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WOMB. ALASKA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, I91tt.
NO. 1875#.
British General Admits Big Losses Mesopotamia
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LONDON. Jan. 24.—Lloyd
George speaking of the situation
Bays that the army Is now ready for
a prodigious effort on the west. The
supply of munitions is Increasing
greatly, and the demand has been
just overtaken by the output of the
factories. Another incre&so in the
output of thirty per cont this month
Is assured on account of the re
opening of new factories and the
completion of the construction ot
the machinery therein.
BERLIN, Jan. 24.—It is unofflei
ally stated that the Germans captur
ed the trenches of the AltteB at Ar
ras. . .
LONDON, Jan. 24.—The War Of
fice denies that the Germans captur
ed the Arras trenches. Fighting Is
going on In the region however,
with a vast concentration of Ger
man forces there.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 24.—Owing
td the great extent and absolute
strictness’ of the censorship, very
Utt'e is given out concerning the
progress of the war. While appar
ently quiet has been reigning on the
west, as a fact tho fighting has been
desperate .and constant ever since
the German offensive began In
Champagne.
The Indications at present are
that the Allies will not start an>
serious offensive until March, while
the Gormans may initiate a forward
movcmont at any time to force the
hand of the French and English.
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TERRIFIC RIOTS IN STRIKE
AND MANY ARE ARRESTED
ROCKFORD, 111., Jen. 24.—The
attempt to Import strluobreakers In
a factory whoco operatives are out
in this city resulted In serious riots
between the strikers, guards ana
police. After sovore fighting In
the streets between thd strikers and
the latter, the rioting was quelled
and about twonty strikers were
taken into Jail.
The ctrike is for more wages and
shorter working hours. It is likely
to be prolonged.
STATE WORKERS NEW
YORK GET RIG INGREASE
ALBANY, Jan. 24.—Following
the recommendation of the Industri
al commission, the state workers
have received an increase of wages
averaging about twenty-seven per
cent per day.
The increase affects over half e
million workois In the employ of
the state. The increase is base.i
upon the increased cost of living
and the figures which the commis
sion gathered on the relation of the
wages paid to that.
TURKS REPULSE THE
BRITISH RELIEF FORCE
LONDON, Jan. 24.—The attempt
of General Aylmer to reach Kutel
mara to roliove tho British force
now holding out thcro, has proved a
fizzle having been repulsed by tjic
Turks. Tho fighting Is howover be
ing steadily maintained under Gen
eral Lake who is,desperately strugg
ling to extricate the British from
their position.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—The War
Office is in rocolpt of a report from
General Lake who admits Incurring
big losses In Mesopotamia.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—General Fltten
has been killed in France.
PARIS, Jan. 24.—It is believed
that the British force in Kutelmara
is doomed. They have boon fighting
constantly against superior numbers
and in an inferior position. Their
supplies will, it is feared, be ex
hausted before assistance can now
reach them' and the repulse of the
relief ^orce by the Turks signifies
the beginning of the end.
It is just possible the whirlwind
advance of the Russians on Ezeroum
may force an evacuation of the pre
sent position of the Ottoman forces.
But this is only a remote possibility.
MILAN, Jan. 24.—It is stated
that the Teutons are now planning
a gigantic motor campaign against
Mesopotamia and India.
An enormous gathering of motors
will be explained at Constantinople
by this theory.
MONTENEGRO FINISHED IS
BRIEF TEUTON BULLETIN
BERLIN, Jan. 24.—It ia shortly
announced this afternoon that Mon
tenegro is “finished”. •
LONDON, Jan. 24.—It is report
ed hero and has been properly con
firmed that tho Austrians hr.vo or
cupisd Scutari.
VIENNA, Jan. 24.—The Austrian
troops hare now occupied the im
portant Adriatic seaports of Anto
▼arl and Dulcigno. The Montenegrin
resistance was very woak.
ROME, Jan. 24.—It is stated
here that the Montenegrin
peace negotiations were merely a
ruse to gain time.
If so the ruse did not work very
successfully .as the Austrians have
made considerable progress In their
campaign of conquost.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—No stock is
taken in the assertion that the Mon
tenegrin negotiations for peace were
simulated to gain time and help the
king to ro-organize his army. This
is declared by the Timos to be a
silly canard, which evidently’ c.on-'
tradicts itself in the light of the
forward movement of the Austrians.
BRINDISI, Jan. 24.—A large force
of Montenegrins will be landed here
to be distributed among the armies
if tho AHlos, preferably in the Bal
kans. They refuse to believe that
their king wants peace with the
Austrians.
Let as MtltaiM os jr<
too Wors
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24.—
Another Commission is to see the
light of day. This is, the Presidents
own suggestion.' It will relieve
him and the administration of all
the odium for some preparationist
measures If the present Congress
will only authorize its appoint
ment.
