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HINDENBURG HURLS
NINEEV THOUSAND
AT THE RUSSIANS
Fate of Eastern Campaign De
pends on Struggle
Raging Now.
GREAT CONFLICT CONTINUES
PETROGRAD, Feb. 5.—General Hindenburg has
hurled ninety thousand men and a hundred batteries of
artillery against the Russians to the west of Warsaw and
right now the greatest battle of the war is raging in that
region. Most of the attacks have been repulsed so far but
on the struggle unquestionably depends the fate of the
capital of Poland. The preparations which have been
made by the Germans have evidently been concluded and
the supreme conflict is now being waged. It is admitted
that the Russians have lost some ground but the positions
evacuated are not of strategical importance.
WHERE THE FIGHT IS
PETROGRAD, Feb. 5.—Most of the fighting in the
battle for possession of Warsaw is apparently centering
around Borjimow. On that point the enemy has concen
trated his attacks for some reason which does not seem
to be apparent to Russan military observers, if it is the
active leaders of the army in the field themeslves do not
seem to know. Borjimow has not been occupied by the
invaders yet and their plans will not be known until the
fate of that position is decided.
VAN HORN IN JAIL
VANCEBORO, Maine, Feb. 5.—Van Horn, the Ger
man who blew up the international bridge has been sent
enced to thirty days in jail on the charge of destroying
property. It is no secret that this sentence was inflicted
merely to hold him until the extradition proceedings have
been concluded. The British government is pressing the
matter very hard and the question promises to cause
serious international controversy as the German citizens
of the United States and others who are favorable to the
German side are taking organized steps to prevent
the extradition. It is quite possible that this man may be
one of the chief influences in the next presidential election
as his extradition would mean that the Germans would
vote against the present adminstration solidly. On this
account the affair is regarded as very important.
ENGLAND AROUSED
LONDON, Feb. 5.—Great Britian has been aroused
to fever point by the announcement of Germany that the
waters off the coast of France will be considered hence
forth as part of the war zone. This announcement, the
papers, means nothing less than that the shipping of neu
tral countries will not be safe from attack and that
they will have to undergo the same risks as British mer
chant marine. The papers call on the government to re
taliate in kind and so deprive Germany of its only chance
to secure supplies of any kind.
SAY AUSTRIANS SMASHED
PETROGRAD, Feb. 5—In the recent fighting against
the Austrians they have been defeated at all points. They
have evacuated the city of Tamow where they were op
posing the advance of the Russian forces moving against
Cracow. The fighting around Tarnow has been proceed
ing since the Russian commander in that region decided to
retreat from Cracow and take up a position fifty miles to
the eastward. The Austrians followed and for several
days the opposing armies have been facing each other and
fighting there for what may be called the road to the great
Galician fortress. The defeat of the Austrians at Tarnow
may mean their withdrawal to the positions around Cra
cow but this cannot yet be stated as the consequences of
the reverse. They were, however, decisively defeated in
the last engagement. At all other points where the Aus
trians have faced our troops victory has come to the Rus
sian banner. Even on the river Nida where the Austrians
and Servians fought their last battle the Servians have
been successful. In the Carpathians and all over the
Austrians have suffered defeat generally and those de
feats would have been disastrous were it not for the cli
matic conditions which prevent the Russian generals froir
following up their victories quickly.
SEWARD REAL
estate: booms
REALTY FIRMS GET TOGETHER
TO PREPARE FOR BIG
TIME.
The most instructive indication of
what Seward may look forward to is
that the real estate firms of the city
got together this afternoon to decide
on a modus operandi during the rush.
G. B. Poindexter announced that his
real estate company has reentered the
field and simultaneously with that an
nouncement came the call for a meet
ing of all the real estate men. The
firms of Lane, Whitehead, Poindexter,
Romig, Labaree have agreed to take
part in the discussion of affairs. The
intention of the realty men is to pre
pare for a new order of things that is
bound to come immediately with the
beginning of the real work of the gov
ernment railroad. Speaking to the
representatives of the real estate
firms it is discovered that more activ
ity is apparent in real estate matters
during the past few days than in the
whole preceding year.
FIRST NOME MAN TO
COME OVER MAIL TRAIL.
Prominent Y'oung Merchant Arrives
After Forty Days From Sew
ard Peninsula.
Dan Crowley, member of the groc
ery firm of Crowey and Porter of
Nome and Iditarod, arrived last even
ing from the Seward Peninsula capital
after a trip of forty one days. He
made the trip from Iditarod in seven
teen days. In some places, Mr. Crow
Icy says, the trail has hardly any
.■mow and travelling is very difficult.
The new arrival along with being a
oiost successful business man is ahso
one of the athletes of the Second divi
sion. He played in the baseball and
basket ball teams for several years.
