A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
MONDAY
London—The war office reports
this afternoon that the Turks have
surrendered the city of Jerusalem to
the British forces under General
Allanby. The city was surrounded
by the British troops, following a
series of engagements with the
Turks in which they were defeated
with severe losses.
Washington, D. C.—In his week
ly review of war conditions. Secre
tary of War Baker declares that
Germany is massing her forces
along the Westem front and that
it is important for the United States
F to make all possible speed with the
military preparations now under
way. The Germans, he says, are
preparing to execute plans which
have been maturing since the defeat
^ of Russia early in the war, at the
time of the first big operations
along the Eastern front. The peace
negotiations with Russia and Ru
mania have permitted the Central
powers to throw large numbers of
men on the Western front, where
they are now being massed for a
supreme offensive against the Allies
in France and Italy.
Washington—The Central powers
are preparing for a supreme effort
of the war, on the Italian front.
Italian aviators report continued
concentration of Teuton forces, who
are streaming over all roads leading
to the Asiago plateua, where desper
ate fighting has been raging during
the past several days, and where the
Italians have been forced to abandon
several positions.
Washington—The latest advices
on the sinking of the American de
stroyer Jacob Jones places the loss
of life at 64. Commander David
Bagley, who was thought to have
gone down with his vessel, is among
the survivors.
Madrid—The revolutionists who
started a revolt in Portugal several
days ago, are reported to have been
successful in overthrowing the gov
ernment. The former Portuguese
* minister to Germany has been made
president of the new provisional
government.
Halifax—The police are making
wholesale arrests of Germans in this
city on suspicion that German in
trigue was responsible for the ex
plosion of the Mont. Blanc ammuni
tion cargo. The surviving members
of the Belgian relief ship Ino, who
made their escape from the vessel
before the explosion occurred, were
placed under arrest this morning,
but all of them stoutly assert that
the responsibility for the disaster
rests with the ammunition ship.
An official statement issued to
day says that the total of killed is
4,000, with an equal number of in
jured, and 20,000 homeless. The
work of burying the victims began
yesterday, but it is proceeding slow
ly because of the scarcity of men to
dig graves. All the local news
papers are carrying advertisements
for men for that purpose.
The people of the United States
are subscribing liberally to funds
for the relief of the destitute here.
The sum of $25,000 was raised in
i two hours in Seattle, and other
cities have also subscribed substan
tial sums.
A second explosion was narrowly
averted last night, when the deck
cargo of the British ammunition
ship Picton caught fire. Only the
prompt and courageous action of a
company of riflemen, who rushed
on board the threatened ship and
extinguished the flames, prevented
the destruction of the ship and prob
ably many lives.
Berlin—The Hungarian infantry
in the Piave delta yesterday stormed
the Italian bridges on the Silo and
captured two hundred prisoners.
The Teutons have signed an armis
tice with the Russian and Rumanian
,*rmies between the Dneister river
and the mouth of the Danube. The
armistice is for a period of three
months. The Germans have agreed
to all the demands of the Ruman
ians except one prohibiting the
transfer of troops to other fronts.
London—Advices received in this
city today state that a counter revo
lution has been started in South
east rn Russia by Kaledine Kutoff
and Korniloff, who aim to seize
auth >rity in that region and cut off
the food suoplies from Siberia. The
Bolsheviki forces have been engaged
at several points and several of the
provinces are now in the haads of
the revolutionists.
Seattle—The congregations of 50
churches in this city, at morning and
and evening services held yesterday,
adopted resolutions demanding the
impeachment of Mayor Gill.
Italian Headquarters—The battle
in the Asiago sector, in Northern
Italy, has been suspended, with the
Teutonic forces checked, if not en
tirely defeated. British and French
troops are now occupying trenches
and other positions heretofore held
by the Italians on the upper Fiave.
Seatle—Thos. Knight, a public
chauffer, was shot and killed by
holdup men in the outskirts of the
city last night. No trace of the
murderers has been found.
