FRENCH DEFEATED NEAR METZ
TRYING TO CUT GERMAN LINE OF COMMUNICATION
REPORTED GERMANS TRY TO FORCE PASSAGE AT AISNE
RUSSIANS MAKING LARGE GAINS NORTH OF VISTULA
GUITERREZ WILL
FIGHT FOR JOB
Has Several Thousand Men Under
Arms and More Flocking To
His Standard.
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MEXICO CITY, Jan. 22.—Former
Provisional President Guiterrez is
now at Pachuca, where he has gath
ered several thousand troops and has
issued a proclamation declaring him
self the legal president of the repub
lic and Villa and Zapata as murder
ers, cut-throats and bandits and that
he will fight until he has freed ths
republic of them and their followers
in crime.
His force is daily increasing and
it is believed that it will soon ue
strong enough to take the field against
Provisional President Garza in an ef
fort to capture the capital.
The people of this city are uneasy.
The failure of the conference between
Zapata and Villa agents to select a
provisional president satisfactory to
all parties has caused most of the
better class to fear that the misrule
of the past few years is to continue
for many years.
FROM ONE ACRE
Arizona Farmer Tells Grain Dealers
Convention of Success of In
tensive Farming.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 21.—Zeeperina
Dominguez, an Arizona farmer, yes
terday told the Grain Dealers conven
tion in session in this city that he
had raised 240 bushels of corn on one
acre of land by intensive farming,
and he predicted that the output of
America would be tremendous if the
country were divided into small farms
and Intensive farming followed in this
country as was done across the ocean
in Europe.
Dominguez then informed the grain
dealers of the work he had done
in raising and caring for the corn
and how he had given it personal at
tention as an experiment.
His paper was listened t,o with
considerable interest by the dealers,
who are all interested in the advance
ment of agriculture in America and
the increase of the output to provide
for the increased demands being
made for foodstuffs from all over the
world.
Brighton Reaches Vaidez.
The launch Brightoh In command
of Captain Stamey reached Valdez at
noon today from Port Wells and way
ports.
E. E. Ritchie will leave this even
ing on the steamer Admiral Watson
for Seattle and Portland on legal
business.
The Prospector office for job work.
Allies Airmen Drop Bombs Upon Essen, Hitting Krupp Gun Works—Germans
Celebrate the Successful Air Attack Upon English Cities and Urge Attack
In Force—British Steamer Sunk In North Sea; Crew Saved—Turks Suffered
Serious Defeat—Austrians Holding Strongly Fortified Bukowina Passes.
BERLIN, Jan. 22.—The French
troops have suffered a terrible defeat
when they tried to cut the line of
communications between the German
field forces and the fortress of Meti..
The invaders were crushed by the
German army, which almost surround
ed them. The fighting was the most
desperate of the present war. Hand
to hand fights for the positions com
manding the railroad followed. For
hours the French threw troops against
the German lines until finally ex
hausted and terrified by the frightful
slaughter and realizing the inability
of the assaults the French command
ers ordered the retirement tto the
French frontier line. It was at this
opportune moment when the French
forces had exhausted themselves that
strong German reinforcements reach
ed the scene and were launched at
the French, who started to retire in
order but they were soon forced to
throw away guns and munitions and
flee. The rout was complete, the
Germans capturing many French
trenches before Hie advance was
checked by the superior numbers of
the enemy. It is estimated that the
Allies loss was fully 30,000.
German Gains In Alsace.
In the fighting in Alsace today the
reports show desperate engagements,
all of which were victories for the
Germans. Hand to hand fighting took
place and the French were driven
from the heights at Semohem.
Drop Bombs On Essen.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—The Allies air
men yesterday succeeded in dropping
bombs upon the famous Krupp gun
works at Essen according to a re
port that reached here last night.
The amount of the damage is not
known but is believed to have been
great.
Germans Assault At Soissons.
PARIS, Jan. 22.—The Germans have
renewed the attacks upon the French
positions at Soissons. It is believed
that the assaults are preliminary to
a supreme effort to break through the
lines and reach Paris. The Germans
are trying to force the passage of tho
Aisne at a dozen different points and
have concentrated large forces of
troops and many guns along the riv
er to cover the advance. Large move
ments are reported through this city
to the scene of the fighting which .s
less than sixty miles away. No pass
es have been Issued for the past week
to civilians. News of the engagement
is not made public by the war office
and the people of Paris are greatly
worried at the lack of news and refuse
to accept the assurances of them li
tary governor that all is well.
