BATTLE RAGING NEAR WARSAW
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FATE OF POLAND CAMPAIGN WILL SOON BE DECIDED
GERMAN CRUISERS ESCAPED FROM THE BRITISH FLEET
BRITISH SHELL TURKISH CITIES ON GULF OF SAROS
ITALIANS ADOPT
WATCHFUL POUCH
Will Not Enter the War If Possible
To Keep Out—Parliament Is
In Session.
ROME, Dec. 17—The Italian parlia
ment now in session today endorsed
the watchful neutrality policy of the
government. It is proposed to be
prepared for any trouble that may
come up and to protect Italian rights
in the Mediterranean but not to en
ter the war if it is possible to keep
out.
The reports of offers of territory
in Africa and on the northern border
of Italy in compensation for military
aid to the Germans and Austrians are
denied by the foreign office.
The cost of the mobilization and
the continued concentration of troops
will be provided for by extra taxes,
although the industries of the coun
try are already carrying a heavy bur
den.
4100,000 EGGS
SENTT0 EUROPE
BOSTON, Dec. 17.—A shipment of
4,000,000 eggs was sent from here
today to London. More shipments are
to follow. The demand for eggs from
Europe is increasing daily and the
cold storage men who have been
gathering large stocks when the eggs
were cheap will reap a big profit.
In past years the cold storage op
erators have been forced to carry
eggs for several yearrs and often to
dump them in the bay in order to
maintain the high prices.
STILL FIGHTING
PROHIBITION
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SEATTLE, Dec. 17.—The big brew
ery interests of this state have start
ed an initiative campaign to have the
prohibition law adopted at the No
vember election voted upon again at
the coming election. The brewery in
terests will make a determined fight
to have another vote taken, they will
also test the constitutionality of the
law first in the state courts and :theri
in the Supreme Court. The saloon
interests hope to at least modify the
law as passed by the last legisla
ture and approved by the people.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Dec. 16, 1914.
Barometric pressure .30,183
Temperature at 7 p. m.12
Maximum temperature .39
Minimum temperature . 6
Mean temperature .221-2
Precipitation...14
,Clear air, wind northeast 4 miles.
Snowed at night.
Judge Daniel J. Prendergast left on
the Admiral Evans f<jr San Francisco.
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Bombardment of British Coast Towns Kills Thirty But Results In Thousands of
Enlistments As People Realize Power of Germany—Crew of Emden Escapes
From Cocos Island By Seizing Steamer Which They Arm and Are Now De
stroying Allies Commerce In Indian Ocean—Reports That Austria Seeking
Peace Denied—Aviators Drop Bombs Upon German Railroad Bridges.
WARSAW, Dec. 17—The greatest
battle of the Poland campaign is now
being fought 30 miles from this city.
Five hundred thousand new troops
reached here yesterday and were im
mediately sent to the front in special
trains and on automobiles. The con
centration of the first line of Russian
troops near Warsaw shows that the
Grand Duke will make a desperate
fight to save this city.
Wounded Reach Warsaw.
The wounded are beginning to ar
rive and are cared for in the local
hospitals. The large number of Rus
sians wounded indicates that the bat
tle is one of the most desperate of
the present war. Many ueriuaus
wounded are reaching this city and
also many prisoners. It is known
here that the Germans have robbed
the frontier garrisons and other
points of contact with the Russian
line and are sending more reinforce
ments to Gen. Hindenberg.
Paris Reports Gain In Flanders.
PARIS, Dec. IT.—The allies have
•i red the German trenches be
tween Lys and the sea. The trench
es were taken at the point of the
bayonet. Both sides lost heavily.
British Joining Colors.
LONDON, Dec. 17.—As a result of
the bombardment of coa3t cities yes
terday the enlistments have taken
a tremendous spurt. Thousands of
men joined the army today. The peo
ple finally realize that Germany is a
powerful nation and that it will re
quire the full strength of the empire
to save it from destruction by the
kaiser’s hosts.
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Turks Defeat Russians.
'TSTANTINOPLE, 'Dec. 17.—The
Russians in the Transcaucasus dis
trict have been defeated by the Turk
ish forces. The losses to the Rus
sians have been heavy and they
abandoned many guns.
Turks Outrage Greek Women.
