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PETROORAH, Feb. 18. — The cap
ture of Erzerunt by the Russians of-‘
A fers an unprecedented spectacle of a
first class fortress built on a steep
mountain side, nearly a mile above
sea level and considered impregnable,
being taken by a bayonet attack, af
ter only thirty six hours of bombard
ment. The Turkish army was com
pletely demoralized by this victory,
and is fleeing in all directions, many
regiments being taken prisoners.
I’ETROGRAD, Feb. 18. — The cap
ture of Erzerunt disrupts the whole
Caucasus campaign of the Turkish
troops, who used Erzerum as the base
of supplies for operations in the Meso
potamia district. The next strongly
fortified place of the Turks is Sivas,
two hundred and thirty miles west.,
which the Russians will eventually at
tack.
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, HEAVY SOUTH
OF HUES.
BEltl.lN. Feb. 18. — It is officially
announced that the Germans defeated
the new attempt made by the British
| to retake the positions south of Ypres
recently captured by the Germans. In
the offensive movement the British
lost heavily in men.
ELECTRIC CHUR
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ASSINING. Feb. 18. — Hugh
Schmidt, a former priest, today paid
the death penalty for the murder of
Anna Muller. He was electrocuted at j
Sing Sing prison.
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BERLIN. Feb. 18. — A bill, intro-j
duced in the Prussian Diet, appropri
ates 313,000,000 marks for the laying
of new tracks and purchase of addi
tional equipment of the Prussian state
railroads.
TRAINS RUNNING REGULARLY.
The debris of the wreck at the.
Miles glacier bridge has been cleared
away and a train left for Ohitina yes-j
terday afternoon, and another one will
leave for the interior at 8 o'clock this
morning.
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The Farragut brought a quantity of
_ second class mall last night. She left
* Seattle ahead of the Alameda, but
transferred her first class mail to the
latter boat at Thane.
TEDDY ON HIS MY TO THE
DERMDDAS
ST. CROIX, Danish West Indies,
Feb. 18. — Theodore Roosevelt arrived
here today on his way to the Bermu
das, where he experts to spend the
next six weeks.
JAPAN TO STICK
m THE
ALLIES
TOKIO, Fell. 18. — Confirmation of
reports that Germany has been unsuc
cessfully trying to conclude a separ
ate peace with Japan was made by
Count Okuma, the premier, in an in
terview with a representative of the
Kokumin Shimbun. The premier be
lieved this indicated that Germany
was allowing certain signs of suffer
ing. chiefly as a result of the weak
ened condition of her finances.
While no details of the peace nego
tiations were made public, tlie premier
said it was hardly necessary to an
nounce that Japan would adhere to
the London peace declaration, by
which she had agreed not to make a
L'nii'.iruto imfiPfi
ITU? SUFFERS
ROME. Feb. 18. With American
coal scarce because of the ship stiort
age and selling Here from $2.r> to $40
a ton. according to quality, the solu
tion of the problem of securing coal
in quantity and at reasonable prices
has become one of the most pressing
public and domestic questions in
Italy.
While the situation will finally re
sult In governmental measures for a
wider use of water power, popularly
known as “white coal,” to secure heat,
light and motor power, pending such
action various temporary measures
are either being urged or adopted. In
a current issue of the organ of the
minister of public works. Italian cities
are urged to save coal by burning
fewer street lights at night, follow
ing the example of London, Paris and
Venice, and force their citizens to go
to bed early.
. i GOLF
MEET WEEK If
JULY 17-22
DEL MONTE, Cal., Feb. 18. — The
western amateur golf championships,
which will be held here, July 17-22.
already are arousing more than the
usual Interest up and down the coast,
and the indications are that the entry
list will be more representative of the
various coast sections than at any
other tournament held on the edge
of the Pacific. According to reports
from the Pacific Northwest, quite a
number of this section's golfers will
be among the entrants, including Ru
dolph Wilhelm, Oregon golf cham
pion, Russell Smith, C. H. Davis, (luy
Stundifer, Chandler Egan and others.
JAPS WANT BUT AMERICAN
LUMBER MILLS
MANILA, Feb. 18. — Japanese In
terests are negotiating for the pur
chase from an American lumber com
pany of its mills and business In the
Philippines. The amount offered is
$1,000,000.