He is the first man to come over from
Nome since the establishment of the
mail trail this way.
B. R. Iiabaree has bought lots 4 and
5 in block 14. The lots are next to
the Gray house.
LILLE HAS PAID
GREAT WAR TAX.
Further Payment Postponed For
Week as Compli
ment.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 27.—#‘Lillc has
already paid 3,400,000 francs as a war
tax; the feeding of German troops has
cost us a million and a half, while
the city’s damage from bombardment
is something over three hundred mil
lion,” writes the Mayor of Lille to
General von Heindrich, the Military
Governor, begging to be excused from
paying an additional war tax of three
million francs, which the Governor
had demanded.
“The Governor’s reply, according to
the Lille Bulletin, which is now pub
lished weekly under German super
vision, is that “in view of the quiet
behavior of the population I will al
low the payment of the remainder to
be postponed for a week.” The
Governor declined to recognize any
obligation on the part of the Germans
to feed the citizens, and recommended
the Mayor to import com from
England.
WATSON COMING.
The Admiral Watson left Seattle a'
ten thirty this morning according U
word received by Wayne Blue.
C. STRITE COMING.
SEATTLE, Feb. 5.—C. Strite an<
; Mrs. Strite left this morning on th<
Admiral Watson for Seward.
BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF SEWARD ANI) RESURRECTION BAY.
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SEWARD, FROM ALASKA NORTHERN DOCK.
ANTON EIDE RETURNS
FROM HIS TRAIL, WORK.
Lack of Snow is the Real Cause of the
Trouble on the Trail to the
Interior.
Surperintendant Anton Eide of the
Alaska Road Commission got in last
night after his work on the trail. He
came from Mile Forty five on the last
leg of tho journey and made that dis
tance on the final day with Martin
Lanning. Much improvement was
made on the trail with the small
amount of money available but Mr.
Eide seems to believe that the un
u°ually small snow fall is the real
cause of the trouble. People have not
been accustomed to having so little
snow and the fact is overlooked in
many cases that this year is an ab
normal one in that respect. The freez
ing over of the Arm, Mr. Eide says,
enables mushers now to cut out the
worst part of the trail. With him
yesterday came Jerome Hatchy.
THREE GENERATIONS
KNOCKED ON HEAD.
Grandmother, Daughter and Grand
Daughter Found With Their
Heads Crushed.
BUFFALO, Feb. 5.—One of the
most extraordinary crimes on record
occurred today in this city when Mrs.
Lizzie Drake, aped sixty five, her
daughter, Irene Spencer, thirty five,
and the twelve years old daughter of
Mrs. Spencer were found dead in their
beds with their heads crushed in.
There is not even the slightest clue
to the murderer or the smallest idea
as to the cause of the crime. There
is no man known to be related to the
family who would have desired to
commit such murders and that a
man’s strength was required to crush
the heads of the victims is evident.
RAILROADS TIED UP.
LINCOLN, Feb. 5.— A severe bliz
zard and snow storm visited this state
today and caused a lot of damage.
The railroads have been mostly block
ed and the result has been a very urn
usual stoppage of traffic. The news
from Iowa is similar. The storm in
that state has not been so severe but
it has caused also there the blocking
of several railroads.
EDWARD TILDEN DEAD.
1 CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—Edward Tilden
i the millionaire packer and banker
j died here today.
MEXICO IN |
AN UPROAR
VILLA’S PROCLAMATION CAUSES
WORST TROUBLE OF
HISTORY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Since the
proclamation of Villa that he had as
sumed the presidency of Mexico the
whole republic has apparently become
a seething mass politically. The dis
patches from that country today show
that peace is further off than ever and
that the government by Villa will be
a military government or nothing.
Since the announcement by Villa
the opinion prevails here that the Uni
ted States will again be compelled to
take direct action. It has caused the
feeling that the American troops were
taken out of Vera Cruz too soon and
even the members of the administra
tion are believed to be at last inclined
to think that the Mexican matter has
not been handled perfectly. The
taking of the reins of government by
Villa has created the belief that he is
not at all the disinterested patriot he
had posed as.
SAYS MAIL TRAIL
IN BAD CONDITION.
Col. Revell arrived in Seward last
night nine days ahead of schedule with
the interior mail. In order to do this
and get the mail route straightened
away in first class shape Revell drove
from Anderson's, the summit of Rainy
Pass to Seward with the mail in just
six days. Mr. Revell reports the trail
conditions in the Interior as being the
worst known in years. There has been
no snow save at this end of the trail
and for a distance of fifty eight miles
between French Joe’s and Berry’s on
the Kuskokwim, there is absolutely no
snow at all and the mail has to be
transported over the bare ground.
