BATTLE
ATHENS. Fob 14. — Following the
arrival of large bodies of troops to re
inforce the French and British sol
^ diers already at Salonlki. the French
forces under General Sarrail are again
proceeding up the railway which runs
from Salonlki to Xydt. The line is
swing out as it advances, and they
have already advanced into Serbian
territory, with the extreme right of
their line almost Touching the Bulgar
ian frontier. Further west the Bul
garians continue to advance into A1
bania, most of their troops being con
centrated in the neighborhood of El
bassan and towards Avlona. They
now occupy fully a third of Albania.
It is also reliably reported that for
midable forces of Turks have been
sent into Mesopotamia to assist the
Turkish and Arab forces now there in
ehnrshing the British army under
General Townshend at Kut-el Amara.
These troops have been detached from
the Turkish army corps that have
been serving on the Gallipoli penin
sula, and who became available whet)
the allies withdrew from that battle
field. It is thought that the situation
will become serious for the British
generals, Townshend and Aylmer,
when the fresh Turkish troops arrive
on the Tigris.
ARMED VESSELS
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. —..Much
interest is being felt as to wliat at
titude the government will lake to
ward the Teuton announcement that
after March 1 all of the allied armed
k merchantmen will be subject to sub
• marine attack without warning. The
well defined rule of international law
has been heretofore that merchantmen
did not lose their character as such
through bearing arms, but the pecu
liar rules necessary for the operation
of submarines in warfare make it
almost essential that the rule be modi
fied somewhat to meet the new con
ditions which have arisen with the
development of under sea fightTfig. ll
is probable that «lie United States
will not clearly define its attitude at
this time, but will await future (level
opmenta and study of the operations
of the submersibles before definitely
announcing its policy. Whether any
action will be taken by this govern
rnent in protest of the German an
nounced policy will not be decided
until some vessel has been attacked
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SEATTLE, Feb. 14. — O. Henry
Whitcomb, a milionaire manufacture)
of Worcester, Massachusetts, died in
this city today ut the age of seventy
three. Of late years Whitcomb hat!
made tils home in Seattle, although
his fortune had been accumulated in
the cast. He hud Invested largely in
Seattle real estate and was a heavy
tax payer on realty.
benefit dance at eagle hall
THURSDAY EVENING.
—
On Thursday evening there will be
a dance given at Kagle Hall, as a
benefit for our former townsman,
('has. H. Turner, who is still quite ill
but has hopes of again regaining his
former health. The affair is in
! charge of a number of local friends,
1 and there will undoubtedly he a large
attendance at the dance.
Tl C L A 0 Y IS
i 1 ey
SWEETHEART
CHICAGO. Feb. 14. — States At
torney Uady Waukegan said today that
| the poison found in the soup at the
| banquet given to the Catholic arch
I bishop, where over one hundred dis
tinguished guests were taken serious
ly ill, was identical with that which
is believed to have caused the death
of Mary N. Lambert. Miss Lambert,
a young woman living in Lake Forrest,
was found dead in the basement of her
home today. Will Orpet. a student at
the university, whose home is in Wis
consin. was arrested by the police,
charged with the girl's murder. Orpet
was a former sweetheart of the dead
girl, and the particulars of the death
are such as to closely implicate the
! young man. Orpet has denied to the
police all responsibility for the crime,
and says that he ha$l not seen his
sweetheart for several days before
her death.
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WASHINGTON. Feb 14. — Presi
dent Wilson lias consented to the use
I of his name as a candidate for the
1 presidential nomination by the Demo
Jcratic party. In response from a re
i quest of the secretary of state of
Ohio, he has written that official that
! he was personally unwilling to enter
(the race again for the presidential
I chair, and contest for the Democratic
j nomination. However, he said that
! he was not yet ready to prevent the
| use of Ids name in the coming prim
aries. and that he would not object
to his name on the ballot, as the re
sult of tlie voting there might large
ly influence his final decision on the
! matter, as the preference of the com
mon people would be indicated when
the votes were counted.
AUSTRIAN FLEET
BE AEROPLANES
DOES DAMAGE
—
MILAN, Feb. 14. — This city wns
visited by a flotilla of Austrian aero
planes last night, which flew at a
.
, great height and dropped bombs at
several places throughout the city. Six
persons were killed and several others
injured as a result of the bombs. The
'airships got away undamaged, al
though the anti-aircraft guns tried to
get their range, and powerful search
lights played in the heavens In a vain
.effort to locate the enemy.
