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WOMB, *MW*, FRIDA V, FEBRUARY 23, 191(1.
NO. 1X84.
TENNERIFFE, Canry Islands,
Feb. 24.—The British steamer West
burn arrived here today for repairs I
in charge of a -German prize crew I
of seven men and one officer.
On b ard the Wostburn were two |
hundred and six prisoners taken
from eleven ships captured and
sunk by the Gorman cruiser Moewe
engaged now 1n commerce raiding
In the Atlantic and which’ captured
the steamer Appam.
The prisoners came from the Clan
M’Tavish, Edinburg, Coleridge, Bel
gium, Luxemburg. Others were
sunk and included the Flamingo,
British Trader, Ariadne, Brumelly
and Farringford.
LONDON, Feb. 2 4.—The arrival
of the Westburn with the nows of
the activities of the Gorman com
merce raiders Mocwe and converted
captures, was not unexpected, al
though it serves to solve the mystery
of the missing steamers.
The British have cruisers now in
tho vicinity of Cape Verdo and the
Canary Islands. The authorities
expect that the Woctburn and crow
will be ’nterncd by the Spanish gov
ernment.
Passengers state according tj
Tenner*ffc reports that the prize
crew sought to cross the Atlantic,
but assistant 1 aiders flying neutral
flags warned of the presence of
British warships, and the entry into
Teniforlffe is merely* a pretext. ■
BATTLE RAGINC ALONG
TWENTY-FIVE MILE LINE
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PARIS Fob. 24.—Seyen German
army corps are now endeavoring • to
pound a way through to Verdan.
The battle lino extends along a
twenty-five mile front with the Ger
mans admittedly making gains.
The fighting is concentrated in
the district between the river Meuse
and Aisne known as the Dun dis
trict, with the German bace close by
the village of that name.
It’ thus practically Involves the
most Important positions in the' Ar
gonne. Tho Gormans today gained
a length of advanco trenches over
two miles in extent and captured
three thousand* French prisoners iso
lated near Apremont..
BERLIN, Feb. 24.—The situa
tion on the wcBt is growing in
seriousness but the battlo line is
now confined almost entirely to the
V-rdun region. The German gains
here wero continuous, tor two miles
of a twenty two mile front, the
the French positions being taken
an{l the Germans still advancing.
Four thousand prisoners were also
taken.
PARIS, Feb. 24.—High cxcite
is again visible in the capital with
thousands watching the communi
ques showing a gradual German
gain in the Verdun region, known
as the Dun district, after the town
of that name on the Meuse. The
situation is serious as this point has
been admitted to be the key to the
entire battle front.
WILSON ASKED TO PARDON
laborit.es in leavonworth
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—
Unionists have formally requested
the President to exercise his execu
tive clemency in regard to the fif
teen laborites who are imprisoned in
Leavenworth.
These men are all members of th j
Structural Iron Workers union and
are doing time for conspiracy to
violate interstate commerce laws by
transporting explosives without per
mits from state to state. This char?','
upon which they have been
victed was only a means of
the actual charge of a national dy
namite conspiracy aaginst the union
men, in their fight against the Erect
ors Association. The majority of the
men are sentenced from one to six
years.
HONS OF THE NORTH SOCIAL.
The Sons of the North will give
a public Social am] Ihtnce at their
hall, next Saturday, February lit!,
at 9 o’eock P. M. Everybody in
vited.
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THE WORKER
COM WITTER.
E NEWS nlt.ifT. KEAI>
FOUND GUILTY AGAIN;
CHARGE GRAND LARCENY
OLYMPIA, Feb. Z4.—Gillies the
man alraedy convicted of insurance
frauds again put his head in the net
when the jury dragged it around
him with a conviction of larceny.
Grand larceny is the verdict in
the Gillies trial which was of com
parative brevity, and with small ef
fort upon the part of Gillies to
struggle against his destiny.
This now finishes the law against
Gillies, but <lie most interesting
proposition arises: will the st»t>>
proceed against those powerful
h'gher-upa?
The state so far insists it will.
Anything in the line of job work
at the Industrial Worker Office.
Satisfaction assured.
Mt us estimat'd on yonr Jon Work
WORKERS GETTING READY
FOR ANTHRACITE STRIKE
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 24.—The la
bor situation in the coal regions is
getting serious. It is alleged that
labor is row down to tho minimum
of supply, and the miners are gett
ing exacting in their demands. They
insist that only a one year contract
be signed, and that the demand be
for twenty per cent increase.. It is
said to be notorious that the union
leaders have endeavored to 'induce
the miners to be less insistent In
their demands, but they are deter
mined to get the highest possible as
long as "prosperity” lasts.