San Francisco—Daniel C. Jackling
is going to Washington to direct,
for the government, the manufac
ture of a super powerful explosive,
which is to be used by the Allied
armies. He will receive a salary of
one dollar a year.
Petrograd—The executive com
mittee of the Peasants council has
issued a manifesto in which the Bol
sheviki amistice with Germany is
repudiated. The manifesto appeals
to the Russian people to rise against
Bolsheviki and refuse to enter into
a separate peace with Germany.
TUESDAY
Columbus. — Porky Flynn was
knocked out in the second round last
night by Fulton, in what was to
have been a 20-round fight. Fulton
declares that unless Jess Willard
agrees to a match, he will claim the
i championship.
—
Greenville, Pa.—James Sheakly,
the first governor of Alaska, died at
his home in this city yesterday, at
the age of 90 years. He was ap
pointed governor of the district by
President Cleveland.
Girard, Kan.—The Appeal to Rea
son, the pioneer Socialist paper of
the country’, has changed its name
to the New Appeal, and hereafter
will support the administration war
policy.
San Antonio.—Thirteen negroes
were hanged at Fort Sam Houston
yesterday for participation in the
Houston riots last August. A num
ber of others, found guilty on the
same charge, were sentenced to life
imprisonment.
Washington.—Dispatches received
from Rome state that there is a luh
in the fighting on the lower Piave,
following the sacrifice of thousands
of Teuton lives in a vain effort to
break through the Italian lines to
the plains. Finding that they could
not improve their positions, the in
vaders suddenly ceased their attacks.
Halifax—The official list of ex
plosion victims, issed by the city
authorities today, shows that 1,280
were killed, 1,420 are missing, 6,000
were injured and 20,000 are home
less. Of the dead, 094 have been
identified.
Attorney S. H. Mil wee, who was
brought back to Fairbanks from the
coast the other day, to answer to the
charge of embezzlement by bailee,
preferred against him by the pro
prietor of the Fairbanks Clothinc
company, was given a preliminary
hearing yesterday and bound over to
the grand jury. He was charged
with selling a fur coat which had
been loaned to him to make the trip
out over the trail.
London.—The admiralty announc
es that three British airplanes pre
vented an attack by twelve German
raiders yesterday. The Germans
were attacked and given battle as
they approached British territory
and were forced to return to Ger
many. The place where the en
counter occurred has not been made
public.
The Hague.—A German council of
war is being held at the German
headquarters in France. Plans are
being made, it is reported, for the
big drive against the Allies on the
Western front. Hindenberg is cred
ited with the statement that peace
cannot now be considered by the
Central powers until they have been
victorious.
Washington.—The federal trade
commission has started a sweeping
investigation of alleged dishonesty
among food speculators, who are
said to be responsible for shortages
of many items of food. The de
I
partment of justice will be asked to
prosecute vigorously all of the gam
blers who are caught.
London.—The admiralty announc
es that the British are now building
ships almost as fast as they are be
ing destroyed by German submarines.
The November report of construc
| tion shows a great increase in the
number of vessels built and build
ing.
London.-—General Haig reports !
that artilllery duels of great magni-1
j tude are in progress along the Ypres j
and Arras lines. He reports that
| there is also considerable aerial
fighting, scores of planes from both
! sides being in action constantly.
Seattle.—At the request of the
city council, the counsel for the
aldermen is drawing up impeach
ment charges against Mayor Gill. It!
is understood that the charges will
be pushed vigorously.
| Washington.—The supreme court
| of the United States, in refusing to
i review the proceedings brought by!
| Receiver F. G. Noyes, of the Wash-,
j ington-Alaska bank, to recover from
the bank officials money alleged to
have been lost through their mis
; management, sustained the Alaska
j decree, holding that the district
| courts of the territory are courts
1 of the United States.
Washington.—The department of
agriculture reports that the value
‘of the 1917 crop of the United
States totaled twenty-one billion
dollars, the greatest in value in the
history of the nation. The crop in
cluded more than three billion bush
I els of corn.
