FRENCH BELIEVE PARIS IS SAFE
FIGHTING IS GENERAL ALONG WESTERN BATTLE LINE
RUSSIANS REPORT HINDENBURG CONTINUING ATTACK
PETROGRAD CLAIMS TURKISH CORPS WAS WIPED OUT
KILLS SWEETHEART
WHILE SHE PRAYS
.Fred Erdman Shoots Hattie Gauwitz
While Latter Was Kneeling In
Church Praying.
., Jan. 18.—Fred Erd
mm yesterday shot his sweetheart,
Hattie Gauwitz, while she was pray
ing in church. Miss Gauwitz had re
fused to marry Erdman and he be
came enraged and followed her to
church and shot her while she was
engaged in prayer. He claims he did
it so that she could go directly to
heaven when her soul was clean and
that he was determined that if she
could not be his wife she would
be no one else’s.
The church was crowded when the
murderer walked in, and, waiting for
his opportunity, shot the girl through
.the heart. She died almost instant
ly.
The murderer surrendered himself
to the police, who were immediately
called.
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Charged With Burglary In Morning,
Indicted At Noon, Convicted Imme
diately and In Jail At 3 p. m.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 18.—The officers
of the law here today made a new
record of speed in punishing a crim
inal. Arthur Hansen was arrested
this morning charged with burglary,
was Indicted at noon tried shortly af
terwards and had started to serve his
sentence of two years by 3 o’clock in
the afternoon.
The officers are proud of the rec
ord, while the attorney' for Hansen
claims that the supreme court will
reverse the conviction on the ground
of failure to allow the defendant
enough time to prepare the proper
defense. He charges that his clleDt
was railroaded and that he will figtit
the case to the highest court in the
state to secure for Hansen a fair trial
“Instead of aiding in the enforce
ment of the law by railroading a
prisoner it has the opposite effect and
does the administration of just'ce a
great Injury," is the way the attor
ney expresses himself regarding the
conviction.
City Council Meets Tonight.
The city council will meet this ev
ening at the city hall. The Martin
ordinance to provide for an Austra
and registration of voters
other matters of import
ance will be considered.
General Agent Frank Watson, of the
Paciflc-Alaska Steamship Company, :s
making the round trip on the Admir
al Watson.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
French Take Offensive At Many Points In Effort To Prevent Further Gains
Near Paris—Rivers Overflow Banks and Military Operations Checked
Somewhat-Russians Capture Kirlibaba, Cammanding Pass In Transylvania
Germans Attack Russians Seven Times Before Taking Trenches On Vistula.
PARIS, Jan. 18.—The war office
reports severe fighting in the Flan
ders region of Belgium, near the
coast, also near Arras, and in the
Aisne valley, at Reims and in the
Vosges mountains. This indicates
that the fighting is general all
through Belgium and France and the
long expected forward movement may
have started. Some military experts,
however, insist that no general en
gagement is now on, but that the
present activity is for the purpose
of relieving the pressure on the army
defending the Soissons line, where
the Germans concentrated large
forces of men and succeeded in push
ing south for several miles, breaking
down all opposition. As Soissons is
the nearest point of the fighting line
to Paris the war office is making
every effort to keep the German army
busy at other points and prevent re
inforcements reaching the army op
erating near the capital. The war
office has also sent forward large
forces of old men to the Soissons
line from the Paris garrison and all
danger is said to be past.
Turks Lose Army Corps.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 18.—A Turkish
army corps commanded by German
officers and numbering almost 40,000
have been wiped out by the Russian
aggressive in the Caucasus section.
Report Karlsruhe Sunk.
BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 18—Another
report has reached here that the Ger
man fast cruiser Karlsruhe has been
sunk by British warships. The re
port, however, lacks confirmation.
The Karlsruhe has succeeded in de
stroying $5,000,000 worth of British
shipping since the beginning of the
war.
Fighting East and West.
LONDON, Jan. 18—Brisk fighting
has been renewed on the eastern and
western battle lines. The Germans
are pushing forward new troops and
have taken the offensive at many
points. No decided advantage to
either army has been reported by
the different war offices. Press re
ports are also meagre and give but
few details of the fighting.
Hot Fighting Near Warsaw.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 18.—Gen. Hin
denburg has continued pounding away
at the Russian lines about Warsaw.
