"iXWEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
MONDAY
Division Engineer F. H. Bailey has
received a telegram from Assistant
Secretary’ of the Interior Meyer an
nouncing the approval of the survey
of the Nenana coal fields into leas
„ ? blocks and tracts. The wire also
es that the formal opening of the
its will follow as sooon as data
n be printed.
Seattle.—Great prepAations are
eing made by local labor organiza
tions for the reception of 300 metal
tradesmen, who are expected here
"^afternoon from the Middle West,
are the vanguard of a large
ay of skilled workmen which the
iovernment is planning to send to
the Pacific coast to work in the
hipyards and other industries en
.aged in turning out government
•ontiacta.
iVashington.—The United States
| arranged with the Netherlands
"charter all Dutch vessels now in
tmerican ports
Washington. —The house naval
otnmittee, after having devoted a
‘•iveek to the investigation of the war
^reparations made by the navy de
ytment, announces that the work
■as been well done. The depart
nent will be commended in the com
;> littee report, but certain recom
endations will be made.
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Washington.—Delegate Sulzer has
troduced a bill providing for full
erritorial government for Alaska.
Rome.—Greatly stirrred by Presi
, dent Wilson’s outline of American
war aims, Austria-Hungary is smould
ering with opposition to Militarist
Germany. Reports received in this
city state that the situation in the
- - dual monarchy is most critical. Real
® izing the danger of a general revolt,
; he kaiser has dispatched troops to
11 the industrial centers both in
;ria-Hungary and Germany, with
orders to shoot down strikers if nec
•' essary to force them to return to the
> factories. A big peace demonstrat
tion took place at Vienna on Sunday.
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Paris.—Several hundred thousand
c additional German troops have ar
rived in Belgium during the past sev
eral days, for use in the expected
big Western drive.
London.—The war office announc
es that the British forces in the Holy
land have advanced a mill along a
four-mile front, twelve miles north
f„f .Jerusalem. A number of prison
ers were taken.
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Paris.—-Within a few months Bra
zil will have an army of several hun
dred thousand ready to assist the
Allies in France. By the end of the
year, the South American republic
will have two million men ready for
service. This statement was made
today by Senator Demalh> Mcadoo,
of Brazil.
• Washington.—The department of
abor has announced that one hun
• t .dyed thousand laborers will be im
iV?ported from Porto Rico, for distri
bution throughout the States. Ten
thousand also will he shipped from
the Virgin islands.
Washington—President Wilson has
intimated that he will oppose the
passage of the bill creating a war
council to have direct charge of the
war and war preparations.
Washington—In a statement made
before the interstate commerce, com
mission today. Secretary McAdoo de
clared that he did not favor govern
ment ownership of railroads, but he
-said that the old method of competi
tion could never be resumed. He
predicted a long period of operation
of the roads under government con
trol.
Attorney General Gregory has an
nounced that all German alien ene
pmies in Alaska will be required to
register, the date of registration
being fixed as March 18 to March
23 inclusive. Notice to that effect
was received today by Deputy Mar
shal Hagan, with instructions to give
* the matter as much publicity as pos
sible, in order that all alien enemies
in the country may be notified. The
place of registration will be an
nounced later.
Washington. — General Pershing
has reported the death of three of
his soldiers, who were killed in ac
tion on Monday.
Washington.—Senator McCumber
has introduced a bill authorizing the
drafting of all men between the ages
of sixteen and sixty-two. He pre- j
diets that such a law will be neces
sary before the war is over and he
suggests that action be taken im
mediately. The bill provides for the
use of the drafted men for trans
portation, shipbuilding, maunfacture i
of munitions and other purposes;
necessary to conduct the war.
TUESDAY
Announcement has been made by
the local food administration that
meatless, wheatless and other food
saving days which are being ob
served in Nenana shall commence
at six A. M. hereafter and continue
until midnight.
Petrograd.—There is a serious
I bread shortage in Northern Russia,
i due to the collapse of the trans
i portation system. Many other foods
%re short and general suffering in
i the isolated regions is feared.
The Hague.—Dispatches received
from Berlin state that great damage
has resulted from heavy snows and
! floods throughout the empire. A
number of munition factories along
the Rhine are reported to have been
j wrecked by the inundations.
