GERMANS REPULSED RUSSIANS
ATTEMPT TO ENCIRCLE GERMAN ARMY IS BLOCKED
BRITISH AT YPRES REINFORCED TO CHECK GERMANS
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GERMANS MASS LARGE FORCE IN LABASSEE DISTRICT
STRIKERS GUSH
WITH POLICE
Attempt To Run Trainload of Strike
breakers In New York Factory
Causes a Riot.
ROOSEVELT, Jan. 19.—Four men
are dead and ten seriously wounded,
while scores of others received slight
wounds as the result of the fight be
tween the 200 striking laborers of
the American Agricultural Chemical
Company and the fifty deputy sher
iffs and a train load of strike-break
ers who were being taken to the fac
xory.
The strikers were endeavoring to
stop the train and prevent the men
from reaching the factory building,
which was heavily guarded. The
track was blocked and when the train
stall’d the strikers and the strike
breakers opened fire at the same time
with the result that many were hit.
The sheriff’s men finally succeed
ed in driving the strikers back and
the train was run into the grounds of
the chemical company and the strike
breakers unloaded.
It is expected that militia will be
sent here to guard the company prop
erty and prevent disorders if the
sheriff is unable to control the
crowds.
WICK STARTS WAR
ON SEC’Y REDFIELD
Appears Before Ways and. Means
Committee Against Bill Advocat
ed By Cabinet Officer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Delegate
Wickersham has started his war up
on the Department of Commerce and
today appeared before the House Com
mittee on Ways and Means and pro
tested against jthe granting of in
creased power to the Department of
Commerce, headed by Secretary Red
fleld, over the matters relating to the
fur-bearing animals of Alaska.
The attack of the delegate upon
the Department of Commerce is ex
* pected to result in much harm to the
program of Alaska legislation mapped
out by the administration, especial
ly that part providing for the con
struction of lighthouses and buoys
along the coast and the re-mapping
of the waters of the north, which is
advocated by Secretary Redfield not
only in his annual message but in
several addresses he has made be
fore commercial bodies.
The delegate asserts that Secretary
RedfiStc^ does not understand condi
tions in the north and that his pow
er ' is already too great. Friends of
the cabinet) officer insist that the
department is working with all its
power to better conditions in Alaska
and will continue to do so in spite of
the attacks by the delegate.
Alaskans here friendly to the dele
gate regret that he has opened war
Russian Torpedo Boats Sink Turkish Steamer and Three Sailing Ships In Asia
Minor Harbor—Petrograd Reports Invasion of Transylvania Has Started—
Defeated Turkish Force Fleeing In Disorder To Erzerum.
BERLIN, Jan. 19.—The new Rus
sian army gathered near Plock to
threaten the rear of the central Ger
man army operating near Warsaw
has been repulsed by the troops sent
from Thorn up the right bank of the
Vistula to meet the Russians and pre
vent them crossing. The Russian loss
es have been very heavy. Reports
reaching here from Soldau and Thorn
indicate that thousands of prisoners
were captured and that the loss in
killed and wounded was also veiy
heavy. The Germans, fighting from
behind hastily built trenches and re
maining on the defensive, were able
to inflict the losses with but slight
loss to themselves.
No Gains At Pilica.
In the Pilica fighting no gains was
made by either side. The desperate
struggle resulting in a draw and the
positions are unchanged. In the Rad
zanowa district no change is report
ed.
German Offensive In Ypres.
LONDON, Jan. 19.—The Germans
have resumed the offensive in the
district about Vpres and the British
troops holding the Allies’ line at that
point have had to be strong reinforc
ed, as the Germans have massed
large bodies of new troops near
Ypres and have been endeavoring to
break through the line.
Severe Fighting In Poland.
LONDON, Jan. 19.—The Russian
movement towards the rear of Gen.
von Hindenburg’s central army is
continuing to develop but in spite
of the fact that his rear is threaten
ed Gen. Hindenburg continues to
pound away at the Rusisan line of
defenses near Warsaw, which have
been weakened to supply the neces
sary men for the encircling move
ment. The outcome of the Poland
fight is in doubt. If the Russians
can hold Wdrsaw until the army
from Plock crosses the Vistula in
force and strikes at the German line
of communication with the frontier,
the grand duke will force the kai
ser’s army to make a hasty retreat
towards the frontier forts, but should
the weakening of the Russian forces
defending Warsaw result in a success
for Hindenburg’s central army then
the Germans will without doubt win
the greatest victory of the present
war. Military experts here who have
followed the Russian operations since
the beginning of hostilities, have ev
ery confidence in the strategy of the
Russian grand duke, who has to date
proven himself a genius in manoeuvr
ing large forces of men.