J
London.—-It is reported from .-ini
sterdam today that the Germans are
rushing troops to the western front
in great numbers. One result of the
great movement, the dispatches
state, was the collision yesterday
afternoon, of two troop trains, both
of which were blown up, causing
the death of many German soldiers.
Halifax.—A carrier pigeon, with
a message written in German fast
ened under its wing was captured
this morning when it flew into a
window near the burned area. The
bird bore the number New York 29.
Seattle.—C'hauncey Wright, owner
of a chain of restaurants in Seattle,
dropped dead this morning, shortly
after leaving his bed.
i Seattle.—Joe Warren, a pioneer
j Alaskan, has been appointed chief
of police of this city.
i Washington.—In an address de
livered before the employees of the
treasury department today, Secre
tary McAdoo declared that Germany
constitutes the greatest peril ever
i faced by the United States. Civili
zation is at stake, he said, and if
civilization loses, the United States
also will lose.
San Francisco.—Alexander von
Girsewald, former German consul at
Seattle, has been placed under ar
rest in this city as a dangerous
alien.
Petrograd.—Bolshevika has issued
a formal declaration of war against
the Corsack rioters and steps are
,being taken to put down the re
volution. The Cossacks have an- 1
nounced their readiness to fight the
Bolsheviki government, and much
bloodshed is expected.
St. Johns.—A third storm is now
sweeping the stricken city of Hali- |
fax, rendering impossible further
search for explosion victims. The
city is again in darkness. An order
was issued today keeping everyone
out of the city except relief workers.
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London.—It is reported from Mos
cow that Bolsheviki has stationed
machine guns in the streets of that
city for the purpose of preventing
a threatened upri ing. Numerous
riot3 already have occurred and the
unrest is preading rapidly. Insubor
; dination is reported from the Mos
! cow garrison ,w-here many of the
j Bolsheviki soldiers have openly re
; fused to obey orders.
WEDNESDAY
Washington.—The senate military
' commission has begun an investi"a
! tion of the war department’s work
jin equi;»o:r.g thei American forces.
! This is thi first move in the con
■ gressional' inquiry Into the general
'conduct of the war. Major-General
i
Crozier, chief of ordnance, has in
formed the investigators that one of
the early obstacles encountered by
the department was the necessity
of putting an army of a million men
in the field in a year, instead of
five years, as contemplated by the
national defense act of 1916. They
were compelled to crowd a five-year
program into one year.
Seattle. — Steamship companies
operating between this city and
Southeastern and Southwestern Alas
ka ports are considering an advance
in passenger and freight rates on the
first of the year. Their excuse is
that the cost of operating their boats
has been increased by the war. The
Nome rates will be boosted before
the opening of navigation next sea
son.
Copenhagen.—All advices received
in this city from various parts of
Russia indicate that the Russians
are enduring the greatest misery
owing to the shortage of food and
the unsettled conditions prevailing
in that country.
San Francisco.—The first license
to mine coal in Alaska since the
opening of the Northern fields, was
granted today to the Chickaloon
Mining company. The company is
capitalized at more than a million
dollars and plans to serve California
and Seattle markets at a consider
able reduction in the price of fuel.
The company, which is backed by
California and Italian capital, is al
ready at work on the lease, prepar
ing to open up the property on a
large scale.
London.—Survivors of the Ameri
can destroyer Jacob Jones, which
was sunk by a U-boat last week, de
clared that the vessel went down in
nine minutes after the torpedo was
sighted speeding toward the ship.
San Francisco.—Miss Catherine
Stinson, of Texas, made a flight
from San Diego to this city in her
machine in nine hours and ten min
utes, establishing a new world's
record for a non-stop flight. The
distance is 610 miles.
Madrid.—Martial law has been
proclaimed at Lisbon on account of
the unrest there, following the re
volutionary coup. The warship
Dugama, the biggest in the Portu
guese navy, was damaged by shell
fire during the uprising, and is now
beached.
