr* but It Is believed to have
been aoeidental. The loss was partly
covered by insurance.
Notice
There will be no meeting of the
Pioneer Women .this evening because
jf the Old Maid’s Convention.
M HARRINGTON
Recording See.
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