London—Sir Edward Carson, min
ister without portfolio in the war
cabinet, has tendered his resigna
tion . In advising the king of th i
retirement. Premier George stated
that the retirement of Carson was
! not the result of a disagreement
j regarding the conduct of the war
New York.—Advices have reached
this city to the effect that three
large steamers, including one 'Ameri
can vessel, were sunk in the Medi
terranean recently by a submarine,
following a midnight attack on the
convoy. No lives were lost.
London.—The admiralty admits
today that two British monitors were
sunk during the naval engagement
at the entrance to the Dardanelles.
One hundred seventy-eight members
of the crews went down with their
- craft. The British rescued 102 Tur
kish sailors from the Turkish cruiser
Midulla, which was sunk by a mine.
The cruiser Sulten Selim, which was
beached after encountering a mine,
is now being bombarded by British
aviators. The two Turkish boats
came out to attack the British, and
both hit mines. The Turkish de
stroyers, which accompanied the
cruisers, were driven back by the
British boats.
San Francisco.—Three of the sol
diers recently found guilty by a
court martial of attempting to in
cite mutiny against the commanding
officers at Fort Seward, were sen
tenced today to ter., five an.! two
years respectfully.
Washington.—Former Chairman
Denman, of the shipping board, sub
mitted a report to the senate in
vestigators today in which it was
shown that unless the Teutons are
(defeated on land within a year.
Germany will be victorious, pro
vided the present ratio of shipping
destruction over production is main
tained.
Vienna.—The Arbiter Zeitung has
come out squarely in favor of peace,
An article appearing today says:
“This struggle is being waged in
the interest of imperialism entirely.
Arise, you workers and Socialists
of Germany and Austria and put
an end to the ruthless conquest.’’
Amsterdam. — Advices receive 1
from Vienna last 1 i<?ht state thn‘
the Austrian ministry has resxiu.i
and that Count von Toggenburg,
minister of the interior, has been
asked to form a new cabinet. The
retirement of the ministry is said
to have resulted from the discontent
among the people of the dual mon
archy over the continuation of the
war.
Fairbanks.—Fargo Rose, who re
cently plead guilty to the charge
of being a slacker, was sentenced
to a term of twenty days in jail
yesterday.
Chicago.—The Wakefield Fishing
I Corporation and Wilson & Company
have consolidated their interests and
will be known herafter as the Wil
; son Fisheries Company, with a capi
tal of $2,000,000.
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I Wastypgton.—The situation in
| Austria-Hungary, is being watched
today with deepest interest by the
administration. That it is very
serious is admited by officials oi
the government, but whether it will
have the effect of disrupting: the |
solidity of the Central powers is re-,
garded as questionable. Travelers i
arriving at tlie frontier of Switzer
land estimate that fully a million
workers have joined the general
strike. Alarmed over the situation.
Emperor Charles has summoned the
crown council to consider the grow
ing peace movement.
Washington.—The breach between
President W'ilson and the members
of congress over the conduct of the
war is widening. Senator Chamber
j lain has accepted the president’s
! challenge and announces that he will
1 reply in the senate to the charges
j made by Wilson. The senate mili
tary committee, notwithstanding the
! statement made by the president
, that the investigation had resulted
; in no good, has voted to continue
, the army inquiry.
Washington.—Reliable advices re
j ceived in this city state that 160,000
i Turkish soldiers, more than fifty per
] cent of General Falkenheyn’s or
i ganized Turkish army, deserted dur
| ing the recent journey from Con
stantinople to Palestine. Falken
heyn returned to Constaninople and
! it is understood that his entire plan
ifor the rehabilitation of the Sultan’s
j forces has been abandoned.
London.—President Wilson has
made representations to the British
government urging the settlement of
the Irish question at the earliest
opportunity.
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i London.—General Haig reported
today that his forces in Belgium had
repulsed a German raid in the Ypres
sector.
j Peking.—An American gunboat is
reported to have been fired on yes
terday by Chinese rebels, the attack
; resulting in the death of one sailor
and the serious injury of two others.
London.—Within a few weeks the
British government will permit a
Jewish commission to go to Pales
tine to prepare for the establish
ment of a Jewish nation in the Holy
land.