Washington.—-Secretary of the In
terior Franklin K. Lane, in his re
port for the fiscal year, ending June
30, says that Alaska enjoyed a fairly
prosperous year. The war stimu
lated copper mining to a consider
able extent, but retarded gold lode
mining, because of the increased cost
of supplies. The labor shortage in
the North also curtailed the gold
output, many Northerners having
been lured to the Outside by the
high wages prevailing in the States.
He points out that Alaska needs a
larger population and one that will
become attached to the soil. The
territory suffers too much, he says,
from too much reservation of its re
sources.
Seattle.—The trustees of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce ad
opted a resolution yesterday urging
congress to modify Senate Bill 2812
so as to permit the purchase of
Alalska coal lands by competitive
bidding. Similar action also has
been taken by numerous commercial
organizations throughout the terri
tory, including Nenana.
Copenhagen.—Semi-official ad
vices received from Berlin today
state that the Russians are demobil
izing and that there is reason to be
lieve that a separate peace with the
Slav nation will soon be in full
force.
Denver.—Judge Lindsey, Colo
rado’s noted juvenile magistrate, has
gone to Washington in response to
a request to visit the capital for
the purpose of considering assuming
supervision over the orphaned child
ren of Belgium and of Northern
France.
London.—The house of commons
was informed by the premier this
morning that General Allenby enter
ed the city of Jerusalem on foot on
Tuesday, at the head of his British
command.
Juneau.—Secretary of War Baker
has requested Governor Strong to
suspend that part of the territorial
eight-hour law which refers, to the
fishing industry, and there is the '
probability that the governor will i
issue an order soon setting aside
I that part of the act. Secretary I
Baker has pointed out that longer i
working days in the fishing industry
will result in the production of pro-1
portionately more food.
London.—Speaking before the ]
house of commons today, Minister j
of Munitions Churchill admitted that ^
the war situation is more serious
now than it was three months ago.
Balfour told the lawmakers that the
British government had received a;
communication from the German
government in September in which
the kaiser intimated that his govern
ment would be glad to get in com
munication with England regarding
peace. The British government had
] replied that any peace overtures
I must be addressed to the Allies
Nothing further had been received '
from the Germans.
Newcastle, Del.—The munition]
plant of the Bethlehem Steel com
pany was partially wrecked today j
by an explosion. Several workmen
were killed and a number injured.
Washingtop.-Dispatches receiv
ed in this city from Constantinople,
via Vienna, state that the Sultan
of Turkey is dangerously ill.
Washington.-—The Lansing bill,
providing for the release of many
millions of acres of coal and oil
j lands in the public domain next Feb
j ruary, has been reported favorably
by the house public lands committee.
Washington. — According to a
statement issued today by the war
department, national army men will
not be permitted to leave the can
tonments during the Christmas holi
days unless their homes are within
I trollying distance of the training
] camps.
Italian Headquarters.—The first
j American shot against the Austro
Hungarian forces was fired today
on the lower Piave by Representa
tive Tinkham, of Boston.
THURSDAY
London.—General Haig reports
that the Germans launched a mass
attack late yesterday along a ten
mile front in the Cambria sector, in
tending to overwhelm the British by
sheer weight of numbers before their
attack could be arrested. The attack |
; was a failure, however, the Germans I
having been forced to retire before
| they had dislodged the British first !
line. The losses were exceedingly
heavy, many of the attackers having
been caught in the wire entangle- ,
ments, where they were riddled by j
British bullets.
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j New York.—As the result of the
j shortage of coal throughout the East,
!one local company, owning 140 j
i apartment houses, has posted notices ;
in the buildings notifying tenants j
that hereafter the heat will be turn
ed off between the hours of eleven !
in the morning and three in the j
afternoon.
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New York.—The general operating j
committee of the Eastern railroads !
have ordered an embargo on all ex- '
port shipments on lines entering j
North Atlantic ports, except govern
ment freight.
London.—Advices received in this ‘
‘ city today state that General Korn
iloff was wounded in an engagement
with Bolsheviki forces and that his
capture is expected. All signs, the
j dispatches state, indicate that the
Cossacks will be unable to hold out
against Bolsheviki.