Ghent Citizens Forbidden To Talk
of War.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 19.—The Ger
man commander of the city of Ghent
has issued orders to the citizens of
Ghent that they must not discuss the
War among themselves nor with the
troops quartered in the city under
penalty of arrest and imprisonment.
Whale Frightens British.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 19.—A big
whale appeared suddenly in the midst
of the British patrol fleet near this
coast yesterday and the gunners, be
lieving it to be a German submarine,
opened fire upon the big mammal.
The ships were closely bunched and
the cross-fire threatened at one time
to result in serious damage to the
fleet, but finally it was noticed that
'the object aimed at was not a German
submarine, but a whale, which was rid
dled wlh shells. The sudden appear
ing of the whale, had caused the
members of the ships crews to lose
their heads.
German* Have Many Prisoners.
BERLIN, Jan. 19.—A total of 800,
000 prisoners of war not including civ
ilians, are now held in Germany and
Austria. Since December 31 the Al
lies have lost 150,000 men.
Russians Sink Turkish Boats.
SEBASTOPOL, Jan. 19.—The Rus
sian torpedo boats entered the Turk
ish harbor of Sinope on the Black
Sea and sunk one Turkish steamer
and three sailing ships which were
at anchor in the harbor. The tor
pedo boats all escaped and return
ed to the fleet, although the shore
batteries of the Turks opened fire
upon them.
Allies Holding Fast.
PARIS, Jan. 19.—The Allies now
hold the east bank of the Yser river
and have built a number of bridges
connecting the armies in the advan
ced position with the reserve forces
on the west bank. The Germans a*
tempted to crush the advancing force
yesterday but the engineers were able
to rebuild the bridges in time to al
low for the reinforcing of the men
in the first line of trenches who were
being hard pressed and about to re
tire.
Gains About Ypres.
Northeast, southeast and east of
Ypres the Allies have made consid
erable gains. The German positions
were first subjected to heavy artil
lery fire and then to an infantry at
tack which resulted in the gain of
the German trenches for miles.
Germans Hold Hazardous Position.
At St. Mihiel, between Verdun and
Metz, the Germans are holding a po
sition which may result In consider
able loss to them as the French are
pushing forward and may surround
"hment of several thousand
men. The German wedge driven
south towards Verdun Is threatened
by the French who are pushing west
from Pont-a-Mousson and those work
ing east from north of Verdun.
Constant French Attacks.
The French are pounding away at
the German lines at St. Mihiel and
have made slight gains.
German Gains At La Bassee.
BERLIN, Jan. 19—The general staff
suddenly massed a large number of
troops in the La Bassee district and
in a surprise attack succeeded in
carrying many of the Allies trench
es held by the British and French.
The assaults continued all through
the day.
Russian Troops In Transylvania.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 19.—The Rus
sian troops which have been operat
ing in Bukowina have crossed into
Transylvania and are making consid
erable gains against the disorganiz
ed Austrian troops.
Turkish Army In Flight.
The Turkish army in the Trans
Caucasus district have been severely
punished by the Russians and art
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tfith the present administration, es
pecially as. the president and mem
bers of the cabinet are exerting ev
ery influence to push through the
progressive plans for the develop
ment of the northern territory. While
it is admitted that President Wilson
and his cabinet have never consult
ed the delegate, yet his attack, when
they are certainly working for the
Interests of the north, is viewed
with disfavor even among his person
al supporters now in the city.
Some Alaskans fear it will result
In the defeat of several of the meas
ures desired by the administration
for Alaska, especially the appropri
ations for lights and buoys and for
new boats for use in Alaska and for
the necessary money to drag the
waters for unknown pinnacle rocks,
which are dangerous to navigation.
QUAKE SHAKES
OREGON TOWN
LA GRAND, Ore., Jan. 19.—A se
vere earthquake shock was felt here
today. Buildings were rocked and
some slight damage done to the con
tents of stores but no lives were lost.
The people were thoroughly frighten
ed and fled into the streets for safe
ty.
