RUSSIANS INVADING HUNGARY
BUDAPEST IN PANIC-AUSTRLANS STILL HOLD PASSES
GERMANS SINK BRITISH DREADNOUGHT FORMIDABLE
ALLIES GAIN NEAR COAST-LOSE IN ARGONNE DISTRICT
BOOZE TRADERS
ARE DIG HARD
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Washington Liquor Dealers Start the
Initiative To Have Dry Law
Amended.
_- — a mu _ T 3
quor law that becomes effective next
■'January in this state. The associa
tion. wants the law so changed that
the manufacture of liquor in the state
is not to be prohibited and also that
the sale of liquor at hotels be allow
ed.
The prohibitionists will fight the
. amendment. They insist that if the
hotels are allowed to sell liquor all
the cornet's now occupied by the sa
loons wdl be turned into hotels of
the lotyfyt types.
Ed ALAMEDA
LEAVES SEATTLE
I Hat New Privately Owned Wireless
. Equipment Aboard—Will Figkt
thje Marconi Company.
v
fUftA ‘ Jan. 2.—The steamer
Alamed* oT the Alaska Steamship
Company line left here last night for
the pbrth. The Alameda is equipped
■with i privately Owned wireless
equipment which will be operated
from the steamer by the steamship
company. This arrangement follow
ed the raise of rates by the Marconi
company.
All of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany boats will be equipped with the
hew wireless apparatus and the fight
on the. Marconi company will be on
in earnest. If necessary the steam
ship company will operate its own
plant In this city, but will first try
operating in connection with the na
val radio stations along the Alaska
coast which are connected by cable
with the land lines and also with
the naval and military stations on
athe Pacific
■ The folloMHH||isengers are on
jfhe boat figMrs. William
Hopper. Charles Wil
Tunis 1
banks, 41
at Sitka?
ferer froj
rerly of Fair
'ioneers' Home
He was a suf
ataxia.
L_
ndvises those timid
Mjtete East, who are
it because of the epl
lisease, to buy a ft
ft Reds” salmon. A
■mg of food fish would
Bfctite for beef; besides
(least double the chalor
■te best beef, according
piment’s pure food de
Ibrvations.
Formidable Lost In Channel and Crew of 700 Believed All Lost-Russians Have
Split German-Austrian Forces In Galicia—Fighting Extends From Cracow
To Roumanian Frontier—Turks Fearing Russians Will Try To Take Con
stantinople Abandon Egyptian Campaign To Save Capital—Germans Have
500,000 Prisoners of War, Most of Whom Are Russians.
BUDAPEST, Jan. 2.—This city is
in a panic. The news of the heavy
fighting in the Carpathians and the
•concentration of new Russian armies
to invade Hungary and march upon
this city has resulted in thousands
of people fleeing from Vienna. Troops
have begun the manning of the city
forts and the trencnes will be filled
with troops now in the Carpathian
mountains in the event that they fall
back.
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German Gains In Argonne.
BERLIN, Jan. 2.—The Germans
have made important gains in the
Argonne district, where the Allies
have massed the new British army.
The Germans assaulted and captured
many miles of the trenches and a
number of commanding hills from
which they are now shelling the sec
ond line of trenches and field forts.
Several batteries were taken and a
number of the French and British
naval guns which are being used
against the Krupp siege guns fell in
to the hands of the Germans.
Battleship Formidable Sunk By Ger
man Submarine.
LONDON, Jan. 2.—The British bat
tleship Fonndable was sunk in the
British Channel by a German sub
marine. The crew of 700 men were
drowned. The warship was on pa
trol diity and was attacked when at.
anchor.
The Formidable was built between
1901 and 1904 with a displacement
of 15,000 tons and a speed of from
18 to 19 knots, carrying four 12-incn
guns with a secondary battery of 12
6-inch rapid firers.
Germans Abandon Effort To Retake
St. George.
PARIS, Jan. 2.—The Germans have
abandoned the effort to retake St.
George, near Nieuport. It is an im
portant railroad city between Ostenl
and Nieuport and the enemy were
anxious to retake it as it is the key
to the western positions.