ATHENS, Dec. 17,—The people of
this city are demanding vengeance
for the Greeks, men and women, who
have been killed or outraged by the
Truks in Asia Minor. The reports
reaching here indicate that the
Turks have started the wholesale
slaughter of Greeks and the outrag
ing of women. The mobs are parad
ing the streets here' demanding that
the government declare war against
Turkey at once and not wait until
the powers grant permission.
Deny British 8unk' Turkish Ship.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 17.—
The government announced today
that the Turkish battleship Messou
dleh, which was lost in the Darda
nelles Monday, was not sunk by a
British submarine, but had been, lost
because of a leak which allowed the
1 water to enter faster than the pumps
could handle it The crew were sav
ed according to the government’s
statement.
Artillery Duels Along Aisne.
v PARIS, Dec. 17.—The allies report
that the artillery duels between the
opposing forces on the Aisne river
and In the Champagne section have
been won by the allies and that a
number of German batteries have
been destroyed and several stores of
ammunition exploded. The German
guns have been silenced.
Turks Apologize To Italy.
ROME, Dec. 17—The Italian for
eign office today received from the
Sultan of Turkey a full apology for
the arrest of the British consul who
sought shelter in the Italian consul
ate at Hodeida. The British consul
has been released and will be granted
safe conduct from Turkey.
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Germans Deny Allies Successes.
BERLIN, Dec. 17.—The French re
ports of successes in Flanders are
denied emphatically by the war of
fice. The Germans still hold the
positions they held in late October
after the fall of Antwerp and have
blocked every effort on the part of
the French and English to push for
ward.
Germans Gain In Poland.
Several strong Russian positions
have been taken by the German
troops operating in Poland. The Ger
mans advance in the face of superior
numbers is very gratifying to the peo
pie. Three thousand more Russian
prisoners were captured ^yesterday,
adding to the tremendous number al
ready held in the concentration
camps. The fear entertained by
many that the Russians would be able
to invade Germany has now been
forgotten and the cry is on to St.
Petersburg.
German Raiders Escape.
LONDON, Dec. 17.—Thirty people
were killed and more than 100 injur
ed in the coast cities bombarded yes
terday by the German cruisers. The
German ships made their escape in
spite of the efforts of the British
cruisers to overhaul them and bring
on a big sea fight.
No Invasion Expected.
The military authorities state that
the German raid was made to terror
ize the people and will not be follow
ed by an invasion, as many believe.
Woman Organize Reserve Corps.
The women are organizing reserve
corps in all the cities of the British
Isles for protection against raiders.
The girls are drilling every day and
are anxious to meet the enemy.
Allies Gaining In Flanders.
The British troops in Flanders are
; slowly gaining ground in Flanders
I in rpite of the stubborn resistance of
BIG RESERVE
Would Have Military Training At All
Colleges Compulsory—Federal
Control of Militia.
NEW YQRK, Dec. 17.—Gen. Leon
ard Wood, former chief of staff of
the United States army, and now
commanding the Department of the
East, in an interview today urged the
organization of a volunteer army
from among the scholars of the col
leges in the United States. Gen.
Wood would have the government aid
the colleges with grants of money,
then detail army officers to take
charge of the drills, which would he
held every day for two hours, include
a course in military tactics and mill
tary engineering, bo that at the end
of the four-year term the college
graduates would be able with but
little training to take their places
as officers in an army of volunteers.
“If all the college graduates were
trained for military service along the
plan outlined the United States
would have a good start towards a
big reserve fighting force in case of
need,” says the general.
The federal authorities should con
trol the militia organisations, should
concentrate the state troops in mili
tary camps during the summer for
several weeks drilling if Wood’s plan
is carried out.
Km SALMON
FOR THE EAST
Seven Million Humpback Salmon
Eggs Sent To Eastern Coast
By Government.
A late paper from Boston received
bi ings the information that the ship
ment of 7,000,000 humpback salmon
eggs from Afognak, Alaska, had been
received at Bangor, Me. They are to
be divided equally between the Unit
ed States hatcheries at Greene Lake
and Bast Orland for development.
These eggs were shipped across the
continent in a federal • fisheries de
partment car kept at a temperature
of 0 degrees, in charge of J. P. Fo
ley, of Massachusetts, the car "cap
tain” and several assistants. The eggs
were not In the least affected by the
jar of railroad travel. About the first
of February they will have developed
Into fishes an Inch long, and will
then be ready for planting in Maine
coast rivers, the localities selected
being Damariscotta, Waldobor, Union
River, Rockland and other places
eastward to the St. Croix.
