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TURKEY’S CAPITAL IS THREATENED
AND MAY MOVE TO ASIA MINOR
Britain, Trance and Allied Powers Will Search All Vessels oE All Nations
Going To and Erom Germany No Matter Who Objects.
Russians Assume Aggressive Along
Whole Eastern Front and Report
German Advance Checked— Both
Sides Claim Advantage in Fighting
in the East—Washington Has Not
Yet Received Official Notice of
General Blockade.
SULTAN’S HAREM MOVED
LONDON, March 1.—The harem of the sultan of
Turkey has been removed to some place which has not
been named as a preparation in the event of the capture
of Constantinople by the allied fleet which is now bom
barding the forts of the Dardanelles with the object of
moving on the capital of the Ottoman empire. The Turk
ish government is also preparing to move the capital from;
the Sublime Porte to Broussa in Asia Minor. It is statedj
that most of the archives have already been removed and
that some of the sultan s household officials are at Broussa
to prepare for his coming. Broussa, which is also called
Brusa or Boursa, is an ancient city thirteen miles off the
sea of Marmora. The kings of Bithynia formerly resided
there and in every way it is a most favorably situated
position. It has a population of nearly forty thousand.
The allied fleets have now traversed a third of the length
of the Dardanelles but it is admitted that the most danger
ous part of the channel must still be negotiated. So far
as the general public here knows the ships have met with
no disaster during the bombardment but it is regarded as
hardly possible they could have forced their way such a
distance through the channel without having suffered
some effects from the fire of the forts. Should the allies
succeed in forcing the way to Constantinople it will prob
ably be regarded as one of the greatest feats in all history.
RUSSIANS AGGRESSIVE |
PP1TR0GRAD, March 1.—The Russians have started
a determined aggressive movement all along the whole
eastern front. This aggressive is particularly active in
the north where the Russians are attempting to regain the
ground won by Hindenburg. The fighting is fierce and
bloody but no definite results have yet been recorded.
Great reinforcements have been sent to the Russian front
for the purpose of overwhelming the enemy if possible.
Along the Bzura, Rawka and in Galicia and the Carpath
ians the struggle is also frightfully bitter but it is going
to the advantage of the Russian armies. It is reported
here that the German advance has been effectively stop
ped and that all danger to Warsaw at least for the present
has been removed. For two or three days the enemy has
failed to advance an inch to the north of the Polish capi
tal and this nation is full of the belief that he never can
advance from that direction.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN WEST
LONDON, March 1.—Heavy fighting is proceeding
now in the departments of Champagne and Vosges in
F ranee. Both sides claim to have gained the advantage
and the real truth will likely not be known for a day or
two. T he F rench claim decided advantages in Perthes and
ihe Argonne and there is good reason to believe that these
claims are well founded. It is reported to be quiet in the
other parts of the French front. No fighting worth
speaking of has occurred in Flanders for several days and
the Germans seem to have finally abandoned their attempt
to reach the coast from that direction. It is evident that
no positive results have been gained on either front since
the defeat of the Russians in East Prussia. No one here
knows the real truth as to the statement that all Kitchen
er s army is now in France. It is known, however, that
great bodies of men have been shipped quietly across the
channel. It is also said that the British authorities have
chosen another route further west by which the troops
can be landed on French soil without taking the chance
of being torpedoed by the Greman submarines in the chan
nel itself.
j ALLIES STOP ALL SHIPS
LONDON, Feb. 28.—Great Britain, France and all
the allied governments are about to notify all the nations
of the world that they hold themselves at perfect liberty
to stop all the ships of all countries which are on their
way to or from Germany. No particular items of merch
andise are mentioned as being included in the cargoes that
will be stopped as all cargoes of whatever kind will be
subject to search. The notification is not yet made offi
cially and the announcement of the intention of stopping
all shipping has probably been made as a feeler to secure
the opinions of neutral nations. The step will be taken in
the great final effort to starve Germany into submission.
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WHAT WASHINGTON THINKS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—No official notice has been
received here yet of the proposed general blockade of Ger
many and Austria by the allies. It is stated here by the
authorities that the allies have a perfect right to declare
such a blockade and to enforce it but that international
law demands that fifteen days’ notice must be given before
the blockade goes into effect. The stoppage of all ships
is expected to give rise to most serious consequences.
HAVRE France, Feb. 28.—The British steamer Her
palion which was torpedoed off this coast a few days ago
is a total loss. She did not sink immediately after the ex
plosion of the torpedo and she tried to reach port but she
went down off Antifer. Particular care is now being ex
ercised by all ships plying in the channel. The injury done
to France by the submarine war is nothing as most of the
coasts of France are free altogether from any such
danger. The traffic from England has been interfered
with to a great extent but during the war this traffic
could not be expected to be great in any event.