German-Austrian Forces Divided.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 2—The German
Austrian forces have been split in
two by the Russian wedge which was
idriven almost to tne Carpathians.
The Germans are now forced to use
the longer route through Austria in
order to send troops to aid the Aus
trians fighting in the Carpathian
mountains.
Fighting In Galicia.
VIENNA, Jan. 2.—The eastern
campaign now centers in the fight
along the Carpathian mountains be
tween Cracow and Czernowitz, the
capital of Buckowina province. This
brings the fighting all along the
range of mountains and the Austrians
hold strong positions In the high
passes. The Russians hav^.concen
trated four large armies to invade
Hungary. At Duklo the Russians
have failed in assaults on the Austri
an positions in the mountain passes.
The Austrians are also holding the
Sanok passes, but the Russians have
all that remains of Western Galicia
excepting Cracow, which city they
are now nearing.
Germans Moving Up Guns.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 2.—Correspon
dents report heavy gunfire audible in
Southwest Belgium and near Ypres.
The Germans have conveyed many
guns from the neighborhood of Moort
zelle, (close to Ghent,) in the direc
tion of Heule, half an hour’s journey
north of Courtrai, and to Galleghetn,
(west of Courtrai,) on the right bank
of the River Lys. Nine hundred Uh
lans have left Bruges for Damme,
(three miles to the northeast.)
Germans At Standstill.
LONDON, Jan. 2.—The German
army in northern Poland, operating
near Mlawa in an effort to aid the
German center near Lowicz, have
been held back by the Russian com
mand and cannot advance. The Ger
man line along the Bzura and Rawa
rivers commanded by Gen. von Mack
ensen, is also content to hold its
present line after the many repulses
following the attacks upon the Rus
sian entrenchments. The only fight
ing in Poland of a serious nature is
along the Pilica, where the Germans
still hope to break through the Rus
sian line defending Warsaw.
New Russian Campaign.
Military experts here who are fol
lowing the movements of the Rus
sian troops state that the next big
Russian campaign will be a simultan
eous movement against the German
positions in East Prussia and along
the Poland Prussian border as far as
Thorn.
Austrian Naval Base Bombarded.
BERLIN, Jan. 2.—It is reported
that a French and British fleet bom
barded Pola, the Austrian naval base
in the Adriatic, but did little damage.
The ships reached the head of the
Adriatic Sea by keeping near the
Italian shore, thus avoiding the mines
which had been planted along the
Austrian side of the sea. The ships
remained far out from the forts, fear;
ing the mines and as a result the
harm done by the bombardment was
slight as most of the shells fell
short.
Turks Fear for Constantinople.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 2.—The
Turkish government fears for the
safety of this city have resulted in
the abandonment of the campaign
against Egypt and the concentration
of large forces of troops near here.
The Russians are preparing to send
an army against this city. Large
forces of men have been mobilized
at Black Sea points to attack Con
stantinople. The Russian fleet is al
so very active and have made sever
al raids upon the Turkish coast. The
Turkish fleet cannot engage the Rus
sian boats until the Goben, which
was damaged in the Black Sea en
gagement a month ago, is repaired,
(Continues en page 2.)
WANT THE MB
OF FAMOUS MEH
Medical Society Urges Noted Men To
Bequeath Brains for Examina
tion By Experts.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.—Tbe
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science will start a
campaign to induce noted men to be
queath their brains to the medical
societies for research work. It is
believed that much good will result
from the study of the brains of great
men by the expert medical investi
gators and that in consequence the
knowledge gained will relieve the
suffering of others.
Many noted surgeons have signed
an agreement to allow their brains to
be taken after death for examination.
It is planned to have men high in
financial and business life do like
wise, also great engineers and mili
tary men so that it may be discover
ed if a certain type of brain leads
to ability in given lines of business
or in any special profession.
The Prospector office for job work.
CARRANZA STARTS
FOR MEXICO CITY
Would Retake Capital While Villa la
In the North—Has Well Equip
ped Army With Him.