Attack has followed attack, the Ger
mans again using the mass forma
tion in an effort to break down the
Russian resistance that blocks them
from the goal they have desired to
reach since the war started. The
Russian forts and field trenches have,
however, prevented the Germans ad
vancing and the Germans have been
repulsed with heavy loss.
Three Attacks At Pinchzow.
At Kirlibaba the Germans made
three determined but unsuccessful at
tacks upon the Russian lines at
Pinchzow, twenty miles from War
saw. The attacks were without suc
cess and the Russians killed thou
sands of Germans, the machine gur.s
and field artillery mowing the enemy
down with frightful loss.
Russians Capture Kirlibaba.
The Russian troops have occupied
the city of Kirlibaba, controlling an
important pass in the Transylvania
country. The Austrian troops de
fending the city were driven back
with considerable loss and left sever
al batteries of guns which they had
not time to withdraw or destroy.
Berlin Reports Russian Trench Cap
tured.
BERLIN, Jan. 18.—Six regiments
of German troops delivered seven at
tacks upon the Russian positions on
the right bank of the Vistula and
finally captured the first line of
trenches. The success is important,
as it blocks the new Russian army
for the present and was necessary
to allow Gen. Hindenburg to meet
the new attack in northern Poland.
Floods Stop Argonne Fighting.
Heavy floods in the Argonne dis
trict have prevented the offensive
of the German army from continu
ing. The floods threaten the line
of communication and the general
staff will not push forward until the
waters are lower and the line of sup
ports can be used effectively.
Prize Ships Sold.
LONDON, Jan. 18.—Four German
schooners, the Gerhard, Else, Theodor
and Bolivar, captured as prizes, have
just been sold here by order of the
marshal of the admiralty. These are
the first prize ships to be sold in
London since the Crimean war and
the hammer used by the auctioneer
is the same used in the year 1855,
when the last batch of prize ships
was disposed of.
A condition of the sale was that
each purchaser had to sign a declar
ation that he was not an alien en
emy; that he was in no way associat
ed with business carried on in en
emy countries, and that he was not
purchasing on behalf of any German,
Austrian or Turkish subject or com
pany. There was brisk bidding
throughout and good prices were ob
tained, but the chronometers of the
ships came in for most attention and
were sold separately.
Don’t Belittle Germans.
LONDON, Jan. 18—Col. Arthur Lee,
a member of parliament, now at the
front, writes home saying:
“It is the greatest mistake to sup
pose that German resistance is weak
ening or that the war can soon co. •ie
to an end. The Germans are skillful
and dangerous fighters, as brave and
enduring as any troops can be, and
those who belittle their value are do
ing the worst of service to our arms
and the cause of our Allies. We shall
need every fighting man and every
penny we can spend *o see this war
through.”
Germany Waives Objections.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The at
titude of the German government to
ward the transfer to American regis
try of British-built ships Is reported
in a cablegram from Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin, dated Dec. 28, which
was published in the Daily Commerce
Reports. Inquiry was directed by Mr.
Gerard to ascertain if there would
be objection to the exchange of
American cotton by such vessels for
German products, and the reply, he
states, was substantially as follows:
"It may be stated that the transfer
to the American flag of a British
vessel after war has been started is
not valid per se, but the German
government, reserving the right at
any time to withdraw its consent, is
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START PROBING
OF CHARITIES
Government Board Investigating Rela
tion of Charity To Existence of
Charity Hunters.
NEW, YORK, Jan. 18.—The Im’ub
trial Relations Commission, which
has been making Investigations of
the conditions of the working men
in all parts of the United States, has
started to probe into the New York
Charities Associations to see what
effect the giving of indiscriminate aid
to the poor has had upon the build
ing up of the large class of men and
women who live upon the charity of
others and refuse to earn an honest
living. Also they wish to determine
just how much of the money given
for charity is used for that purpose
and how much is wasted in paying
for high-priced clerks and managers.
Samuel Unterraeyer, one of the lead
ing lawyers of this city and attorney
for the Rockefeller Foundation, was
the first witness. He will be asked
to outline the work of the Rockefeller
charity. •
PRESIDENT UN
NOW » GRANDPA
Mrs. Sayre Becomes Mother of Bounc
ing Boy At the White House
—President Happy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—A son
was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Fran
cis Sayre, daughter and son-in-law
of President Wilson. The birth oc
curred at the White House, where
Mrs. Sayre has been living for sev
eral months.