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Everybody has the Empress habit.
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LOST
PARIS. Feb. 14. — The French ad
miralty announced officially today
that the French cruiser Admiral Char
ner had been torpedoed and sunk by
!an enemy submarine off the coast of
Syria. A raft hearing fourteen dead
| French sailors and one live man was
picked up by another French warship
close to the Syrian coast, and the
story of the sinking learned. It is
feared that the entire crew of the
icruiser have been lost.
ES IRE
CAPTURED BT
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RERUN. Feb. 14. — The war office
issued an official bulletin today, an
pouncing that a German offensive un
jdertaken in France northwest of Ta
, hurt hail resulted in the capture of
French trenches along a front of
seven hundred yards. Seven French
officers and three hundred men were
| taken prisoner. In the region of An
I ersrunt, close to the French frontier,
another •offensive, following a heavy
j artillery bombardment, resulted In the
j French losing first line trenches along
ja front of four hundred yards. The
| allied soldiers suffered heavily from
| the Teuton artillery fire, which was
I well directed, and raked the trenches,
i blowing up dougouts, and tearing away
i tlie earthworks with the tremendous
force of the explosive shells.
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TOKIO, Feb. 14. — So far as can
! be learned, the sinking of the Japan
! ese steamer Yasnka Marti by a sub
i marine in the Mediterranean sea on
■December 21, is not influencing Japan
to take a more aggressive part in tile
1 war, as has been thought in some
foreign countries. As a matter of
l fact the incident has been received in
Japan very calmly, and so far as the
newspapers are concerned there has
been practically no expression of
opinion.
j Such sentiment as has been publicly
voiced is confined to two points, first
the futility of wasting time on unim
portant internal political quarrels in
the present world’s crisis, and second,
I the necessity on the part of Japan’s
i allies to obtain a stronger command
of the seas.
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LOSES A VALUABLE DIAMOND.
Yesterday afternoon, while Ed.
jKelter was playing with a dog In
j front of the Alaska Transfer Com
pany's office, lie lost a diamond setting
from a ring. He soon discovered that
; the stone was missing, and a diligent
| search instituted, but to no avail.
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Art Holt and wife came down from
: Chltina on yesterday’s truin, and will
i make Cordova their future home. Art
will be In charge of the switch engine
in the railroad yards.
ENGLAND GALLS
LONDON, Feb. 14. — A royal pro
elaniation was posted today, calling to
the colors all the single men in Eng
land and Scotland, who had enrolled
themselves under the enlistment plan
so successfully carried out by- Lord
Derby, and all unmarried men who
were subject to call under the Mili
tary Service Act, passed by parlia
ment. Tills practically brings into the
army all the unmarried men in the
country who are of military age.
SNIP BUILDING
RESULT WAR
LONDON. Eeh. 14. Mow seriously
the war has affected the shipbuilding
industry of the world is shown in the
official statistics which have been sup
plied by the leading British ship
building firms. During the past year
only 1.655 merchant vessels, repre
senting a total of 1,670.610 tons, have
been added to the mercantile marine
of the world, as compared with 3,165
vessels of 3,484,171 tons during Mil4.
While all the combatant nations
have obviously suffered in the great
est degree, the United Kingdom has
boon the most seriously affected, for
the figures relating to* British ship
building show that only 517 merchant
vessels were built, representing a to
tal tonnage of 640.336 tons, as against
1,'_'!<4 vessels of 1.722.154 tons during
the previous year.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. — Presi
dent Wilson received a letter today
from the chairman of the house com
mittee on military affairs, assuring
him of the desire of the committee
to work in harmony with Wilson in
perfecting the administration's plans
for better national defence. The let
ter was written by Chairman Rouse,
in compliance with a resolution adop
ted by the committee. The resolution
thanked the President heartily for
the confidence shown by Wilson in the
members, as evidenced by the pub
lished correspondence between the
President and the ex-secretary of w'ar.
In this correspondence Garrison
wished the President to stand firmly
by his plans for increasing the con
tinental army, while the President in
sisted that he would abide by the de
cision of the military committee, and
would not attempt to force the secre
tary’s demands upon Congress.
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NO WORD RECEIVED FROM THE,
STEAMERS ON WAY.
—
The steamers Admiral Farragut and
Alameda, which left Seattle last Wed
nesday and Thursday nights, respec
tively. have not as yet been reported
out of Juneau, although both vessels
are due here sometime tomorrow.
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Fuller’s barber shop Is located at
Alaskan Hotel. Drop in.