VERA CRUZ, Jan. 2.—Provisional
President Carranza has taken the of
fensive against the Villa forces and
today many train loads of Carranza
troops have been sent from this city
towards Mexico City, where the Vil
laites have failed to leave enough
forces to hold the city. The sudden
ness of the attack is expected to re
sult in victory for Gen. Carranza. His
troops are well armed and have plen
ty of ammunition.
It is expected that Gen. Villa, who
Is now in northern Mexico, will re
turn to Mexico jflty as soon as pos
sible and take charge of the troops
in the c»pital. He will also bring
back part of his army wh'ch was be
ing gathered ready to attack Tampico.
Gen. Carranza has a number of
aeroplanes operated by Americans
with his army to search out and re
port upqp the positions of the Villa
forces.
BRITISH COURTESY
GOST THEM DEARLY
Allowed Ship With American Ambas
sador To Go Unsearched and
German Reservists Escape.
LONDON, Jan. 2.—As an act of
courtesy the British government in
structed the admiralty not to search
the steamer upon which Rev. Van
Dyke, *’*e American ambassador to
Holland, was returning to his post
after a short visit to the United
States *or a conference with Secre
tary Bryan and President Wilson re
garding the situation in Europe.
Scores of German reservists had
concealed themselves on the boat and
were able to reach Holland and can
bow join the German army fighting
the Allies.
The British navy has searched all
vessels bound for neutral ports and
have taken many thousands of reserv
ists from the ships to British deten
tion camps. The search has been
made not only of American ships but
of all vessels touching at ports from
which reservists could reach Germany
or Austria.
MMI HARRISON
TO RUN AGAIN
Has Served Five Terms As Mayor of
Windy City and Wife Consents
That He Run for the Sixth.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—Mayor Carter
Harrison, who has served as mayor
of this city for five terms, will be a
candidate next spring for a sixth
term. Mrs. Harrison has given her
consent to her husband again run
ning for the office. The mayor’s wife
was at first opposed to his continu
ance in politics but has finally give
in to the requests of the Woman’s
Democratic Committee,* which called
upon her following the announcement
by Mayor Harrison that he would not
run unless his wife wished him to.
The Republicans will make a de
termined effort to elect a mayor,
claiming that under the present ad
ministration there is much graft in
the police department. A reform
mayor is to be nominated by them.
Mrs. William Hopper, wife of the
Valdez barber, Is a returning passen
ger on the Alameda.
LONE ROBBER
Holds Up Cashier At Winnsboro and
Secures $1,500.00—Escapes On
Horseback.
WINNSBORO, Wash., Jan. 2.—A
lone robber entered the bank at this
place on Thursday, covered the cash
ier with a big Colts revolver and
forced him to push $1,500.00 through
the window. The bandit then backed
out of the door, jumped upon a horse
which he had at the front entrance
of the bank and made good his escape
before he could be interfered with.
A sheriff’s posse started in pursait
of the robber an hour after he left
the city, but so far the posse have
been unable to locate him. The po
lice of all cities on the coast have
been advised of the robbery.
WALSH DEMANDS
SHIP PROTECTION
Montana Senator Insists That Right
To Trade With Neutral Coun
tries Be Defended.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Senator
Walsh of Montana demands that the
State Department take steps at once
to prevent Great Britain from interfer
ing with American shipping. The
senator charges that 30 ship loads of
copper, valued at $5,000,000, has been
reized by British ships since the war
started.
The Montana senator insists that
the right of American ships to trailfe
with neutral countries shall not bj
interfered with by the belligerents
and that American vessels carrying
copper between neutral ports be pro
tected by the government.
The situation has become more
acute since President Wilson sen*, his
note directly to Foreign Secretary
Grey of the British government pro
testing against interference with
American shipping. Upon the reply
of the British cabinet depends the
overseas business or the United States
and to a great extent its prosperity
during the present war, for if Brit
ish ships continue to hold up and
prevent shipments from the United
States to the neutral countries that
surround Germany and Austria the
American exports will take a big
slump.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jan. 1, 1915.
Barometric pressure .28,816
Temperature at 5 p. m. 31
Maximum temperature .35
Minimum temperature .21
Mean temperature . 28
Cloudy, gentle wind northeast 18
miles.
Swefy pictures and music at the
Orpheum tonight