GLOOM PICTURE
PANAMA, Feb. I5*. — Marriage is
a luxury for the rich in many parts
of Latin-Ameriea, according to the
report of the Commission on the
Church in the Field, presented today
to the Congress on Religions Work
in Latin-America, which is in session
here.
Peru, in particular, and its sister
republics on the west coast of South
America are mentioned as countries
where tlie rate of illegitimacy is ap
pallingly high, and the marriage tie
mil lime regarded >>y me masses ui
tile people.
“The marriage institution.” says the
report, "appears to be weaker on the
west coast of South America than in
any other Christian land. In the Mus
sulman countries or in the societies
of India, Japan and China.”
Ttie Peruvian statistician. Puentes,
Is quoted as saying in respect to Lima:
"A shocking proportion of the people
avoid marriage and live in a complete
libertinage, which increases as one
descends in the social scale.”
One missionary reported to the com
mission that in Peru "marriage is con
sidered a luxury for the rich. Even
civil marriage is costly. The poor
regard each as unobtainable.”
The commission draws a gloomy
picture of moral conditions in genera!
in Latin America. "There is littl°
popular support," it says, "in dealing
with normal issues and reforms.
Everything is excused on the plea of
temperament, precedent or custom.
Tile masses know nothing of an inflex
ible and independent moral standard.”
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POLO EXPERTS
ON PACIFIC
COAST
1 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18. — Word
| received from J. Eugene Geer, the
I eastern polo expert at Hempstead, N.
j Y„ is to the effect that some of the
polo colony who now are at Aiken, S.
C., are likely to make a trip to the
j Pacific coast before the Long Island
and other eastern tournaments begin.
Already there is an imposing array of
eastern polo talent playing on coast
fields. These include G. M. Hecksber,
of the Meadow Brook Club, who has
with him eight of his string of ponies;
C. Perry Beadleston, an international
substitute; Malcolm Stevenson, also
of international calibre, and rated as
an eight goal man. Thomas LeBou
telller. another eastern star, who is
here, will be somewhat handicapped
in his play, it is believed, by reason
of a leg broken in play at Meadow
Brook last fall, although the prelim
inary games in which he has taken
part at Coronado have given but
slight evidence of this.
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About a dozen commercial men left
here for the westward last night on
the Admiral Farragut.
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RUSSIA SENDS S51.ORO.OOf
FOB WAR SUPPLIES
SEATTLE, Feb. is. — The Japan
ese cruiser Chitose Tokfwa arrive!
in port today and brought with 1
$51,000,000 in Ftussian gold bullion foi
shipment to New York, and which wil
be used for the purchase of war mu
nitions.
UNCLE SliLl
INSIST UPSN
WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. — Ambas
sudor Bernstorff has notified his gov
eminent at Berlin that the ITnitei
States will accept nothing short of s
complete agreement on the part o
Germany covering all points to
which America has contended tha
warfare in the future will be conduct
ed according to the principles of in
ternatlonal law; also that Anierict
considers Germany's declaration o
intentions to sink all armed merchant
men without warning after Februar;
2!*. as inconsistent with the assur
ances given the United States in th'
Arabic case.
WASHINGTON. Feh. IS. — Swedei
has formally notified the ITnitei
States that in consequence of the an
nounced intention of Germany am
Austria to sink armed merehanttnei
without warning, has warned the pea
pie of its nation not to travel on sucl
ships. All American diplomatic an<
consular officers aboard these ves
sels have been notified in a cireuln
communication from the departmen
of state the disposition of the Unitei
States is that merchant ships havi
a right to carry defensive, armament
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LONDON, Feb. 18. — The tax
shortage in London lias caused tin
public to fill the mail bags of the lo
cal newspapers with complaints re
garding the insolence of drivers am
the whistling nuisance. During rust
hours, especially during dinner anc
theatre times, drivers often refuse
to take fares unless they chance tc
be going in the direction the drlvei
favors. This is due to the rule thai
drivers when not carrying passen
gers must pay for their own gasoline
A movement for a law to prevent th<
use of whistles to (-all taxis is sug
gested. but while putting down a nui
sance, It would not help transportation
facilities.
