BATTLE DEVELOPING
IN EASTERN GALICIA
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PETROGRAD STATES THAT FOUR RUSSIAN ARMIES ARE ADVANC
ING STEADILY ALONG EIGHTY MILE FRONT IN EASTERN GALI
CIA AND THAT BATTLE WILL CENTER AROUND CITY OF CZERN
OWITZ_AUSTRIA'S TERMS OFFERED MONTENEGRO WERE HU
i MILIATING—TEUTONIC ALLIES HAVE THREE MILLION PRISON
• ERS—-ALBANIANS ARE AIDING THE MONTENEGRINS
LONDON, Jan. 22.—Advices re
ceived by the British war office from
Petrograd state that a great battle Is
developing in eastern Galicia which
will determine the success of the Rus
sian offensive movement in that dis
trict. The battle will center around
the city of Czernowitz and it is re
ported that Teutonic troops have been
sent from Serbia to reinforce the Aus
trians. Pour Russian armies are
steadily advancing along an eighty
mile front and have captured many
important Austrian positions. The
official dispatches from the Russian
capital are optimistic at the outcome
of the battle.
Peace Terms Humiliating.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—It is reported
that the Montenegrin troops are
fiercely fighting against overwhelm
ing numbers and have refused to ac
cede to the Austrian demands which
are declared to have been humiliat
ing. The Montenegrin generals were
unwilling to agree to any terms which
would result in their country becom
ing an Austrian province. They also
objected to being herded in prison
camps.
Teutons Have Many Prisoners.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—Berlin dis
patches Received here via Amster
dam state that the eGrman war office
has officially announced that the Teu
tonic allies have captured more than
three million prisoners since the be
ginning of hostilities. Ten thousand
cannon and forty thousand machine
guns have also been captured by the
central European armies in their
campaigns and have aided materially
in weakening the nations with which
the Teutons are at war.
Albanian Troops in Scutaria.
LONDON, Jan. —It is reported
from Rome that twenty thousand Al
banian troops under command of Es
sad Pasha have arrived at Scutaria to
aid the Montenegrins to win reason
able terms for peace from the Aus
trian government. The reinforce
ments, it is stated, have enabled the
troops of King Nicholas to drive the
invaders from the city.
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M HIED
American Federation of Labor would
Provide Against Country Being
Flooded after War Closed.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jau. 22.—
Secretary Morrison, of the American
Federation <it Labor, appeared before
the House’•committee on Labor yes
terday afteVnoon and urged that the
literacy test for immigration be
again brought up in order that the
Influx of unskilled workers from the
( European countries might be checked.
>* The labor leader declared that all
Indications pointed to a tremendous
influx of Immigrants into the United
States following the cessation of hos
tilities In Europe. He believes that
hundreds of thousands of workers
who have become dissatisfied with
conditions, in Europe, tempted by the
high wages prevalent here will seek
entrance into America and will caiise
the wage scales here to drop.
Mr. Morrison said that President
Wilson and Secretary Redfield, of the
Department of Commerce, had ex
pressed fear that the United States
, would be flooded with the products
of the cheap labor of Europe but that
they had taken no steps to prevent
the cheap labor of Europe from com
ing to America to compete with the
American workers.
a measure providing for a literacy
test, requiring that immigrants seek
ing admission to the United States
t should be able to read and write
r forty words in their own language,
was passed by Congress four years
ago but was vetoed by President
Taft.
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SCIENTIST DYING
FROM TSETSE FEY BITE.
, nAw YORK, Jan. 22,-^Dr. Per
▼aid, one of the most prominent phy
sicians in America, is dying in a hos
pital here from the sleeping sickness.
He visiteh South Africa five years ago
with a party of scientists and it is
believed that he was bitten at that
time by a tsetse fly.
The case has attracted wide atten
tion among the medical fraternity and
everything known to science has been
used in an effort to save the patient’s
life but without avail. He has been
unconscious for several d%ys and is
reported to be nearing death.