LYKENS, Penn., Feb. 24.—The
restlessness of labor In the anthra
cite coal regions is strikingly shown
by the action of twelve hundred men
employed In a local golliery when
they walked out to a man to de
mand the reinstatement of a dis
charged foreman who was believed
to be too friendly to the union or
ganizers.
Superintendents blame the fact on
the enormous demand for labor
everywhere. They say that last year
such a step upon the/part of the
miners could not even have beei
thought of, and that they are now
anxious to strike at the first oppor
tunity.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 2 is—It is now
believed that in order to avert a
Strike the employers will at the con
clusion of the agreements on April
1, concede al the demands of the
unlonmen, with relatively trifling
exceptions. Owing to the demanu
for coal, they cannot afford to sus
pend operations.
Let us estimate on yonr Job Work
MORE INTEREST SHOWN
IN POLITICS THAN LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21 —
More (merest today Is surely shiy n
In politics than In legislation by the
Coni;ressmen, and they were most
of the day bussler discussing the
chances tf various presidential us*
pi rants than in promotlhg the legtor
Iatlon of the land.
The various chance#- of Lafollette
Cummins. Bosahj and*. Bu*tpo. were
discussed today. ,.u'
It to stated that Root to perma
MitUy out of the race. Nebraskan
jobbers Killed Hughes by lnvitln-s
his name on the primary only to be
turned down. Roosevelt Is" a force
t? he reckoned 'with; bat.Cummin^
is now mentioned a# the man like*
ly< to cult some swath as.*.progress*
live republican te-h»al the bceach la
the ranks.
Cummins wify make arf excellent
dark hone, IS the way the wise mss
at Foreign Relations M the part ot
the socialists and pacificists who en
dorsed the Meyor London noutral
nation peace plan.
Meyor London, the lone socialist
in Congress, has a cut and dried
program for.Jho neutral nations to
e(Met,Peace. It 1« tfelflleoadrtered
by thh cdtaailttem aa«l nalUbers of
pactrfclsbi and socialist' party men
gave good advice and endorsement
LONDON SAYS GERMANS
REPULSED IN FLANDERS
LONDON, Feb. 24.—Loss and
gain balanced themselves in the
west today when the German oilen
sive before Ypres died down in a
cannonading of extreme severity
when charge after charge o£ in
fantry had failed to drive the Al
lies from their Flanders posftions.
North and south of the Ypres
sector, the Germans endured terri
fic losses with the evident intention
of resuming an attack during the
night or tomorrow. The Allies are
keeping up a steady rain of shells
upon all the German positions.
In Artois district conditions were
similar, with the Germans gaining
several hundred yards in one
tion but losing almost as much oi
their own front in another in a
counter attach
The serious fighting today nd
mittedly concentrated In the Dun
district with no effort made to con
ceal fhe losses endured by the
French who yielded up a ract of two
mile positions after inflicting upon
the Germans staggering looses, the
Germans coining forward in spue of
these with t?rriflc energy.
LONDON, Feb. 24.—The Mm' lit
an evening's resume of the day's
fighting says that although the
Germans report gains of some ex
tent, it shows conclusively that there
is no chance co break through. Tho
offensive is more for the purpose of
demonstrating tho strength of tho
Germans, than in the hope that
they will succeed in bonding or
breaking the Allies lines.
ITALIAN TRANSPORT IS
SUNK RY AEROPLANE
BERLIN, Fob. 24.—An Italian
transport sailing for Albania ^with
men and. supplies was successfully
bombed by an Austrian aeroplane,
and Iti sank.
ROME, Feb. 24.—A British subr
marine, sank, an Austrian, submarine
i.aaKUN, ***■
today Were very great in tho IsoAso
orf Malta! today while
tryid# • tb baM' an.
imer*
region eg they endeavored to break
through the Austrian defences. The
Italians will probably resume the
defensive In this region.
BERLIN, Feb. 24.—Tho capital
Is wildly excited by tho semi-official
promises In the evonlng papers that
before tho Gorman offensive ceases,
Verdun will fall and after that. Pa
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AMSTERDAM, «4,—fh». most
remarkable divergence of opinion
manifested In Allied circles over the
Qjrman offensive, two distlffct clas
ses of expert opinion being notice
able, one bolieving that Paris is the
main objective and the Germans
malting up their minds to capture
Verdun, the other that the real of
fensive will be witnessed in Fland
ers after the French are demoralized
in Argonne, with Calais the real ob
jective.
COPENHAGEN, Eeb. *4,—It is
Jrobablo that either Denmark or
iprwhjr will protest'a&ffidtt bldCWng
the entrance of the EfiHiiwith
mines as the entente powers have