Madrid.—The Spanish government :
is making vigorous protest to the
, German government against the ;
shelling of the Spanish steamer i
| Claudic by a German submarine. The i
attack resulted in the death of eight .
sailors.
\ London.—Four vessels of more i
! than 1600 tons and seven of le=s s
' than that tonnage, were sunk by j l
| German submarines during the past <
week.
Washington.—According to an- i
i roure-ment made today, the price j]
of silver will be boosted sufficiently <
to encourage increased production. 1
The price probably will be between ]
eighty-five and ninety cents per fine (
ounce.
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Atlantic Port.—American gunners 1
'on an incoming American steamer i
report that they were attacked by a i
| German submarine three days out of 1
Archangel and that the shots from
their Runs sent the U boat to the
bottom.
Washington.—In his proclamation
proclaiming a state of war with
Austria-Hungary, President Wilson
specified that only dangerous Aus
rians would be interned. Most of
:he restrictions which apply to Gor
nans will not apply to subjects of
:he duel monarchy. They cannot
■nter or leave the United States
without special permission but their
Movements within the country will
oe unrestricted. They will be per
nitted to live and work in zones
"rom which the Germans have been
jarred.
Copenhagen.—Eleven different re
publics have been set up in Russia,
leclaring their independence of the
Bolsheviki government.
Havana.—The Cuban congress is
idopting resolutions declaring war
igainst Austria-Hungary.
London.—For the first time in his
:ory, women may run for parlia
nent at the next election in Eng
and. The National Federation of
iVoman Workers has voted to amal
gamate with the Labor party and go
nto politics actively.
Washington.—The government has
nade another loan to Italy. bring
ing the total advanced to that na
tion to $325,000,000.
San Antonio.—Forty-five negroes,
members of the Twenty-fourth in
fantry, who have been convicted on
the charge of complicity in the
Houston riots, will leave for Fort
Leavenworth on Sunday to serve the
sentences which have been imposed
on them. Forty-one were given life
sentences and the other four from
two and one-half years down. Thir
teen have already been executed.
Washington.—The Webb export
bill, permitting the combination of
capital among American exporters
for the purpose of promoting f reign
commerce was passed by the senate
yesterday afternoon.
San Francisco.—Officers of the
steamer Paloona .arriving in port
yesterday, express the belief that
the steamer Maverick is operating as
a German raider between this city
and Honolulu. The officers declare
that rockets were fired by a strange
vessel on the night of December S
and a few hours later the Paloona
was covered by the stranger’s search
light. The vessel was afterwards
identified as the Maverick. The
liner Manoa also sighted the Maver
ick in the Pacific.
FRIDAY
Amsterdam.—Official advices re
ceived in this city state that the
German government has not yet
submitted any peace conditions to
the Russians. Up to the present
:ime, nothing has been discussed ex
cept the armistice.
London.—A declaration of Eng
land’s war aims is being urged by
i parliament committee composed of
.he representatives of the Labor
party.
Seattle.—The disabled steamship
Spokane is enroute to this city under
ter own steam, temporary repairs
laving been made at the point where
.he boat was towed immediately fol
owing the accident.
London.—A number of American
■ngineers are reported to have been
tilled by aerial bombs yesterday in
i town behind the British lines.
Copenhagen.—Information receiv
ed in this city from Petrograd this
ifternoon states that the Russian
Black sea fleet has joined Bolsheviki.
Amsterdam.—The Austro-Hungar
an war minister is authority for the
tatement that no attempt will be
nade by the Turks to recapture t.h.
ity of Jerusalem from the Bri‘ K.
London.-—The Central powers ap
pear willing to evacuate and re?tor*
tumanian territory, provi : ng a now
lynasty is established in t at c on
ry, the new sovereign to be h pm
lathy with the reigning house of
Jermany .
London.—The Turks are r.-, orted
o have defeated the British forces
n Mesopotamia. The British are
low retreating with the Turks in
ot pursuit.