The Prospector office for job work.
WANT EMBARGO
ON WAR EXPORTS
Delegation Calls Upon President,
Who Tells Them He Has
No Authority.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—President
Wilson today informed a number of
delegations of men from various parts
of the country who had protested to
him against the shipment of war mu
nitions and supplies to the belliger
ents in the European war, and that
the executive had no power to stop
such shipments as the congress of
the United States has full authority
and could allow or prevent ship
ments of war supplies from the Unit
ed States.
The president pointed out to the
delegations that the executive branch
of the government was authorized to
carry into effect the laws passed by
the people through the properly elect
ed representatives and that if con
gress passed such a law establish
ing an embargo, he would be called
upon to enforce it. <
Many prominent German-Ameri
cans were in the delegation.
m
CORDOVA ROAD
Calls Upon Secretary Lane and
Leaves Figures Showing Cost of
Operation of Line.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—J. P. Mor
gan, head of the New York banking
house of J. P. Morgan &' Co. and
with the Guggenheim interests as
owners of the Copper River and Nor
thwestern railroad, called today up
on Secretary of Interior Franklin K.
Lane and left with him figures show
ing the cost of operation of the Cor
dova road since it was completed.
This is taken by Alaskans in the
city as indicating that the decision
by the president regarding the se
lection of routes for proposed gov
ernment railroad in Alaska has not
been made and that the secretary of
the interior and the members of the
Alaska engineering commission are
still comparing routes for the line
from the coast to the interior.
That J. P. Morgan has called per
sonally upon both President Wilson
and Secretary Ldne on several dif
ferent occasions, indicates to many
that the administration is at least con
sidering the purchase of the Cordova
route.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—President
Wilson, Secretary Lane and J. P.
Morgan held a long conference yes
terday afternoon in the White House
regarding the purchase of'frhe Cor
dova railroad by the government to
be used as a part of the system of
railroads to be incorporated in the
government system for the develop
ment of Alaska.
Robert Griffith, of the Iditarod, ar
rived in Valdez this morning witn
his fine dog team. Mr. Griffith and
his partner brought a large consign
ment of gold from the Iditarod *o
Tanana, where it was transferred to
the stage line and sent to Seattle.
Last year gold from Iditarod was sent
out via Seward. .
ANOTHER QUAKE
SHAKES ITALY
ROME, Jan. 19.—A severe earth
quake is reported from Calabria,- the
southern tip of Italy. As far as known
no deaths have resulted, although the
ground was well shaken and a num
ber of houses wrecked.
The Prospector office for job work.
GEN. GUITERREZ
PLANNED REVOLT
According To a Statement Made
Public In Mexico City By
His Enemies.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 19.—The an
nouncement was made today by Gen.
Roque Garza, the new provisional
president of Mexico that the reason
for the ousting of Provisional Presi
dent Guiterrez was because it was
discovered that Gen. Guiterrez was
in constant communication with form
er Huerta generals, Aguilar and Ob
regon, with whom he was about to
make a combination for the over
throw of Villa and Zapata.
It is reported here that troops sent
in pursuit of Guiterrez have over
taken him, but this report lacks con
firmation.
Letters intercepted by Villa agents
give the best information regarding
the plot, according to Gen. Roque and
a trap was set to catch all the gen
erals but they became suspicious and
fled.
Order is being maintained in the
city by the troops and preparations
are under way to defend the city
against any attack by Carranza.
IF CHRIST CAME
4s Subject of Billy Sunday, the Reviv
alist—Senators Attend the
Services.
i
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Billy
Sunday spoke to 5,000 people here
last night upon the subject, ‘If Christ
Came To Washington.’' The revival
ist stated that the Savior would he
greatly shocked at conditions he
would find in the capital of America,
the greatest city in the world, which,
nevertheless, was filled with want and
misery and with few to aid the down
trodden and afflicted.
The meeting was attended by many
senators and members of the House,
-who listened to the talk with great
interest.
FORMER ALASKAN
PISSES AWAY
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 19.—William
Dicus Landers, formerly district at
torney at Nome, Alaska, died here
last night after an illness of many
months. Mr. Landers contracted the
disease from which he died while in
Porto Rico, where he served the past
three years as a district attorney.
Former residents of Nome who
knew Land ira speak very highly of
his ability and he held the respect
Df the people of the north.