! Petrograd.—The former czar and
czarina are to be brought to this
city and placed on trial on the
charge of treason, according to re
ports in general circulation today.
The order for trial is to be issued
by Leon Trotsky.
WEDNESDAY
Wasington.—In his weekly report
of war conditions, Secretary Baker
says that the Allies are awaiting de
velopments on the Western front
preparing: to resist any attempt that
may be made by the enemy to break
through the Freach and British lines.
Recent events in Russia, he says,
have greatly increased the strate
getic fredom of the Teutons.
Washington.—The supreme court
of the United States has granted a
stay of execution in the cases of
Emma Goldman and Alexander Beck
eman, convicted of conspiring to
prevent the operation of the draft
law. The defense hopes to reopen
the cases on certain criminal fea
tures.
Amsterdam.—-Five labor meetings
held in Vienna have adopted reso
lutions demanding immediate general
peace. Peace along the lines sug
gested by President Wilson, should
be acceptable to all nations, the
laborites believe
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Washington.—Theodore Roosevelt
was denounced in the bitterest of
terms today, in a speech made on the
floor of the senate by Senator Stone.
The lawmaker declared that the
colonel is the “most potent agent
of the kaiser, the most seditious man
'■ of consequence in Ame;:ca. The
■heart of this man is aflame. His
j chief thought is, not to help the gov
| ernment, but always of Roosevelt.
This same man speaks in bitter, con
temptious disparagement of President
Wilson almost every day.” Stone al
so charged that Roosevelt had said
and written things for which more
humble men are being indicted for
, disloyalty.
Petrograd.—The constituent as
sembly has been dissolved by the
Bolsheviki forces and Lenine declares
that he will not permit the delegates
to deliberate again.
Omaha.—The city is threatened
: with an epidemic of small pox. There
are now 39 cases of th,e disease, of
' a virulent type, at the emergency
hospital, sixteen of them having de
veloped during the past two days, j
The prediction is made by the city'
physician that there will a general |
epidemic unless every man and
woman in the country ,who has not
been vaccinated during the past three
years, receives treatment at an early
date.
London..—The admiralty reports
the sinking of one Turkish warship
and the disabling of another as the j
result of a battle with British boats
near the entrance to the Dardanelles.
The vessel destroyed was the cruiser
Midullu, formerly the German cruiser j
Brestau. The other was Goeben, re- j
christened Sultan Yawez Selim by
the Turks. The latter vessel was
beached after the engagement.
Petrograd.—A. I. Shingaroff, min
ister of finance in the Kerensky
cabinet, and Prof Kokoshokine,
state comptrolled or !er Kerensky,
were found murdered in their beds
this morning.
London.—The food controller of
England has issued a decree, direct
ing two meatless days a week in all
homes, restaurants and hotels
i throughout England. The use of
| meat at breakfast is barred alto
j gether and less sugar, milk and but
j ter is urged.
Nottingham, Eng.—In an address
[delivered at the opening of the an
nual labor conference. President
Purdy asserted that if Germany does
not accept the peace terms outlined
by Premier George and President.
Wilson “we must fight on." He de
clared that Germany could no longer
| claim that the Teutons are fighting
i a defensive war, and it has not been
! shown that they were willing to ae
! cept the Allies’ principles.
, Washington.-—Bitter fighting is
i developing in the senate over the
proposal to create a war cabinet and
director of munitions. Chamberlain
iand his supporters, who are opposing
• the president, plan to bring up to
j morow a broad discussion of army
| conditions and war department re
j organization.
Vienna.—The newspapers of this
I city resumed publication today and
the employees of a majority of the
factories throughout the country
have returned to wo-k
London.—Official announcement
‘ made by the admiralty today states
| that the loss of two Allied steamers
i in the Mediterranean three weeks
j ago resulted in the loss of 718 lives.
' The vessels were sunk by the enemy.
: Another vessel was lost at the mouth
i of the Mersey river.
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, Tacoma.—Adolph Judd was ar
! rested as an alien enemy today while
' engaged in work on the local docks.
He admits being a graduate of a
1 German university.
Petrograd.—The breaking off of
, the peace negotiations at Brest Lit
; ovsk is the forecast appearing in all
Bolsheviki newspapers., in their is
| sues of today. Their general agree
ment on this point would appear to
indicate that the sentiment was
! prompted by official information on
j the question.
