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TURKS SUFFER CRUSHING DEFEAT
GERMANS MAKE GAINS IN ALSACE AND THE ARGONNE
ARRAS TRENCHES BLOWN UP; FRENCH LOSS HEAVY
GEN. HINDENBERG PLANS NEW CAMPAIGN IN POLAND
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Supreme Court Gives Judgment
Against Unions Because of
Boycott In 1902.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The Unit
ed States Supreme Court today af
firmed Ijhe decision for 8250,000
damages granted to the Danbury Hat
Company, of Connecticut, following
the boycott of the company by the
Hatters Union in 1902. The case has
been in the courts since the year
of the strike and the decision has
been against the Hatters Union.
The union and the men who com
pose the union must pay the big
award. The attorneys for the unions
will endeavor to have a rehearing of
the case. The interest charges since
the verdict was given will run the
award up another 8100,000. I
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STARTS SWEDE
One Man Killed, 100 Passengers Over
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> come By Heavy Smoke and
the Crowds In Danger.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—One man is
dead and 100 men and women were
overcome by smoke which filled the
subway tunnel last night as a result
of a fire at one of the worksheds in
. < the underground railway. The fire
happened at the rush hour with all
the trains possible In operation on
a thirty second headway between the
trains, when, because of crossed
wires, several barrels of oil caught
fire and a workshed was in flames
in a minute. The draft through the
tunnel drove the smoke toward the
next train, which was stalled, as the
motorman did n'ot dare run through
the smoke, not knowing what the
troub’e was.
When the train stopped the passen
gers fought to leave the cars and
started back to the next station in
a wild stampede. Other trains were
stalled and held from rushing into
the train ahead. The passengers push
ed back through the tunnel past the
third rail with its death dealing elec
tricity and more than 100 were over
come and dropped in the tunnel. The
firemen and police then reached the
scene and carried out the passengers
who had dropped or remained be
hind in the train. ,
An investigation has been ordered.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jan. 5, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,432
Temperature at 7 p. m.<...17
Maximum temperature .38
Minimum temperature .11
Mean temperature .;_241-2
Cloudy air, wind northeast 6 miles.
The Prospector office for job work.
Would Protect His Center By Crushing Russians North of Vistula—Austrians
Lose Battle In Carpathians and Are Fleeing In Blinding Snow Storm—Ber
lin Reports Capture of Several Thousand Russians In Engagements Near
Warsaw—Roumania Expected To Join With Russia—Heavy Fighting Is
Reported At Cerney, In Alsace—More German Troops Sent to Flanders.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 6—The Turks
have met with a severe defeat in the
Caucasian region. Two army corps
have been crushed and broken. Many
have been killed and others surren
dered. The decisive defeat of the
Turkish army will greatly aid the Po
land campaign, as the war office was
about to send troops to protect the
southern border. The troops were to
have been sent from Poland and thus
would have weakened the line at a
time when all the strength of the em
pire is required to beat back the Teu
tonic invaders. The Turkish activities
in the present war have ended. The
fololwers of the Sultan must now
fight a'defensive war.
Pneumonia Kills Troops.
PARIS, Jan. 6.—Pneumonia is rag
ing among the troops in the trenches.
The losses to both armies have been
heavy. The men holding the line
near the coast in Flanders have suf
fered greatest losses. , Some regi
ments have lost more men from pneu
monia 'han from bulelts.
Germans Plan New Poland Campaign.
LONDON, Jan. 6—The Germans
plan a new campaign in Poland. The
Russian army operating in Poland
north of the Vistula river and west
of Warsaw has started a movement
towards the south which, if success
ful, would mean the end of the Ger
man center commanded by Field Mar
shal von Hlndenburg. To offset this
move Gen Hindenburg has concen
trated heavy forces of troops along
the border from Thorn eastward to
East Prussia and will try to crush
the Russian wedge which cuts his
line in two The big battle will be
fought in a few days and both sides
are manoeuvring for positions. The
Russians have received heavy rein
forcements from Petrograd. If they
can dispose of the German army
north of the Vistula they will strike
at the flank of Hindenburg’s force.
