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TO1B, ALASKA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1010
NO. 1877.
Allies Fail Recapture Positions On West Front
ORDER IN COUNCIL IS THE
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MOST SWEEPING YET
LONDON, Fab. 16.—The moat
swooping domestic order in Council
that has so far been Issued enables
the Minister of Munitions, Lloyd
Georgo, to commandeer any artil
lery or munition plant, any clothing,
boot and shoe, provision or other
factory needed to prosecute tlio
war.
Moreover the government will be
enabled to raise vast sums by simple
confiscation and It is announceu
this evening that Asquith will asK
for a further credit of five hundred
million pounds, two billion and half
dollars to be raised locally by im
pounding bank croditu for war pur
poses, and by far reaching taxation
which will sweep away all private
control of the national finances
while the war lasts. Further restric
tions on imports will also be placer,
in operation.
Comment upon these drastic po
licies is tempered considerably by
the fact of the presence of labor de
mands for their enforcement as a
legitimate soqucl to conscription.
The most that the conservative or
gans do is to console their readers
with the fact that they are tempo
rary and emergency measures only
The possibility that they may out
last the war is only very timidly re
ferred to.
LONDON, Feb. 16.—Three were
sentenced today for trading with
the enemy. They obtained gloves
from Saxony through American
firms. Tho maximum ponalty was
inflicted.
THE EAGLE CARD SOCIAL.
Eagle Social Committee annnonn
res that a Card Party to members
and lady friends will i>e held
Thursday evening at 8:30 I*. M.
Sharp. COMMITTEE.
Now in the time to Subscribe
LAST EZEROUM FORTS
FALL TO THE RUSSIANS
PETROGRAD, Feb. 16.—The last
of eight forts around Ezeroum fell
today with the district now in the
hands of the Russians. The ad
vance upon Trebizonfi is being
pressed.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 16.—The
tenacity with which the forts at
Ezeroum hejd out after the city had
been practically* evacuated weeks,
ago, has compelled tho Russians to
halt ‘ In their aggressive advance.
The forts have succeedod iA check
ing the offensive while moro troop3
are moving up to protect other
points in danger. Some of the fom
have been captured.
PETROGRAD, Fob. 16.—The Rus
sians are now makihg roady for an
early advance on the ontire eastern
front. Great supplies are being
rushed to the front with new armies
being transported p.b fast as trains
can move them from their training
grounds.
The failure pf the Hindenberg
campa'gn against Riga is not to be
wholly excused by bad weather con
ditions. Thoso affected Russians
and Germans alike, and the latter
j not only had to relinquish their
| ground gained, but have had in
several places to withdraw where
! they had held advanced positions
since last September.
BERLIN, Feb. 16.—Von Hlnden
berg is again making an attack in
the Dvinsk region.
NOTICE.
All delegatee to the Democratic
Territorial Convention are requested
to meet In Caucus at the City Hall
Thursday, February 17th at 8:30
R. M. PHIL ERNST.
GEORGE SEIZES
ALL DISTILLERIES
LONDON, Feb. 16.—Lloyd George
pulled off a big stunt In the war by
seizing by order of the
all the distilleries in the
United Kingdom for the ma
nufacture of alcohol and other che
micals needed in munition making.
The order affect all distilleries oi
any kind throughout the kingdom.
BERLIN, Feb. 16.—It Id officially
announced that tho British tailed In
the counter attacks to retake the
positions captured by the German?.
Tho French counter attackc in an ef
fort to do the same thing in Cham
pagne also failed today. They suff
ered heavily in trying to do so.
COLONEL HOUSE IS
BRINGING DEEP DOPE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.— port which is circulated freely in ca
ll ia stated that Colonel House the pitot circles gives no details as to
European personal agent of, Presi- the facts gathered by Colonel House/
dent Wilson may have such im- whose mission is somewhat obscure
portant data to place before the gov- even to Congressmen.
eminent that it may form the sub
ject of a special message. This re- Let us estimate on yoiu Job Work
GRAND JURY HOLDS AGENT
FOR VIOLATION NEUTRALITY
SPOKANE, Feb. 16.—The Grand
•Jury held Brookes, tiie aiiegeu agent
of the Allies here to answer an in- <
dictment for recruiting for Canada i
in this country, thus violating the i
neutrality of the United States. i
According to the allegations made'i
against Brookes, it is stated that i
16 offered Americans big pay ana
lomostoads free in Canada at the
:loao of the war to all recruits. The
nan is said to have not been very
mccessful and the chief witnesses
igainst him beforo the grand jury
vero men whom he approached in
ain.