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Judge F. M. Drown and wife, who
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left last night on the Farragut for
Valdez.
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The steamer Alameda Is due back
here from the wreck of the Pabaloff
late tonight or early tomorrow morn
ing with the crew of that vessel.
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Geo. A. Vingar. representing J. B.
Caro & Co., of Juneau, called on the
local trade last evening.
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Cordova Dressmaking Parlors. Work
guaranteed. Prices reasonable. Adams
building.
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Fuller's barber shop Is located at
Alaskan Hotel. Drop In.
ENGLAND'S WAR CREDIT IS
LONDON, Feb. 18. — Premier As
quith will ask the House of Commons
for new credits .approximating $400.
■ 000,000, which will make the total war
credit $10,310,000,000.
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ATHENS, Feb. 18. — Whatever the
outcome of the war with respect to
‘ Serbia as a nation, the future gener
ation of Serbians is assured. Not
1 only have numbers of individuals in
i terestod themselves in the fate of the
children of the war devastated land.
' but the government of the French re
E public has constituted itself the guar
dian of every Serbian child in need.
' and offered to provide for the bring
1 ing up and education until the age of
f fifteen of every offspring of the race
■ that has so valiantly defended its
' national heritage to the bitter end.
■ Already several hundreds of orphan
* Serbian children have been sent from
Saloniki to France, where they have
been placed in French families that
i have volunteered to look after them.
MORTALITY VERY
BIS
-SKATTLK. Keb. 18. Mortality
among the birds that winter around
Puget Sound will, as a result of the
j record snowfall, probably be near IS
! per cent, according to Prof. Trevor
' Kincaid, of the zoology department of
| the state university. He is inclined
| to believe that 20 per cent of the
| quail will have perished. The worst
. is over, however, ami those w hich
j have survived the severe snows and
I cold of January will probably live.
THEIR FIELDS
VIENNA. Jfeb. IS. — Under the
joint auspices of tlie Austro-Hungar
ian ministry of war and the Austrian
women's organization, the women of
Austria are about to be industrially
“mobilized.” The undertaking is the
result, firstly, of the work Austrian
women have done since the war, and.
secondly, of a number of conferences
Austrian feminist leaders and club
women have had with the minister of
war and his aides. It is proposed to
enlarge as far as possibie the indus
trial and commercial fields in which
women are now active and to add
new branches in which they may be
come so. the purpose of the move
ment being to liberate for military
service all men whose places can be
filled by women, and give more of
them an opportunity to increase their
incomes.
If you do not receive your paper re
gularlv -a!' no the Daily Times office.
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BUCHARKST, Rumania. Feb. 1S. —
Fifty thousand earloads of cereals, or
about 1h,000,000 hundredweight, go to
Germany and Austria Hungary from
Rumania as the result of negotiations
which have just been terminated. An
option for another 50.000 carloads has
also been secured by the agents of the
central powers. The Rumanian gov
ernment has sanctioned the transac
tion. and export begins immediately.
A great deal of grain bought by the
central powers months ago. but so
far unexported for various reasons,
will also be moved now. Shipment
will he made over every available rail
road and on the Danube.
r I WILL
REPEAL FREE
WASHINGTON*. Feb. 18. — At a
caucus of the Democratic leaders it
was decided to repeal the free sugar
clause in the tariff law. if this mea
sure becomes effective it will reduce
the revenue of the government $40,
000,000 annually. It is planned to
permit the change in the law on May 1.
HOUSTON IIKEIF
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. — Al
though no official announcement has
been made by President Wilson as to
his selection of a new secretary of
war. the impression is growing that
Houston will he transferred to that
portfolio from his cabinet position of
secretary of agriculture.
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EFFORT REVIVE
BERLIN. Feb. 18. — The minister
of education has told the Prussian Diet
that the government was conferring
with specialists in an effort to de
vise means to revive the declining
birth rate.
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SECURES FEATURE FILMS.
Manager l.athrop. of the . Empress
Theatre, closed a deal by wire yes
terday for twenty film features, and
the first installment will leave Seattle
for Cordova on the steamer North
western Sunday evening.
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Dance, Eagle Hall, tonight.
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Bus Seiffert. who has extenaivo
[lining interests to the westward, was
n town last night on his return to
Seward from a trip to the States,