In any event also it will delay
the preparednoss moves until every
thing is ship shape and above all,
it is discovered whether or not the
eountry wants preparedness. Wil
son does not wish to start something
this election year. Atwyr^gly It is,
announced that this .Commission
aught to settle several potato In
volved In legislation needed to pre
pare tor preparedness, so that there
will be no such thing as going off
half-cocked.
This very wise suggestion may be
inspired by the growing strength or
the opposition which has lately be
come quite demonstrative.
Talk today as to political poss
ibilities quite overcame any suen
thing as legislative action. Taft ha?
the knife into Roosevelt ^pd jabs it
in gopd and ha^df The Massachusetts
drubbing which Teddy. ijjflicted np<p
Taft and the most bitier and humi
liating experience a president ever
support Roosevelt say that Tati
must forget all about these ota
differences.
The suggestion is just bruitfo
thr.t Lafollette might not be a bad
man to nominate, and might not b*
so radical as he has been, If In the
White House.
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TURKS COMPLETELY ROUTED
RY EVER ADVANCING SLAYS
PKTROGRAD, Jan. 24.—The Rus
sian forces with complete communi
cation open through all the passes
are driving the Germans and Turk
forces which have boon dofendln:$
the Asia Minor gateways before
them. Thousands of Turks have
been taken prisoners and any num
ber of guns and supplies have fallen
to the Invading Russian armies. The
attempts of tho German engineers
to strengthen the Turkish defonses
proved useless against the assaults
of the Russians.
The Russians are now driving
through Armenia with perfoct com
munication.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 24.—It
is charged that the Russian armies
let loose upon the Turk£ who are in
Armenia are treating the Mossulmen
with extreme and ferocious cruelty,
giving no quarter. The Russians give
as their reason for these atrocious
acts the wholesale alleged massacres
of the Armenians by the Turks.
Strong reinforcements are being
sent to the Ottoman forces. The
Russians are moving a large firms
along the const of the Black Boa to
co-operate with the land force whicn
has just forced Its way Into the Ar
menian valleys wost of Mount Ara
rat.
LONDON, .Tan. 24.—While it m
not known how many Rsaslans ar»
now engaged in pushing forward
their army of invanion of Turkey in
Asia, the strength must be onornv
ous as they have over-borne tho
Turkish force which has already
been estimated at close to a third of
mRHpu.
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BRITIS.i SEIZE STANDARD OIL
GASOLINE LADEN STEAMER
LONDON, Jan. 24.—The British
seized a Standard Oil liner laden
with gasoline and consigned to
Copenhagen. It is alleged that the
ultimate consignees of the gasoline
are Germans and that It is to be
used for war purposes. The steamer
was taken to Klrkwald.
It is anticipated here that the
government at Washington will pro
test.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24.—
The government expects that a pro
test will be received from the own
ers for the seizure of a petrol laden
steamer by the British. So far no
such protest has been received, nor
in (act has any official notification
been turned in.
KAMERUN, Jan. 24.—German
troops retreating from the Kame
roons into Spanish Africa have been
Interned by order of the government
at Madrid.
LONDON, Jgn. 24.—In order to
curtail the number of papers the
government la planning to reduce
the importation of paper into the
United Kingdom.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The Ital
Ian liner Verona arrived here today
with two guns mounted fore an'*
aft. The ship will either have to
dismantle its guns or be interned
and will not be allowed to take
supplies or passengers without do
ing so.
On board the Verona woro many
passengers.
LONDON, Jan. 24.—Tonight the
War Office announces heavy artillery
fire in Flanders. .
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TERR FIC ACCIDENT WHEN
FACTORY BOILER EXPLODES
BUFFALO, Jan. 24.—One of the
worst, Industrial disasters that has
happened In this city in many years
was the . boiler explosion in the
Kelker Blower Co’s works this
morning, when the vast building in
which the plant is located crumbled
from the force of the explosion,
burying about one hundred in the
debria and killing outright at leant
fifteen wp'rtmep who ha* poV been
recovered from the ruinsi - :
The explosion • occurred shortly
after the day shift started Into woffc
Tm belief ir that the witter had rdn
down In the boilers and the night
fireman had neglected to watch It or
warn the day ahllt when they came
on.
The boiler blew up into fragments
scattering through tho various build
ings and sending smoke, dust ana :
steam In all directions. The build
ing caught fire but this only smold
ered as the Structure collopsed al
most immediately after the explo
sion had died down. :
There were one hundred and
twenty five wtthtn the wrecked
building- Twenty*»*e'l»h*e bean re
;overed, but the rest are still In the
lebris and some are still alive and
may be rescued before night. Their
srles can be distinctly beard as
:hey are suffering the horrors ot
Lhelr imprisonment.
Tbs' bollor, say employees of thia
company, was a very old one and
that the explosion was due to
structural defects Is their general
opinion.
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