Fighting All Along Western Line.
PARIS, Jan. 22.—The weather con
ditions have improved in Flanders
and in northern France with the re
sult that the allied armies have re
sumed the offensive all along the line.
This offensive has been successful -t
several points, especially at the ex
treme northwestern end of the bat
tle line in Flanders, where the Bel
gium and British troops hold the line.
They have been aided by the British
and French monitors which approach
the shore and shell the trenches at
an angle which makes it hard for
the enemy to hold the trenches when
subjected to a double fire. The mon
itors have also been effective in si
lencing the German field batteries
and they no longer dare use the big
Krupp guns near the coast.
Reserves Reaching Front.
The new British troops are now
being used at the front. They have
been held in concentration camps
near the battle line, but out of range
pf 'he guns and have thus been re
ceiving training that would fit them
for the engagements with the train
ed German troops. The Canadian
troops are expected soon to reach the
battle line.
Gains At Arras for the Allies.
At Arras the Allies have gained a
few trenches held by the Germans.
At Lille the German trenches which
commanded the road have been tak
en after a hard fight. In Alsace the
reports are satisfactory according-to
the official bulletin issued this et'en
ing.
German Gains At St. Mihiel.'
BERLIN, Jan. 22.—At St. Mihiel the
German troops have made consider
able gains in thd past few days and
today pushed farther south. French
trenches taken today were filled with
dead, indicating that the artillery fire
of the new Krupp trench gun has been
deadly. This gun is fired at a high
angle from the German trenches and
drops shells in the protected trench
es of the enemy. These shells ex
plode upon striking the trench and
scatter shrapnel upon the defenders.
Germans Surprised At Gains.
The success of the Germans at St.
Mihiel has surprised the military ex
perts here because it has been known
for weeks that the Allies have con
centrated a large force at that point
with the hope of breaking through tue
German lines to strike at the railroad
communications along the German
frontier, which are necessary to the
army in France and which if cut
would force an immediate retire
ment.
Russian Success In Turkey.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 22.—Belated re
ports from Asia Minor indicate that
the retreat of the Turks has been
turned into a compleete rout and that
in consequence the loss to the Sul
tan’s troops has been tremendous.
Many of the high German officers
commanding the Turks have been
captured. A number have been re
ported as having committed suicide
fearing the displeasure of the emper
or. The Russian pursuit continues.
German Submarine Sinks'Brit.sh
Cruiser.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—The admiralty
reports that a British steamer was
sunk by a German submarine in the
North Sea. The crew was saved by
fishing boats near the scone. The
submarine escaped.
Battle Rages Near Coast.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 22.—A severe
battle has been raging for the past
WILL ORGANIZE
House Passes Bill To Consolidate
Cutter 8ervlce and Life Sav
ing 8ervice.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—A bill
has passed the House to organize a
coast guard for the United States by
the consolidation of the revenue cut
ter service and the life saving ser
vice which is now established along
the coast of the United States.
This new branch of the govern
ment would then be used as an aux
iliary to the Army and Navy depart
ments in the event of war between
the United States and a foreign pow
er and would provide for a better
coast patrol service and more closed
co-operation between the life-savers
operating from the shore and those
on the revenue cutters.
The Senate is expected to pass the
bill, which has the approval of the
administration.
Tom Quinn, superintendent of the
Alaska Water, Light and Telephone
Company, leaves on the Admiral Wat
son for Seattle on business connected
with his company.
BARTLETT THINKS
STEFANSSON DEAD
Says Hydro-aeroplanes Would Be Use
less In the Search—Men Lost
On Ice Pack.
BOSTON, Jan. 22.—Captain Robert
Bartlett, who commanded the Ill-fated
Arctic steamer Karluk, which was
lost off Wrangell Island on January
16, 1914, and who has had many years
of experience In the Arctic, stated
today that the eight members of the
Stefansson expedition. Including the
leader, who are still missing, have
without doubt perished, as they could
not have lived through the summer
far out on the floating ice and had
they reached shore the men would
certainly have followed the coast line
•to some of the whaling stations on
the Arctic.
