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JAPANESE CRUISER ASMA IS WRECKED
TURKISH DESERTERS SURRENDER TO BRITISH, ALSO THE BOER LEADERS
REJECT BILL FOR ■
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—The com
mittee on, Public Buildings of the
House today rejected he Wickersham
bill, which provided for an extra ap
propriation for the Juneau federal
federal buildings.
FAIL TO PASS
BILE BIER
' VETO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 The House
will vote on the passage of the iinml
gration bill over the veto of the presi
dent late this afternoon. The an
ministration members of the body
express confidence that the opponents
of the veto will not be able to secure
the necessary two-thirds vote to pass
the bill over-the veto.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—The at
tempt to pass the Immigration bill
over the veto of the president this af
ternoon failed. The two-thirds vote of
the members, necessary to pass the
bill was not forthcoming, the count
stading 2G1 for the bill to 136 against
the passage, five votes short of the
number required to pass the measure.
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SAILING POSTPONED
ACCOUNT OF STORM
Owing to today's storm the Launch
Waif did not leave for Katalla this
morning as scheduled. She will re
main here until the weather clears up.
When she does sail she will take the
mail for the Oil City.
JAPANESE CRUISER ASAMA IS
WRECKED AND WILL BE
A TOTAL LOSS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—A dispatch from Rear
\dmiral Tliomas B. Howard, commander in cliief
)f the United States Pacific naval squadron, received
lore today, states that the Japanese cruiser Asama
ms been wrecked 350 miles south of Port Bartolome.
Flic dispatch states that the cruiser is a total wreck
ind is fast going to pieces. The Asama carried a
new of five hundred men. Tlie message does not
■over the details of the wreck nor does it state
ivhether or not all of the crew of the vessel escaped.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—Latest reports regard
ng the wrecking of the Japanese cruiser Asama are
to tlie effect that the crew has probably been saved,
us tliere are three United States warships in the
vicinity of the wreck.
The Asama is one of tin* cruisers which visited
Seattle and San Francisco last summer while on a
cruise with the Japanese naval cadets. After the
entrance of Japan into the war the Asama went to
South American waters in pursuit of the German
cruisers which were capturing and destroying mer
chant ships of the allied nations in those waters.
GERMANS DOING MUCH
DAMAGE TC TROOPS
PETROGRAI), Feb. -1—An official bulletin, is
sued by the Russian war office todny, states that Rus
sian aviators dropped a number of bombs on the Gei
man mobilized reserves and transport trains at thro
points southwest of Warsaw, doing a great amoun
of damage.
D C C I
BRUNT OF FIGHTING IN
WESTERN FLANDERS
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, Fell. 4—Tin* remnants of the Belgian
army is again hearing tin* brunt of the fighting in
the western zone. Dispatches from Amsterdam
state that the Germans are again attacking the Bel
ginn trenches along tin* Yser canal, and that the
fighting has been terrific. The Germans have again
and again thrown heavy forces against the intrench
meats, hut were repulsed by the Belgians at the point
of the bayonet.
LONDON, Fel> 4—Heavy fighting is in progress
along the whole eastern front except in Bukowina.
IVtrograd officially reports victories in Northern
Poland, where the Russians have captured the vil
lago of Nkempe, near the West Prussian border, and
are continuing to make progress.
West of Warsaw the lighting continues to hi
terrific. The Germans brought up large masses ol
first line troops, and hurled one regiment after an
other against selected positions of the Russian line
in a desperate endeavor to break through. Thej
were driven hack with terrible losses, as tin* closeh
pnsked masses of tin* German close formation was
packed masses of the German close formation win
sian trenches.
In the Carpathian region, although the fightim
‘ for the possession of the passes continues, there i:
* no change in the relative positions of the opposing
armies.
TURKISH DESERTERS ASSERT I
WEREFDRCED TO SERVE
CANAL' TO OPEN
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
CARIO, Egypt, Felt. 4—Deserters from the
Turkish forces which started on an expedition to in
vatic Eygpt, who have surrendered to the British
forces, include numerous representatives of Hit' tribes
of Southern Palestine, through which the expedition
passed on its way south.
The deserters state that they were forced into
service, and deserted at the first opportunity. The
march of the tinny south through the desert., accord
ing to these deserters, was fought with many hard
ships, owing to the absence of water. As no formi
dable force of Turks has yet made its appearance
in the vicinity of the Suez canal, and it is not unlikely
that the expedition may have been abandoned, the
canal will be reopened tit once.
REPEL LEADERS SURRENDER
TD BRITISH AUTHORITIES
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
PRETORIA, Feb. 4—The Boer rebel leader
Bezuidenhout and the Prophet Vankenshurg sur
rendered today to the British commander with Lieu
tenant Colonel Kemp and forty-eight other officers.
At Fpington five hundred Burghers capitulated to
i day, and many additional surrenders are expected
, before night.
Lieutenant Colonel Martz and a considerable
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• force of men under his command will surrender to
1 the authorities before the end of the week.
CHICAGO, Feb. 4—Spot wheat sold
>n the exchange at Jl.f.S per bushel.
\ speech by President Wilson, in
which he intimated that there would
>e a big demand from Europe for
American foodstuffs, had the effect of
<reatly strengthening the market.