Grandpa Wilson is greatly pleased
with his first grandchild. The Sayre
infant is *he first child to be born
to a member of a president’s family
In,the White House for many years.
Congratulations from all parts of
the world have been sent to Presi
dent Wilson.
Captain Jensen of the Admiral Wat
son states that he passed the Mari
posa between Spencer and Hlnchin
brook and that the liner was making
good tiine, although it was very
rough and the boat was rolling con
siderable.
COMMISSIONERS
TO RULE IDAHO
Plan That Has Proved So Successful
In Many Cities To Be Tried
On Larger Scale.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 18.—A bill has
been introduced in the legislature :o
do away with the present system of
state government and substitute in
its place a commission form of gov
ernment. The new bill would abolish
the state legislature as now consti
tuted and In its place have a board
of commissioners of 24 men to be
e'ected from twelve districts.
The success of the commission form
of government in many cities has led
the reformers to believe it can be
applied to state governments as well
as cities and it will be tried in this
state if the legislature gives its con
sent.
C. W. Millard, a brother of Frank
Millard, returned to Valdez on the
Admiral Watson and will be employ
ed at the Granite mine.
STATE OFFICIALS
ARE INDICTED
Attorney General and State Auditor
of Idaho Charged With Em
bezzlement.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 18.—Attorney
General Joseph Patterson and state
auditor Fred Huston have been indict
ed for the embezzlement of state
funds. The two men were immediate
ly arrested and gave bail for 110,000.
The arrests caused a sensation as
they are both well known, have been
interested in state politics for many
years and come of higly respected
families.
Both men deny their guilt and state
that when experts are placed at work
on the books It will be found that
the shortage is merely a clerical ar
ror.
John Gerow left on the Admiral
Watson for Seldovta, where he will
remain for the balance of the winter.
Yakima netted Gem spuds, 17 lbs.
for 50c at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
CHICAGO JOBLESS
CAUSE A RIOT
Police Club Many Heads In Effort
To Establish Order—Thousands
Are Hungry.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18.—A meeting held
in Hull House yesterday for the un
employed of the city, resulted in a
riot, which was only quelled by the
police after a fight lasting several
hours and in which many heads were
cracked and scores.of people injured.
Several score of the ringleaders
were arrested by the police. The
crowds at Hull House became unman
ageable and demanded work and food
Many of the men are without homes
and being hungry were easily led by
the anarchists into the acts of vio
lence which resulted in the police be
ing called.
Mounted patrolmen charged the
crowds, riding down all who opposed
them. The leaders of the “reds” have
been arrested and may be given long
sentences in the workhouse.
' WELL FORTIFIED
But Baltimore Police Cut Through
Barbed Wire and Kill Bulldogs
Guarding Den of Iniquity.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 18.—One hun
dred and fifty sports were arrested
here today when a sporting club was
raided. The men were engaged in
betting upon horse races and were al
so gambling.
The police were compelled to break
down barbed wire entanglements, kill
a half dozen bulldogs and club sev
eral big negro guards, who were
(watching the avenues of approach to
the building.
Almost ■‘he entire force of police
were on duty in the section to round
up the gamblers, who have been
known to the police and they were
ready with wire cutters and the be.it
shots of the department were assign
ed to kill the bulldogs.
Eckern Misses the Boat.
Edwin Eckern, cashier of the Val
dez Bank & Trust Co., returned to
Valdez on the Admiral Watson. Mr.
Eckern expected to return on the
Mariposa, and Captain Pearson, of the
Alaska Steamship Company, in
charge of the sailing of the boats,
had promised to hold the Mariposa/
until his arrival on the Shasta Lirai^
ited rrom Portland, due in seau
at 9 p. m., the same time when v
Mariposa was scheduled to leaver
the north. The boat was held <
fifteen minutes and then after
phoning to the depot It was foun >.
llmlted was thirty minutes late. ^
boaV started and as she was pi ifcj
out from the dock Mr. Eckern
on the dock In a taxi going 130 jljj
an hour, but he was too late. P?
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