The Russian's have almost all of Po
land north of the Vistula. The Ger
man defeat at Mlawa ten days ago
baited the campaign in that section.
Heavy Fighting Cernay, In Alsace.
BERLIN, Jan. 6—A sharp strug
gle is going on for the possession
of the heights at Cernay, in Alsace.
The French are making one attack
after another in an effort to wear out
the resistance of the troops at that
point. The Germans have been suc
cessful in driving back the invaders.
Germans Take Many Prisoner*.
BERLIN, Jan. 6—The German
army fighting along the Bzura and
Rawka rivers yesterday captured sev
eral thousand prisoners, a number of
machine guns and also two field
pieces. The Russians have given
ground at every assault but the line
has not been broken because of the
nature of the country, which pre
vents the Germans advancing prompt
ly enough to pierce the line before
the superior Russian foces can con
centrate at the break. The Russians
outnumber the Germans from two to
three to one and yet have been driv
en back constantly.
Turks Defeated In Caucasians.
LONDON, Jan. 6.—Two Turkish
army corps which invaded the trans
Caucasus have been routed by the
Russian troops. Thousands of the
invaders have been killed and many
surrendered. The invading army lost
heavily in artillery and supplies. Ad
rahan has been reoccupied by the
Russians.
Austrians Defeated In Usok Pass.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 6—The Austri
an force which held the Usok pass
in the Carpathian mountains has been
defeated and is now in full retreat
into Hungary. A terrific snow storm
is sweeping over Galicia and the re
treating forces are suffering heavy
losses because or the stimn. The
Cossacks are in pursuit but, the in
fantry cannot move in the present
storm.
French Fighting In Alsace.
PARIS, Jan. 6.—The French are
striking hard in the Alsace country
and hope by one desperate blow to
capture the province from the kai
ser’s troops.
French Lose Heavily In Arras
Trenches
BERLIN, Jan. 6.—German miners
succeeded in driving tunnels under
the French line of trenches in the
Arras district and exploded mines to
day when the trenches were filled
with troops. The Germans allowed
the enemy to see that preparations
were being made to make a mass
attack on the French trenches and in
consequence they were manned to the
fullest possible number and then, in
stead of making the attack the mines
were exploded and several thousanl
men were killed at once. The mass
attack then followed upon the Frencn
second line and it was carried with
heavy loss to the Allies. The counter
attack made by the Allies upon the
positions taken by the Germans fail
ed. The Germans still > hold the
trenches.
French Defeated In Argonne District.
BERLIN, Jan. 6.—Although
greatly superior in numbers to the
Germans holding the Argonne trench
es the French were defeated when
they assaulted the line today and
were driven back for several miles
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TO REPUBLICANS
Bull Moose Leader of Illinois An
nounces His Allegiance To the
G. O. P. and Quits Teddy.
" CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—Medill C. Mc
Cormick, Progressive national com
mitteeman from this state, today an
nounced that he would hereafter be
found with the Republican party, to
which he had formerly belonged and
which he now claimed had been purg
; ed of its boss control and was in
the control of the people.
The announcement has been ex
pected for somp time and indicates
■that no convention of the Progres
sives or Bull Moosers would be held
next year when nominations for pres
ident are made.
Republican leaders in the city re
fused to make any comment upon
the announcement, but they all ex
pect that the Progressive leaders will
return to the Republican party ex
cepting a few who are more Socialist
ic than Republican and had looked to
the Roosevelt party for the reforms
they advocate.
Olaf Olson left for the Sealey-Davls
property this morning.
BAD
Hold Food In Storage In An Ef
fort To Force Price* Upward
—Are Arrested.
ALBANY, N. Y„ Jan. 6—The Swift
Packing Company and all its officials
were indicted here today for violat
ing the state law which prohibits the
.storage of food for over ten months.
The arrests were made immediately
of all the officials now in the state,
and others will be taken into custody
at Chicago.