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AUSTRALIAN EXPORTS
TO HOLLAND PROHIBITED
MELBOURNE, Jan. 22.—The Aus
tralian government has issued an
order prohibiting further shipments
of produce of any sort to Holland
for which a market can be found in
any part of the British empire. It is
believed that the officials have re
ceived advices from London that ship
ments of Australian products con
signed by Dutch merchants were in
reality for German consumption and
that it is to stop this trade that the
order has been issued.
PERSIA INCIDENT
WILL BE CLOSED
Both German and Austrian. Govern
ments have denied Responsibil
ity for Sinking of the Persia
VIENNA, Jan. 22.—It is reported
here that the Austrian government
in its answer to the ptdteBt from the
American government regarding he
sinking of the British liner Persia
in the Mediterranean Sea, when sev
eral Americans lost their lives, will
deny that the liner was sunk by an
Austrian submarine. The Austrian
admiralty has been in communication
with the commanders of the subma
rines operating in the Mediterranean
and all have denied responsibility for
sinking the steamer.
Persia Incident Closed.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 22.—
Secretary Lansing has admitted that
the German government has denied
responsibility for the destruction of
the British ship Persia. The secre
tary has also admitted that the 'testi
mony of the survivors of the steamer
show that no submarine was seen
when the liner was destroyed. Offi
cers of the ship, in offering testimony
before the American ambassador at
Rome, stated that the explosion which
destroyed the liner occurred in the
forward part of the hold and might
have been caused by an internal ex
plosion.
No Post Dance Tonight.
The dance which was to have been
given at the Post this evening by the
Fort Liscum Social club has been
postponed owing to the inclement
weather. The Post launch, Lieut.
Donaldton, missed trips on several
days during the past week owing to
I the high seas and storm on the bay.
CLARK MAY BE
Reported in Washington that Organ
ization Has ton Perfected to
Defeat President Wilson.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
It is believed in political circles here
that Champ Clark will be the dark
horse which will win the race for the
Democratic presidential nomination
when the convention is held in Saint
Louis on June 13 next.
It is reported that an organization
has been perfected among the Demo
cratic leaders with a view of putting
him forward as a candidate, but the
speaker has denied all knowledge of
the plan.
Senator Underwood, it is stated, IS
the leader in the movement and is
said' to have pledged his support to
Mr. Clark in case he decided to allow
his name to go before the convention
in opposition to the president.
TEUTONS PLANlGj
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Restoration of Railroad Commnnlc '
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tlon Between Berlin and Con
stantinople Aids Turks.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—Latest advices
received by the British war office
from the Near East indicate that the
Teutons are preparing to invade
Egypt, and will carry the war into
Africa. It 1b stated that thousands of
German troops are being sent thru
Bulgaria to Constantinople where
they will reinforce the Turkish troops
marching toward Suez canal.
It Is announced that four hundred
British troops have been centralized
in Egypt and that additional rein
forcements are being sent from Aus
tralia and New Zealand. Japanese
warships are said to be guarding the
canal against attack by the Arabs and
It is believed that the Teutonio inva
sian, if attempted, will be repelled.
GOVERNMENT SEEKING
TO RECLAIM OIL LANDS
CASE AGAINST THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY IN
VOLVES TITLE TO OIL LANDS IN CALIFORNIA WHICH HAVE
VALUE OF MORE THAN THREE HNDRED MILLION DOLLARS—
PRODUCING WELLS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE LANDS
WHICH HAVE PASSED FROM THE COMPANY INTO POSSESSION
OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS—GOVERNMENT CHARGES FRAUD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.—The
case of the United States vs. the Sou
thern Pacific railway company, in
which the govenment is seeking to
recover oil lands in this state, valued
at more than three hundred million
dollars began here yesterday.