In spite of these unusual conditions
the mail has been on time all winter
and Mr. Revell considers that the
worst part of the year is over and
from this time forward the trail con
ditions will be vastly improved and
it will not be hard to keep the mail
, on schedule.
IDITAROD MERCHANT ARRIVES.
C. R. Peck, a prominent merchanl
, of Flat creek in the Iditarod, arrivec
, in Seward last night He is taking *
trip to the outside
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATES.
Striker? Tell of Conditions Before
the Shooting at Roosevelt.
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rial Relations commission has begun
an investigation of the strike trouble
which brought on the shooting of
strikers at Roosevelt in this state.
Some of the strikers were examined
today and their chief theme seemed
to be to show the struggles which they
had to undergo while working for one
dollar and sixty cents a day.
GOVERNOR WILL INSPECT
SITKA PIONEER HOME.
Governor J. F. A. Strong accom
panied by Senator Frank Aldrich of
Nome, has gone to Sitka to make an
inspection of the Pioneer Home there
under the management of Superin
tendent Shoup. The governor will in
clude in his report to the territorial
legislature the condition of the home.
KNOWS NOTHING OF
DEPUTY’S RESIGNATION.
Judge W. N. Spence, district attor
ney for the Third division, is on the
Mariposa, enroute to Valdez. He has
been on a vacation for two months and
during the time visited his cotton
plantation in Georgia and sent a coup
le of days in Washington. The district
attorney states that he has heard
nothing officially from his deputy, Guy
C. Brubaker, as to his intention of re
signing his position to engage in
‘private practice. —Cordova Alaskan.
KNOCKING SEWARD.
That there are really strong efforts
being made to knock Seward is made
evident in many ways. With the mail
yesterday came the Iditarod Pioneer
which contained the following state
ment in speaking of the arrival ol
Dan Crowley at Iditarod from Nome:
“Mr. Crowley states that he was
told most discouraging stories along
the Yukon in regard to the Seward
trail, and there seemed to be a desire
to deter persons from making the trip
Outside by that route. He expectec
two other persons from Nome to fol
low him within a few days, bul
thought that they might have been in
fluenced by these stories and gom
through by the Fairbanks trail. H<
was agreeably surprised when h<
learned of the excellent time beinp
- made between this city and Seward.
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IRRIGATION
BILL IS LOST
HOUSE STANDS BY PRESIDENT
IN MATTER OF
LITERACY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The Im
j migration bill was defeated in the
house today by just five votes. The
voting was for the passing of the bill
over the veto of the president. When
the bill was passed by both houses of
congress a few days ago President
Wilson decided to veto it in the face
of the strongest protest that has been
put up by a legislature for many
years. Since the measure was vetoed
its friends have made a strenuos fight
but the hold of Mr. Wilson on the
members of congress is so strong that
even men who voted for the bill in the
lirst place turned against it to make
his decision on the question stand.
TO PROBE ELECTIONS
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The elec
tions committee of the senate has de
cided to probe the senatorial elections
in Pennsylvania and Illinois. The
probe was decided on after several
complaints had been entered. It is
said that corruption of the most flag
vant kind was practiced in Pennsyl
vania and that the conduct of the elec
tions in Illinois was hardly better.
STEAMER DELHI i.>
A TOTAL LOSS.
WRANGELL, Feb. 5.—The steamer
Delhi which went on the rocks here
several days ago has been abandoned
and will be a total loss. Efforts were
made to get her off and quite a sum
of money was spent in the hope that
she could be saved but yesterday the
attempts were finally abandoned.
boiler kills twenty.
MADRID, Spain, Feb. 5.—A boiler
exploded in a factory here today and
twenty people lost their lives as a
result.
bread goes up and
INVESTIGATION STARTS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—The price of
bread has gone up from live to six
cents and already the federal authori
ties have begun an investigation into
the cause. From what has been learn
ed it is concluded that there is an un
derground cause for the rise in prices
not only of wheat but bread. It may
be said almost as something sure that
manipulations are going on and the
government has decided to go to the
bottom of the matter.
CLARK IS AGAIN TO
BE SPEAKER OF HOUSE.
Kitchen of North Carolina Will Be
come Leader on the
Floor.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—At a dem
ocratic caucus last night it was de
cided to make Champ Clark speaker
of the next house. Kitchen of North
Carolina was chosen as the floor lead
er. Clark’s re-election was regarded as
certain and the caucus simply ratified
what was decided upon.
SECOND SHIP WRECKED
i IN THE SAME PLACE.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5.—The steamer
; Colon has been wrecked near the same
. place where the Japanese cruiser
; Asama was wrecked yesterday. The
;' cruiser is breaking up fast and is a
i | total loss but the crew has been
: saved.
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