The law was passed to prevent the
cold storage plants from holding food
indeflnitey, thus tending to force the
prices upward and for the further
reason that food deteriorates with
age, even when kept in an even tem
perature.
An investigation made several
years ago disclosed the fact that the
cold storage companies held food for
years before it was served and that
in many instances rather than allow
the food to be placed on the market
and thus provide cheap food for the
cons|umers they have destroyed it.
All the other packing houses are
involved in the campaign now under
way in this state to control the food
storage business.
MAY STRENGTHEN
MILITARY FORCE
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Conference of Daniels and Garrison
With House and Senate Mil
itary Committee
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Secretary
Daniels of the Navy Department, Sec
retary Garrison, head of the War De
partment, and members of the House
and Senate committees on naval and
military affairs, held a long confer
ence today to devise plans for the
strengthening of the American army
and navy and more especially the
army.
It is planned to secure the neces
sary equipment for a force of 1,000,
000 men so that In case of war the
country will have the war material
to put a large force into the
field at once. Plans for a big reserve
of trained militiamen are also under
way, besides which a naval reserve
is to be started so that all the war
ships can be placed on the fighting
line within a week after the war is
declared.
The navy is now 18,000 men short,
of the number necessary to man the
ships.
"Old California” in two reels at
the Orpheum tonight.
INSURE AGAINST
ELECTION LOSS
Suffragettes Will Take Out $25,000
Policy Against Loss of New
York Election.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6—The Woman’s
Suffrage Campaign Committee of
this state today took out a policy for
$25,000 to cover tlhe ,possible fail
ure at the next election to carry New
York for universal suffrage.
The committee -will start the fall
campaign at once and will endeavor
to elect enough members of the leg
islature to pass a constitutional
amendment allowing women the right
to vote. The amount of the prem
ium paid is unknown.
Benefit Smoker for Everyman’s Club
House.
Next Tuesday evening a “benefit”
will be given for Everyman’s Club
House debt. A splendid program has
been prepared. The benefit will be
held in the Eagle hall. Tickets 50c.
Watch for the program and keep next
Tuesday night free for the best enter
tainment of the season. Ladies will
be welcome.
Fred Howe will leave on the boat
tonight for the westward.
RAILROADS BUYING
TONS OF RAILS
Pennsylvania Road Starts With Order
for 170,000 Tons of Rails—
Others To Follow.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.—The di
rectors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
today asked for bids for the prompt
delivery of 170,000 tons of heavy steel
rails. The company will make many
needed improvements which could
not be touched until the Interstate
Commerce Commission had allowed
the increase of five per cent, on
freight and passenger rates.
The order by the Pennsylvania Rail
road is expected to be followed by
orders from all the eastern railroads,
as none of them have been able to
make improvements in the past five
years excepting temporary work to
keei> the lines open.
His Troops Capture* Puebla, An lm
portant Town Near Mexico City
—Villa May Go North.
VERA CRUZ, Jan. 6—The Carran
za forces have captured the city of
Puebla, an important town 60 miles
southeast of the capital. The Villa
troops were defeated after a hard
fought battle lasting for many hours
In which several hundred men were
killed on each side. The superior ar
tillery Are of the Carranza forces won
the engagement for the Constitution
alists. The Carranza artillery is
handled by the regular troops form
erly with Huerta but now joined with
Carranza against Mila.
xne advance upon Mexico c-ny was
continued and the capital is expected
to fall within a week. The Carranza
forces now control most of the rail
road line leading to the city from
the north and south and supplies can
not reach the capital. It is expect
ed that Villa will withdraw his forces
to the north and operate from north
ern Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Provision
al President Guiterrez has issued or
ders to Gen. Maytorena, the Villa
commander at Naco, to withdraw his
troops from the border and thus pre
vent the firing across the border into
Mexico which threatened the rela
tions between the United States and
the Mexican republic.
The order was the direct result cf
the conference yesterday between
Gen. Scott and Gen. Villa when the
two men met on the boundary at El
Paso.
The Ladies Aid will meet In the
lecture room of the Congregational
church Thursday afternoon, January
7th.