This- is the second year of the
United States government experi
ment in transplanting Pacific salmon
to Atlantic waters. Tne success of
tho experiment requires five years for
demonstration, but it is to be noted
that 95 per cent, of last year’s eggs
were successfully hatched.
the troops commanded by the Duke
of Wurttemberg.
French Report German Repulses.
PARIS, Dec. 17.—The German at
tacks made last night upon the
French positions in Alsace and in
the Woevre district were repulsed
with heavy losses. The Germans
seemed determined to stop the French
advance and made counter attacks
upon the allies’ positions.
Albanians To Fight Servians
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 17.—The
people of northern Albania have de
clared war upon the Servians and are
entering Servia in large numbers,
driving the frightened men, women
and children ahead of them in a
headlong flight for safety. The Ser
vians will be forced to recall an army
corps from Belgrade to protect the
country from invasion.
King Peter In Belgrade.
BELGRADE, Dec. 17.—King Peter
and his staff returned to this city to
day and the army is now quartered
here in the former capital. This is
the first time the king has been here
since the opening of the war, when
it was expected Belgrade would
quickly fall to the superior forces of
Austria. The entrance of the Rus
sians into the war and the prompt
mobilization of the czar’s forces is all
that saved Servia from being crushed
by the superior army of the Dual em
pire. At the time of the delivery of
the ultimatum to Servia Austria had
600,000 troops concentrated near the
border but was forced to send them
to Galicia in an effort to stem the
Russian invasion.
Austrians Lose 100,000 Men.
ROME, Dec. 17.—The Austrians ad
mit a loss of 100,000 men in the un
successful invasion of Servia. The
Servians retired to the mountain sec
tions then turned upon the Austri
ans, cut off large parts of the army
and continued a terrific bombardment,
from the passes as the Servians
fought their way back and picked up
the stragglers, who could not keep
up with the forced marches on the
long retreat to the Drina river.
Aviators Wrecking Railroads.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 17 —
The constant dropping of bombs by
the French and British aviators along
the railways and at bridges in Ger
many has seriously_ hampered tne
railroad communication between the
frontier and the Rhine. The great
est damage was done east of the
Rhine river, but some of the bridges
on the west side have been hit and
partly wrecked.
Emden’s Crew Escape
MANILA, Dec. 17.—The crew of the
German cruiser Emden, which was
sunk by the battleship Sidney have
escaped from Cocos Island upon a
stolen steamer which they armed at
one of the islands where German mil
itary stores had been placed for the
use of the Emden. Since the escape
and the outfitting of the collier a
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EGYPTIAN KHEDIVE
TO LEAD REVOLT
Now In Vienna Consulting With Aus
trians—Will Be Furnished With
Plenty of Money.
VIENNA, Dec. 17.—The Egyptian
Khedive is now in this city consult
ing with the war office regarding the
campaign in Egypt against the Brit
ish. The English government has de
throned the Khedive and named his
nephew in his place and the fight to
regain the lost crown will start at
once.
The aid of German and Austrian
officers will be given the Khedive,
large sums of money and consider
able war supplies are to be shipped
to Constantinople for his use and it
is expected that the operations of
his army will force the British to
send heavy reinforcements to Cairo,
and to the Suez Canal to protect the
big waterway.
MINIMUMLAWIN
SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The Ore
gon minimum wage law is up before
the Supreme Court for review on an
appeal from the Oregon state court’s
decision that the law was valid. The
mill operators insist that the law is
unconstitutional |as it restricts the
rights of the individual and because
it is class legislation. A factory op
erator who lost her job because of
the new law establishing a minimum
wage is the nominal litigant, but the
factory owners and big canning in
terests are behind the suit.
ARGENTINASEIZES
GERMAN. VESSEL
BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 17.—The
Argentina cruiser Independence to
day seized the German ship Pueyrre
don because of violations of the neu
trality laws. The Pueyrredon was
loaded with 10,000 tons of coal and
a big consignment of ship stores
consigned to the German converted
cruisers at sea.
This is the second time the steam
er has left here loaded and her re
turn a few days ago for a second
cargo caused the authorities to or
der an investigation and the conse
quent seizure when the captain en
deavored to go to sea without papers
and with his lights covered.
WILL INVESTIGATE
CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS
- DENVER, Dec. 17.—The Federal
Industrial Relations Commission will
start a probe in New York of the
different charities organizations be
cause of the charges of graft and
that the constant granting of charity
is causing thousands of able-bodied
men to refuse work.
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