THREE SUBMARINES
SUNK IN ADRIATIC
PARIS, Feb. 16.—Official reports
to the Minister or Marine bring
news of three Teuton . submarines
being sunk off Brindisi in the Adri
atic by French destroyers. Two of
the submarines wore of the larger
class.
PIONINI, Italy. Feb. 16.—Eight
Austrian aeroplanes raided this
place yesterday dropping many
bombs, damaging buildings and kil
ling two.
ROME, Feb. 16.—Fighting still
proceeds in Albania with the situc
i tlon practically unchanged. The
enemy la making an effort to got be
tween the Italian forcoz and the
sea.
VIENNA, Fob. 16.—Tbo efforts of
the Italians to capture Monterombun
positions lost some time ego, after
desperate fighting wore unsuccessful
and the enemy suffered enormous
losses In men.
LONDON, Feb. 16.—It Is Be
lieved that If the Italians can cheek
the Austrian advance firsm Dttrauo.
It sflt result h the ftftsSdst aban
«MM aC the sdvaaM further
The offensive in Galicia is gainiig
to violence and will soon tax the re
sources of the Austrians and Ger
mans.
With a heavy offensive rcsumea
in the Alps and on the Isonzo front
although weather conditions are
still bad, the Austrians can spare
but few men for an active Albanian
campaign.
CITY BATH HOUSE.
Moonlight Spring Water.
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(Boll
M. O. SOiiBBRH.
REPEATS THAT BE
VERY LONG WAR
LONDON, Feb. 16.—Maxim the
head of the British munition firm
reiterated his formdr statement that
the war is going to be a very long
one. He stated this in an interview
with reference to the order in coun
cil authorising the commandeering
of monition eaterprtaes in the
United Kingdom. Maxim stated that
the war would be a long one and
while much objection might be rat*:
sd to the temporary confiscation of
business, he said that munitioh
makers mast make up thOr minds
to1 the (act that the gains which had
been made In the industry would
soon be no longer forthcoming. He
said the war would last a long time,
several more years at the least.
■ATH A HUR.
i
SENATOR TILLMAN HAS
HIS OWN DEFENSE PLAN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Fob* 16.—
Sonator Tillman Is sponsor fo~ a'war
preparedness measure all his own.
The redoub'ablo Carolina senator to
day Introduced a bill authorizing
the commander-in-chlef to comman
deer all munition plants of c.ry de
scription within United States terri
tory In case of war. The Idea thus
formulatod has been urged before In
Congress, but it happens that it will
hardly be accepted even by the paci
ficists who want to cllminr.to the
graft during times of peace prepar
ed P038.
It was stated today that the state
department would endoavor to com
pel all American citizens to keep off
armed merchantmen, ,and that la
this way ugly friction might he
avoided with Germany and Austria.
The revised draft of the Lusitania
negotiations have now arrived. They
are considered satisfactory by the
administration officials although li
is said that quite unnecessary alte
rations havo been made.
Germany agrees to substitute the
word, “recognlzos' for "assumes”
liability the amendment insisted
on by the United States government
Several minor textual change
are also made, but none of those
alter the main purport of the agree
ments.
With the assent »of the United
States to the final basis of this
agreemont, the incident may be con
sidered closed.
ANOTHER CANADIAN HOUSE
IS BLASTED AND BURNED
TORONTO, Canada, Fob. 16—
An explosion followed by flames de
stroyed the American club of this
city.
The club building hr.d become
famous since the war broke out tor
Alllod demonstrations and was' the
resort of loyalists among Canadian*
as wail as American eitfsens.
Sereral banquets ud re-unions had
bean h«M Ms*. $% celebrate the Mk
soeutlon of the war.
■nvaral great thermits bombs an
said, to havo caused tho fire which
destroyed the building.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—A does
fire here today also destroyed two
ships which were loading cotton and
munitions of war.”
The damage la estimated at five
million dollars. Two socmen are
said tq be missing.
The dock dre started from explo
donfc.. ' '
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The great
dock Are today Is again the basin
of sovero charges against _ the Ger
man-Amerlcans In this city who ara
said to be responsible for the crime.
So far however nothing has bean
brought forward to show that the
lire was of Incendiary origin except
that two expjoslons of unknown oil*
gin started the conflagration.