BERNSTORFF DENIES STORY
WASHINGTON, March 1.—Count Bernstorff de
clares the story that his attache Captain Body, promised
to aid Stegler to go to England to act as a spy is nothing
short of silly. Stegler was arrested on the charge of se
curing an American passport by fraud and he in turn stat
ed that Body had aided him in obtaining it. The German
ambassador, Bernstorff, was asked his opinion about the
matter and gave out the statement that the whole thing
was absurd.
WHAT IS DOING IN ASIA
LONDON, March 1.—Not a word has been published
for several days regarding the operations of the Turks
and the Russians near Transcaucasia or the movements!
of the Turks to the east of the Suez canal. It is perfectly
certain that Turkey has abandoned entirely the idea of'
invading Egypt and it is supposed that they only pretend
ed to have such an object in view in order to create a ris
ing of the Mussulmans in Egypt itself. The movements
of the British-Indian force on the Tigris have also been
cloaked in mystery. The enemy has sent out indefinite
statements to the effect that all is not going well with the
allied side in those regions but there is no reason to be
lieve them.
BRITAIN HOLDS TO BLOCKADE
LONDON, March 1.—The British government clearly
declines to raise the blockade of Germany at the sugges
tion of the United States. The blockade is believed to be
the most powerful weapon in the hands of this nation.
British merchant ships number about half the total of
the merchant shipsof the greater maritime powers and the
effect of the eGrman submarine on our merchant ship
ping can never be decisive enough to affect this country
materially. It is, therfore, generally believed that if
Great Britain relinquished its purpose to starve out Ger
many it would be giving up its strongest arm. It must be
said that the proposal made by the United States govern
ment is this respect has not been by any means well re
! ceived. The only conceivable way in which Germany can
carry on a war of starvation against the British islands
is to succeed in taking the French ports on the channel and
from there make a determined war at short range. Even
then it is not believed that they could be more than moder
ately successful.
EXTRA SESSION
NOT TO BE HELD
STATED WITH AUTHORITY THAT
PRESIDENT ABANDONS
PLAN.
WASHINGTON, March I.—It is
stated today and the statement comes
from an authoritative source that the
idea of holding an extra session of
congress has been abandoned. The
president himeslf has not stated so
positively but it is generally thought
that he has given his authority for the
assertion. Several of the adminis
tration bills must, therefore, go over
until the next congress. Very little
is said today about the fate of the
shipping bill but it is coming to be
taken for granted that it will have no
chance of going through the senate^
this time. President wilson and the
secretary of congress are said to have
had interviews during the past forty
eight hours with some of the republi
can filibustered for the purpose of
trying to find some means of over
coming the deadlock but with what
result has not been stated.
RESULT OF ELECTION
AT NOME NOT KNOWN.
NOME, Feb. 28.—The result of the
election for the territorial senate can
not yet be told. The voting is going
on and, of course, the result of the
poll in the city and the close-in pre
cincts will be known tonight. The
I full result will probably not be known
for a few days unless the voting in
the city has been so one sided as to
make sure of overcoming a hostile
vote in the outlying places.
half a dozen new
BUSINESS HOUSES.
What was Predicted a Short Time Ago
is Coining to Pass
Gradually.
About half a dozen new business
houses have opened in Seward within
the past week. One is a paint and
paper shop, one is a second hand store,
one is a contracting firm, one is a mes
senger service and tailor shop com
bined. The other two are partially
new but one of the partners in each
was in business before. One is ‘the
business about to be established by
Sid Wolff and the other is the Palace
of Sweets. The Buena Cafe might be
included in the number although it
was established more than a week ago.
In addition to these enterprises are
several real estate men who have en
tered the field, and all this occurred
before the senate had given the
money.
NORWAY HAS WORST
WINTER IN MANY YEARS.
CHRISTIANIA, Feb. 27.—The
snow fall in Norway this year is the
I heavest in fifteen years, and has
caused considerable damage in break
ing down trees and telephone and tele
graph wires and poles. The temper
ature has been only a few degrees be
low freezing, and the snow has af
forded fine sport. The King, Queen
and Crown Prince have gone to their
cottage in the hills near Christiania
to enjoy skiing, at which they are all
experts. A number^of English officers
are in the health resorts in the mount
ains, recuperating from wounds. Ski
ing has brougt a number of tourists
to Norway, although not many com
pared with past years.
The registration books opened to
day for the city election. A. P. Brown
was the first man to place his name
on the list of voters. At noon nearly
a dozen citizens had registered includ
ing the mayor.
SENATE TO APPROPRIATE
BILLION BEFORE QUITTING.
Appropriation for Rivers and Harbors
is Expected to Fall Down
This Time.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—The sen-j
ate has yet to appropriate a full bil
lion dollars before the close of the ses
sion three days hence. It is feared
that it will be impossible to pass the
thirty eight millions appropriation for
the rivers and harbors bill so that the
work will have to be postponed until
next year except the part that could
be accomplished during the winter.