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ANOTHER INCREASE CORDOVA'S
POPULATION.
Charles Cochran, who is employed
at the Cordova Power Company's
plant, was the recipient of congrntu !
latiotiH yesterday, upon the arrival of
an eleven pound boy at his home. Dr.;
Chase reports that mother and sou
are doing nicely.
GOTCH REFUSES
STETCHER
NEW YORK. Feb. 14. — Efforts to
bring Frank Gotch and Joe Stetcher
together in a bout for the wrestling
championship of the world has now
reached the stage where the title
holder has consented to be inter
viewed on the proposition. Gotch has
explained that Stetcher is undoubted
ly a comer, but that to date he has
done nothing remarkable, and that so
far as Gotch can see there is no public
demand for him to meet the Nebraska
grappler on the mat. He explains that
he has no desire to return to the game
and that he doubts if any promoter
would offer any such sunt as he would
demand for a match with Stetcher. All
of which Jeffries said in about the
same words some six years ago when
It was suggested that he fight Jack
Johnson. Eater Jeffries signed and
the result is too well known to need
repeating.
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LONDON, Feb. 14. The admiralty
announced officially today that the
British cruiser Arethusia had struok a
floating mine off the east coast of
England. It is feared that the vessel
will be a total wreck. Details are
lacking, but it has been learned that
the ship was beached after the acci
dent. and that she is terribly torn
apart from the shock of the explosion.
Of the crew of marines but ten
lost their lives, these being killed
when the ship struck the mine. The
Arethusia is the ship which torpedoed
and sank the German cruiser Blucher
in the battle of Heligoland in August.
1914. The ship is one of the newest
of the battle cruisers of the English
navy, having been built in 1913.
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ATHENS, Feb. 14. — The Bulgarian j
troops are moving into Albania in j
force, and are gradually advancing in
the direction of the seacoast. Tester- j
day they occupied the town of Fieri..
which Is only seven miles from the
Important city of Avlotta. occupied by
the Italian forces. Avlona dominates
one side of the entrance to the Adri
atic, and is of great strategical value.
A clash between the Italians and Bul
garians may be expected at any mo
ment. The forces of King Victor j
Emmanuel are strongly entrenched^
and are well equipped with supplies
and munitions to put up a strong bat
tle.
SECRETARY HR
U KELT TO 3E
WASHINGTON. Keb. 14. Presi
dent Wilson held several conferences
today with leading members of both
Houses of Congress as in regard to
the successor of Garrison ns secretary
of war. It is more than likely that
Wilson will not select an army man
for the place, but that the portfolios
of war will tie tendered to a civilian,
if this report is true it means that
Colonel Goethals, of Panama cana!
fame, has been eliminated for consid
eration. Several strong friends of the
President have been urging him to
give the appointment to the builder
of the canal, and it is openly rumored
that Wilson had strong tendencies in
that direction.
WASHINGTON. Keb. 14. — The be
lief is growing among the knowing
ones in this city that President Wil
son will select his secretary of war
outside of the present cabinet. Sec
retaries Lane and Houston have been
understood to he leading possibilities,
but now they have been practically
eliminated, as the President is said
to feel that both of these men should
be left to finislt the large projects al
ready commenced hv them in their
several departments. j
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BOSTON, Ket>. 14. — John Town
send Trowbridge, the noted author of
boy's stories, died in this eity today.
Mr. Trowbridge was one of the last
survivors of the group of authors who
made Boston famous in the first three
decades of the last half of the nine
teenth century. Although his chief
success came from the writing of
books for boys, he also published sev
eral novels and volumes of poetry.
The deceased was horn in Ogden, New
York, in 1827.
Perhaps the best known of Trow
bridge's verse is the humorous poem,
“Darius Green and His Plying Ma
chine," written in 1870. When forty
years later he first saw an aeroplane
in action, he remarked: “I never
dreamed when I wrote that poem that
such a thing as a flying machine was
even a possibility in my lifetime.”
Among his books for boys the most
popular were "Cudjo's Cave" and "The
Three Scouts."
OF SE LE
SEATTLE. P.L, !; ••*. itifts H.
Smith, a millionaire land owner of
this city, died suddenly today. Smith
was sixty-nine years old and was pos
sessed of some of the most valuable
real estate in the city, owning several
buildings in the down town section,
besides considerable suburban prop
erty. His death comes as a complete
surprise to his many friends, as he
usd been actively looking after his
tffairs to the last.