VI HORNE HEID
VANCEBORO, Maine, Feb. 4—Wer
ener Van Horn, the German who dy
namited the international bridge
across the St. Croix river, was ar
raigned today on a complaint issued
by a local justice charging him with
injuring ami defacing buildings in
Vanceboro. The damage to the build
ings was caused by the explosion of
the dynamite Van Horn had placed on
the bridge for the purpose of destroy
it.
VANOEBORRO, Me.. Feb. 4—Wer
ener Van Horn, who attempted to blow
up the international bridge, was con
victed in the jutice'a court here this
afternoon on the charge of damaging
property, and was sentenced to serve
thirty days in the county jail.
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FATHER SHEPARD
COMING ON EVANS
Father Shepard will arrive here
early tomorrow morning on the Evans
and will hold First Friday services in
St. Joeph's church tomorrow morning.
SHIPPING BILL IN CRITICAL SHAPE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—The administration ship purchase bill is in a critical position,
and it is probable that Vice President Marshall will cast the vote that will decide the fate of
the measure in the Senate.
When the administration senators gathered their forces together today they found they
had but forty-six votes in favor of sending the bill back to the committee with instructions to
amend along the lines satifactory to the Progres sives, while the opponents of the measure, who
have offered to send the measure back to the committee without instructions, have gathered
forty-eight votes to their standard.
The only course to save the measure was for the administration men to stave off a vote
on the resolution until two senators who are favorably inclined toward the bill, and who are
now absent, may be present.—Senator Newlands, of California, one of the absent members, is
now hurrying from California, and will reach here in a few days. Senator Smith, of South
Carolina, who was at the bedside of his sick wife, is also enroute to the capital, and will vote
for the bill.
With these two votes the Senate will be a tie on the question, leaving the vice-president
to cast the deciding vote, which will undoubtedly be in favor of the measure.
NUMEROUS PETTI
THEFTS HftVE
Several petty thefts lately havi
demonstrated that there are a numbc
of undesirable characters in towi
whose room is better than their pres
hnce. Tuesday evening while Joi
♦
j Miller was attending the show at th
s Empress theatre some on entered lit
(1 room over the Cordova saloon and at
j1 slracted two suits of clothes. No
j' caring to be deprived of his wearln
apparel in this summary manner Ml
f ier made it known that he propose
() to take steps to recover his suits, an
on returning to his room VVednesda
night found that I hey hud been return
ed. but in a somewhat rumpled and
soiled condition showing evidences of
having been cached away in a clump
of bushes.
On Monday John Morrison went
skating on Kyak lake. On arriving
there for some time he rturned to the
.shore to find that someone had ap
propriated his footwear, and he is
mourning the loss of a new pair of
i shoes.
i ALAMEDA DUE HERE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
On account of the cable being out
, of commission between here and Ju
neau no word has been received from
t ' lie steamer Alameda, but unless she
> is delayed on account of storm is due
- hero tomorrow afternoon.
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I Chas. Salndon left on this morning’s
y train for Strelna.
NEW YORK ILL
VOTE worn
ALBANY. Keb. 4 By an act of the
state legislature today an amendment
lo the state constluion, providing for
woman suffrage, will be submitted to
l he voters of the state.
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STEAMER EVANS DUE
TOMORROW AT 4 A. M.
The steamer Admiral Rvan* left
Seward at three o'clock this morning
and is due in Cordova at four o'clock
tomorrow morning, weather permit
ting.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—The German government today
. formally notified the State Department that all American ves
sels should avoid the north and west coast of France. Tin
warning is presumed to cover the danger which exists from tin
presence of a number of German submarine vessels off tin
coast of France bent on destroying the commerce of France am
England, and which might by accident or otherwise torpedt
vessels of any other nation making for the French or Englisl
ports.
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IK SHIP PURCHASE BILL
BERLIN, Fob. 4—A news dispatch from Washingtoi
stating that President Wilson had consented to an araendmen
to the ship purchase bill providing that no vessel or vessel
should be brought by the United States government under th
hill, the purchase of which might lead to a conflict with any <
the belligerant nations of Europe, has elicited sharp criticism <
the President by practically every newspaper in the city.
The papers declare that such a course displays a lack <
independence of action by the president, and calls the consent t
the amendment a backdown before Great Britain.
REPORTS SAY THAT fiOilA fil
ITALY ARE NOT TO ENTER THE
EUROPEAN STRUGGLE d
LONDON, Del). 4 Dispatches from Bucharest state that
Koumania has no intention of breaking her neutrality at an
early date, notwithstanding the many semi-official reports that
that country would soon ('liter the struggle on the side of the al
lies. There is likewise much less talk of Italy becoming a
factor in tin' war, as present indications are that the country
will continue to remain neutral.
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THE STRINGENT MEASURES TO
CONSERVE STOCK OF GRAIN IN
GERMAN EMPIRE ' i
BEK UN, Fell. 4 The allied restaurant and hotel keepers
of this city have decided that hereafter bread served with meals
will be charged for extra, owing to the increasing shortage of
wheat, rye, and flour- The municipal council of Dresden has
issued a decree that all bread must conform to the government
standard, which is a mixture of grain and potato Hour. The
shortage of corals is being felt throughout the empire, and every
effort is being made to conserve the supply. Pork is also grow
scarce because of the orders forbidding the killing of cattle,
1 and the price of hogs is rising rapidly.