During the couple of days left to the
senate a most strenuous time may be
looked for as the usual congestion is
again in evidence.
COMMERCIAL CLI B TO MEET.
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The Commercial club will hold an
important meeting tomorrow even-j
ing at eight o’clock.
CHINESE IN U. S.
BOYCOTT JAPANESE.
San Francisco Orientals Adopt New
Method of (letting After
the Others.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28.—The
Chinese merchants’ organization has
ordered the boycott of the Japanese
merchants in all cities of this country,
particularly San Francisco. The loss
to the Japanese will be very large
should the boycott prove effective and
there is every reason «o believe that
it will be. Just at present it is doubt
ful whether the step is a political one
or merely' an effort to ruin the Jap
anese commercial rivalry'. All the
Chinese people are declared to be a
party to the boycott.
MAY BUILD TUNNELL
UNDER ENGLISH CHANNEL.
LONDON, Feb. 27.—Notwithstand
ing the war, the group of enthusiasts
who for years have advocated the
tunnel under the English Channel be
tween Franee and England have lost
none of their ardor for the enterprise.
On the contrary, they are pushing
the scheme with more than usual vig
or, pointing out that were the tunnel
in operation at present it would be of
inestimable advantage to England in
rushing troops to France.
England’s Committee on Imperial
Defense had the tunnel project before
it when the war broke out. War
came before this committee had time
to report its findings to Parliament,
and it is not likely therefore that any
action will be taken until peace is de
clared. Backers of the project insist,
however, that they are ready to be
gin work immediately.
MAKE BARRICADE
OF DEAD BODIES.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 27.—How a
Russian regiment on the Rawka re
puted thirteen consecutive attacks in
a single night, is told in recent dis
patches from the front.
“The enemy came in close columns
but were mowed down to a man,”
says one account. “After the tenth
attack had been thus stopped the
bodies were piled up so high that the
Russian riflemen were unable to
shoot.
“Men were sent out to heap hastily
all the bodies so as to form embras
ures for machine guns, and the next
three attacks were repulsed from be
hind the shelter of the enemy’s own
bodies. All the Russian officers ex
pressed great admiration for the
courage and pertinacity of the
enemy.”
The residents of Portage Bay have
changed the name of the settlement
to Lane in recognition of the services
of the cabinet member.—Ex.
MEXICAN BOAT
IS BLOWN UP
THIRTY PEOPLE INCLUDING
FIVE WOMEN ARE
KILLED.
GALVESTON, March I.—An ex
plosion occurred today at this place
on a Mexican gunboat which took
thirty lives including ths lives of five
women who were aboard at the time.
The bomb is believed to have been
placed on the boat and exploded by
Carranzaistas but of this there
is no proof. The bomb was so pow
erful that the vessel was practically
destroyed. So extensive was the dam
age that the boat had to be beached
and she will probably be disabled
permanently.
WILSON MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO COME WEST.
The Foreign Situation is Such that
the President’s Attention May
be Taken Up.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—The
condition of foreign affairs is such
that the president may find it neces
sary to postpone his western trip.
The troubles arising fr>m the inter
ference with American ships by the
British and the German blockade are
constantly occupying th3 attention of
the cabinet. Authorities on interna
tional law are being continuously in
vited to the white house to give their
views.
MILITIA OF NEW YORK
TO FORM A RESERVE.
Empire State Takes Steps to Prepare
For Trouble and Roosevelt
Gets Busy.
NEW YORK, March 1.—Former
army and naval militiamen are about
to start a movement uith the object
of forming themselves into a reserve
which can be used in case this country
gets into war with any other power.
Theodore Roosevelt is one of those
who are making themselves prominent
In the movement. It if. the intention
to begin training from the beginning
und to keep always in readiness so
that the force could be called out at
U moment’s notice. The number of
men who can be secured by this organ
ization is three hundred thousand and
it is hoped that other states will fol
low the example of this one.
MOTOR BOATS MUST BE
FULLY EQUIPPED.
J. F. Pugh, collector of customs for
Alaska, has written the Gateway to
state that motor boats; on the lakes
and rivers of Kenai peninsula “must
be fully equipped and carry licensed
operators.” Those requiring licenses
are requested to write the Local
Board of steamboat inspectors at Ju
neau. The inspector will be here
about May 23, at Seldovia May 24 and
at Kusiloff July 26.
VILLA GATHERING ARMY
OF TWENTY THOUSAND.
WASHINGTON, March 1-—It is
stated by the correspondents of Amer
ican papers in Mexico that Villa is
now adding twenty thousand men to
his army. His future moves are not
being divulged but at present he
seems to be content with holding the
parts of the country over which he has
secured control. Rumors of disagree
ments between himsell' and Zapata
have been rife but adherents of both
men have denied such reports and
have declared that the two chiefs are
on the best of terms.