The Canadian government’s effort
to send hydro-aeroplanes in search
of the missing men is believed by
Captain Bartlett to be useless, as he
doubts if the men are alive, doubts
if they could be found by the hydro
aeroplanes if alive, and has serious
doubts as to whether hydro-aeroplanes
could be operated in the north under
the conditions of such extreme cold
weather.
three days near Nieuport and Os
tend with the result undecided. The
men are fighting In water-soaked
trenches and muddy fields and from
reports received here the slaughter
on both sides has been heavy as
charge and counter charge has been
made upon strongly entrenched po
sitions with many machine guns de
fending them.
Turks Raise Money.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 22.—The
government has voted a bond issue
of $190,000,000 with which to carry
on the war against the Russians,
British, and French. The bonds will
be taken largely by German bankers.
The Turkish .people are unable to
subscribe for but a part of the issue
as the financial depression is being
keenly felt.
Russians Near Border.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 22.—The Rus
sian forces operating north of the
Vistula have reached to within twen
ty miles of the frontier of Germany.
The kaiser’s army, which had occu
pied Serpez, have evacuated that city
and are dropping back towards Thorn.
The Russian line has been pushed
south of Plock on its drive upon the
German rear. The advance towards
the German frontier at Thorn is for
the purpose of protecting the flank
of the main army aimed at Hinden
burg’s line of communication from
Germany to his troops operating
against Warsaw.
Desperate Fighting Reported.
The defeat of the Germans north
of the Vistula was made possible on
ly after a desperate battle that last
ed for a week with the fighting tak
ing place day and night. The war
office admits that many lives were
lost in. the engagement, but reports
that the German losses were much
in excess of that of the czar’s troops,
while in making the forced retreat
the Germans left thousands of wound
ed and many stragglers on the field
and also abandoned many guns which
have been taken by the Russians.
Austrians Hold Bukowina Passes.
The Austrian army defeated in
Bukowina have retired to the passes
in the Bukowina range of mountains
which separates Bukowina from
Hungary. The concentration of Aus
trian troops in the passes has forced
the general staff to send strong forces
of Russians to dislodge them. A
bloody engagement is expected as the
Austrians have mounted many heavy
field pieces on the mountain sides of
the passes and hold a strong position
subject only to a frontal attack.
They will make a supreme attempt ro
stop the invasion of Transylvania.
Germany Threatens Smallest Re
public.
ROME, Jan. 22.—The German gov
ernment has protested at San Marino,
accusing the republic of encouraging
espionage through its wireless sta
tion, pnd threatening to send a Ger
man commission to inquire into the
matter. The republic declines to re
ceive the commissioners.
The tiny republic of San Marino is
the oldest in the world. For more
than 1,000 years it has existed on
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CARPENTERS WON’T
San Francisco District Union Pass
es Resolution Against Work
In Rain.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.—The
district council of carpenters today
passed resolutions pronibiting the un
ion carpenters of this city from work
ing upon the exposition buildings
while it rains. Tue efforts of the
contractors to push work on the build
ings for the exposition is resented
by the men, who are opposed to work
ing during the heavy rains.
The fair buildings, however, are all
nearing completion and the manage
ment of the Panama fair are certain
that the fair will be opened on sched
ule and that all of the buildings will
be completed.
As this city is completely unioniz
ed the action of the district council
will prevail, as no effort will be made
to bring on a fight with the unions.
The contractors will, however, put on
extra men on days when it does not
rain.
GUGGENHEIM 10
AID 1HE JOBLESS
Tells Industrial Commission That Tax
On Inheritance Would Provide
Cost of Agency.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—Daniel Gug
genheim, the head of the Guggenhei n
family, was a witness today before
the Industrial Relations Comm'sslon
and he stated that the government
should provide for an Inheritance tax
to be used to establish an employ
ment agency to operate in all parts
of the United States to bring the
jobless man and the vacant position
together.
"The inheritance tax would not be
a burden upon any one and the cost
of the maintenance of the employ
ment agency would thus not be an
added burden upon the taxpayers,”
said Mr. Guggenheim.
Many of the big business men of
the city are to be called to express
to the commission their views on how
best to bring about a better undei
standing between capital and labor
and a better condition for the labor
ers of the country.
George W. Perkins was also a wit
ness before the committee and stated
that the faulty legislation was re
sponsible for the depression and he
assails the Sherman law because it
prevents the American manufacturers
from actively competing .with the big
foreign monopolies which are aided by
their governments.
Perkins insisted that the labor un
ions should be placed under federal
control, as they do more harm than
good fighting capital and labor which
does not agree with them In the man
agement of business affairs.