Washington.—Questioned why he
had come to the capital, Colonel
Rosevelt explained that he had come
chiefly to urge the passage of a
! universal military service law.
Washington.-—Secretary McAdoo
has authorized an embargo on all
freight except food, fuel and muni
tions. The embargo is effective on
the Pennsylvania lines, east of Pitts
burg; on the B & O east of the Ohio
river and on the Philadelphia &
Reading system. The embargo will
last only a few days, and it is in
tened to relieve the fuel and food
shortage.
Washington.—The American mini
' ster to China has made an impera
■ tiVe demand upon the Chinese gov
ernment for an immediate disavowal
| of the shelling of the American gun
, boat Monocacy and the prompt pun
I ishment of those responsible. The
| Chinese government also must pay
i an indemnity for the offense.
San Francisco—Mrs. Laura Scoble
cashier in a local theater, was mur
dered today at the Alda hotel by
Theodore Johns, her sweetheart.
After killing the girl, Johns cut his
own throat and is dying.
Indianapolis.—In ah address de
livered before the annual convention
of United Mine workers, Samuel
Gompers declared today in favor of
a universal seven-hour day during i
the war.
The veteran labor leader stated
that a seven-hour day will cure the
present coal situation. He defended
the administration and declared that
the mistakes which have been made
in Washington are the price of dem
ocracy, and thnt a democracy with
out mistakes is impossible. He urged
the miners of the country to give
their full support to the administra
tion.
Dublin—Declaring that, they want
ed weapons “for the next rebellion"
a gang if twenty heavily armed and
disguised men raided several houses
near Galway this morning and seized
all the arms and ammunition in
sight.
W. H. Smith, who was given a
preliminary hearing before Com
missioner Burns yesterday on the
j charge of embezzlement, has been
I bound over to the grand jury. Judge
| Burns having rendered a decision
| to that effect this morning Smith
I was released under bonds in the sum
; of $1500, pending action by the
I grand jury, which will convene in
I March.
j Jefferson City. Mo.—The big shoe
] factory at the state penitentiary,
j and the prison laundry were burned
j at an early hour this morning. The
j fire is believed to have been of
j incendiary origin, fololwing a series
j of fires discovered during the night.
Taking advantage of the oppor
tunity to enlist in Alaska for service
| in the national army, Roy R. Douse,
j Harold R. Anderson and Nick Larson
| signed the honor roll today and
; they will take their physical exaniin
'ations tomorrow morning.
THIjRSDA’i
Berne.—A revolution has broken
iout in Vienna and the revolutionists
| are attempting to seize the govorn
j mental power. They have already
! organized a provisional government,
i Information regarding the outbreak
also has been received by the Boll
sheviki government, the report hav
ing been carried to the frontier by
Austrian soldiers on the Eastern
front. The advices state that the
government troops at Vienna have
j mutinied, refusing to fire on the
I mobs, which are engaged in destroy
! rng property. The cause of the re
| volutjpn is said to be famine and
j distress of war, hostility to the gov
■ ernment’s servility to Germany, fac
jtional strife among the many races,
Ian ardent desire for peace and the
; Socialistic influence of the Bolshe
Iviki. Twenty industries are reported
i to have been compelled to suspend
j in Vienna.
Washington. — In a sensational
;speech before the senate. Senator
Chamberlain flatly contradicted Pres
ident Wilson. He said that he and
Hitchcock has discussed the munition
; council measure with the president
j at the Whitehouse for an hour. He
also produced a letter written by the
president in which he disapproved
j of the plan. In defense of the presi
dent, Senator James declared that
he believed Wilson had referred to
•the war cabinet bill when he said
he had not been consulted. Cham
iberlain charged that thousands of
I deaths which had occurred at train
! ing camps ami cantonments, were
due to the inefficiency of the war
department. He expresed the belief
that the president has been misin
formed regarding conditions. Sena
tor Kirby defended the administra
tion, declaring that nothing had de
veloped during the army investiga
tion to warrant much of the “stuff”
spoken in the senate. He admitted,
however, that some of the shortages
•shown were due to the inefficiency
of certain persons.