In its complaint the government al
leged that the railroad company had
secured the title to the oil lands thru
fraud, having made sworn statements
that the land was non-mineral bear
ing. The federal prosecutors, it is be
lieved, will follow the same line of
attack as .that employed in the trial
tefore the Oregon court which result
ed in the company being ordered by
court to return title to the oil lands
in that state back to the government.
During the trial of the case which
involved title to oil lands in Oregon
which were valued at more than two
hundred and fifty million dollars, and
which were decided against the com
pany,'it was shown that trattd had
been practiced by agents of the com
pany to secure title to the lands.
When the Southern Pacific began
building its roads through Oregon
the government, in order to encour
age railroad building and to hasten
the development of the districts
through which they passed, granted
the company a certain number of
sections of land in each township. In
later years the Southern Pacific com
pany took advantage of the lieu
land law and surrendered title to the
Eectional grants in order to secure
an equal area of desert lands.lt was
shown that the officers of the com
pany had knowledge that the desert
lands were oil bearing, which fact
was not revealed to the land office
officials until after the title had
been secured.
The case is attracting widespread
attention and is of vital importance
to thousands of persons in this state.
Many paying oil wells have been de
veloped on the lands in litigation and
thousands of acres of the oil lands
have passed from the Southern Pa
cific into the possession of private in
dividuals. Where producing wells
have been developed companies have
been organized and the stockholders
in these companies stanu to lose their
investments should the case be de
cided in favor of the government as
was the case tried before the Oregon
court.
TARE
A FJi STAND
Government Holds that Parcel Post
Matter Is not Entitled to Pro
tection Given First Class.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—In the con
troversy between the British and the
Swedish governments regarding the
seizure of the mails the British gov
ernment will take a stand on the prin
ciple that parcel post matter must be
regarded as part of the cargo of a
ship and not entitled to protection
given first class mail under interna
tional postal rules.
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It is declared that If parcel post
matter was permitted unrestricted ac
cess that it would be taken advantage
of to develop into a formidable trade
between Germany and neutral coun
tries and would destroy thb effective
ness of the blockade maintained
against that country.
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Arthur McNeer, who has been visi
ting in Seward, returned to Valdez
this morning on the Admiral Evans.
GERMANS 10 GET
BEEF FROM DUTCH
Thousands of Cattle In Holland are
Starving as Result of Floods
and will be Slaughtered.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—More dikes
:n Holland have broken before the
tremendous seas driven against them
by the gale which has been sweeping
the North sea and thousands of cattle
and horses are starving. The govern
ment has issued orders that the cat
tle for which food cannot be provided
be slaughtered and the meat sold to
the German government.
In many sections the ground is
covered from a depth of two to ten
feet of water and hundreds of email
boats are visiting the farm houses
to rescue the marooned-residents who
are threatened with starvation. The
government is’doing all in its power
to aid the sufferers from the floods
and has gathered thousands of women
and children into camps where they
are cared for and the men .have been
given employment in repairing dikes.
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RAILROAD WORK
IKIIGENCY APPROPRIATION BILL
ION DOLLARS FOR ALASKAN EN
GINEERING COMMISSION—CHAIRMAN EI»E8 IS ASSURED BY
SECRETARY LANE THAT BALANCE OF APPROPRIATION ASKED
FOR SEASON’S WORK WILL BE FORTHCOMING—WILL RESUMK
CONSTRUCTION WORK AT ONCE.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 22.—
Despite the fight made by the Repub
lican members of the House yester
day to strike out the two million dol
lar emergency appropriation for the
Alaskan Engineering Commission
for railroad construction work in Al
aska, the measure was passed in its
entirety by the house yesterday after
noon. The Republicans were almost
a unit in opposition to the bill.
Commissioner Edes, chairman of
the commission, who came to Wash
ington to work for the appropriation,
has announced that construction
work on the railroad from Anchorage
to the Matanuska coal fields will be
resumed immediately and that the
road will be ready to transport the
high grade coal from the Matanuska
fields to tidewater before the end of
the present year.