Washington.—Secretary of the
: Navy Daniels has issued an order
suspending the sale of candy to
American sailors; the order also sus
: pends the purchase of additional
! supplies pending an investigation.
1 This is the result of the discoveries
i of impurities in the candy suppled
to the men. Traces of powdered
glass are reported to have been
found, indicating that an attempt
is being made to kill off American
sailors.
Washington.—Dr. Constantin, the
new Rumanian minister, has inform
[ed the state department that his
country will fight to the end with
the Allies. He expresses keen dis
appointment over the breach with
Bolsheviki, but says that Rumania
will stand firm, without a thought
of separate peace.
FRIDAY
Berlin.—The chancellor demanded
that . the leaders of the nations at
war with Germany set forth new
proposals of peace. The terms out
lined by President Wilson and Pre
mier George contained certain prin
ciples, he said, which could be ac
cepted by Germany, but the concrete
proposals were unsatisfactory. Com
menting on the fourteen points in
the program for world peace, as set
forth by President Wilson, the chan
cellor said that ar agreement could
be reached without difficulty on the
first four points. He asserted, how
ever, that there could be no talk
of the cession of Alsace-Lorraine.
Continuing, he declared that Ger
many never had demanded the incor
poration of -Belgian -territory -by
(violence. Regarding the state of
j Poland, he said that would be de
j tided by Germany and Austria
| Hungary. And when all other ques
i tions had been settled, Germany
j would be ready to discuss the ques
■ tion of a league of peace. In con
i elusion he said that Germany does
j not want annexations by violence,
j but that the question of Northern
j France could be discussed only by
(France and Germany, and the evacu
ation of Russian territory was a
1 question which concerns only Russia
j and the Central powers.
Fairbanks.—The eight-hour law,
passed by the last Alaska legislature
and effective on the frist of the
year, will be tested in the district
court at Fairbanks. Geo. A. Cole
man, manager of the Fairbanks store
of the X. C. Company, was arrested
this week on the charge of violating
the law, and fined the sum of $250
by Commissioner Reed Heilig, before
whom the case was tried. Coleman
immediately appealed the case and
Judge Bunnell will have the oppor
tunity to pass on the legality of the
law at an early date.
London.—“It is obvious to mo”
(said Count Czernin in his address
before the Austrian* lawmakers, “that
(an exchange of views between Amer
, ica and Austria-Hungary might
form the starting point for concilia
I tory discussion among all states
which have not yet entered into
■ peace negotiations.”
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Washington.—Conflicting official
I reports received today by the state
(department, leave the authorities
j much in doubt regarding the true
(situation in Austria. There appears
(to be no doubt, however that the
i duel monarchy is facing a grave
; crisis, all reports agreeing that the
; demand for peace has assumed
(serious proportions.
Now \ ork—0. H. Thompson chair
man of the press committee of the
national defense society, is authority
: for the statement that the United
! States government lias ordered the
; execution of fourteen spies since the
| war started. In making the fact
I known, Thompsaon expressed the be
j lief that the people of the country
! should know of the determination of
the nation to protect itself.
Petrograd.—The Bolsheviki dele
; gates to the Brest Litov.sk peace par
i ley, have unanimously rejected the
peace terms offered by the Germans.
The final decision, however, will not
be reached until the Russian refusal
is reported to the conference, which
is scheduled to resume its delibera
tions on Tuesday. The delegates
say that the question of peace or
war now rests with the congress of
soldiers’ and workmen's delegates,
who have been advised that the Ger
man terms are the last that will be
offered by the kaiser. ,
Rome.—Italian patrols making re
. connaisances during the past few
i days discovered that the Teuton
■ patrols and sentinels had withdrawn
[from their positions. Further in
vestigation disclosed the fact that
I the enemy had abandoned the en
! tire region, the retirement being the
J sequel to the brilliant French vic
i tory on Monte Tomba. The retire
; ment is important in that it shows
i that the enemy has abandoned the
effort to force a passage to the
Venetian plains by way of Monte
Tomba.
Paris.—General Tasker Bliss has
arrived in France with the members
of his staff. His mission here is to
represent the United States on the
supreme war council which will con
sider plans for meeting the German
drive on the Western front. Bliss
will tell the Allies just what can
be expected of the United States.