Secretary Lane has assured the
members of the commission that the
balance of the appropriation asked
for the railrout- work in Alaska for
the coming year will be forthcoming
before the close of the present session
of congress. He has assured Chair
man Edes that the administration
counted the cost of building the
Alaska road before committing them
selves to the enterprise and are pre
pared to carry it to completion, and
that the work will not be hampered
this year from lack of funds. The
administration, the secretary is re
ported to have asserted, was prepar
ed to make the Alaska appropriation
bill a party measure if strong oppo
sition developed on the part of the
Republicans.
It is understood that in addition
to completing the Matanuska coal
road during the present season the
commission plans to complete the ex
tension of the Alaska Northern,,
which was purchased by the govern
ment, to connect the Matanuska road
and will also begin 2onstruction work
on . the trunk road to the interior
from Cook Inlet.
Corr.misFioi'er Edes has stated that
a force of three thousand men will
be given employment during the com
ing season and that the present force
will be increased at once as much of
the work can be done to advantage:
during the winter months.
SEATTLE CHAMBER IS
WORKING FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE, Jan. 22.—The Seattle
Chamber of Commerce has started a
campaign to bring pressure upon the
members of congress and the senate
to secure favorable legislation for
Alaska. Secretary McPherson states
that he has sent eight thousand let
ters to commercial organizations
throughout the Union urging that j
Alaska appropriations be favored in J
order that the development of the re- j
sources of the territory be hastened. |
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Measure Is Expected to Provide Army
of Three Million Men for Bri
tain's Spring Campaign.
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LONDON, Jan. 22.—Premier As
quith’s modified conscription measure ,
was given its final reading in the ?
British House of Commons yesterday '
and passed. Many of the members
who had opposed the measure voted
in favor of it when it was seen that:
it could not be defeated.
It is asserted that the measure,
which applies to young men, bache
lors and widowers without children j
dependent upon them, will enable the',
war department to raise an army of'
three million men in the British isles
for the spring campaign. It is also
reported that the colonies have ex
pressed a willingness to provide an
other million men, making a force of
four million men available for the
coming campaigns. !
Sir Edward Carson, who has led
the fight against the conscription
measure from the beginning, has,
joined forces with the Trades Unions
and is advocating strikes to combat
the government’s plan for raising the
new army.
OSCAR HAMMER8TEIN
DECLARED A BANKRUPT.
NEW YORK, Jan M.—Oscar Ham
merstein, former owner of the Vic
toria theatre in this city, which is
one of the largest moving picture
houses in the United ^»ates has been
adjudged a bankrupt. His financial
difficulties resulted from his having
built a theatre In London at the' cost
of several million dollars, which,
owing to its unfavorable location
proved a failure. j
TO REPEAL TAXES
ON FISHERIES
Representative Alexander of Missouri
wants Industry Controlled
by Federal Bureau.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
\n Alaska Fisheries bill has been in
troduced in the House by Represen
tative Alexander, of Missouri, which,
if favorably considered by congress
will prohibit the Alaska legislature
From imposing taxes on the producta
t>f the Alaskan waters and will place
the entire control of the fisheries in
the hands of a federal bureau to b«
established by congress. The meas
ure also provides for repealing tha
laws passed by the Alaska legislature
during the session of 1913 when a
special tax was imposed on the fish
ing industries of the territory.
T A t ,
fer greater powers on the Territorial
legislature in the matter of preserv
ing and legislating for the Ashing in
dustry.
BERMANS DESTROYED
18,000 BELGIAN HOMES
LONDON, Jan. 21.—Figures have
been compiled Bhowing that more
than eighteen thousand homes were
destroyed in Belgium Since the be
ginning of the German invasion. It
Is asserted that thousands of homes
have been burned by the Germans be
cause of the refusal of the Belgians
to acknowledge the rule of the Teu
tons. ,
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Olof Olson, e. well known miner,
was an outgoing passenger on the
Admiral Evans'this morning for tit*
states where 4m will spend the bal
ance of the winter.