THE ALASKA GITIZEN

THE ALASKA GITIZEN VOL. VI. FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1916. NO. 52

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Movement of Large Num-

bers of Herman Troops to

Central and Southern Bel-

gium is On.

TURKS APPLY TORCH TO ARMENIAN TOWNS

Durazzo Surrounded Three

Sides by Troops of Central Powers and Certain Fall

Is Believed Imminent.

Amsterdam dispatches leceiv-

cd yesterday indicate that the

long expected offensive move-

ment of the Germans on the

western ficnt is about to ma-

ture. The dispatches state that

German troops in large num-

bers are new being moved to

central and southern Be gium and it is therefore believed, ac-

cording to the dispatches, that

the starting of a drive on the

part of the Geimans, on a scale never yet seen during the pres ent war. is very imminent.

A Rome dispatch is to the

effect that Durazzo, the prin- cipal seaport of Albania, is

about to fall into the hands of

the Austro German forces. It is

defended principally by Monte

negrins. Serbians and Albanians,

although it has been asserted that the e is also a garrison of

Italian treops there. The dis-

patches of yesterday state that the place is now surrounded on

three sides by the forces of

the Teutonic allies, and it is

therefore thought certain, even

in Rome, t^at its fall Is only a

matt-, r of a few hours. Armenia Is reported to again

be in a state of devastation as a

result of the Russian invasion.

The havoc however, is being w ought by the retreating Tur-

kish so'diers who seem deter-

mined to leave nothing of value

behind them for the advancing Russians. The dispatches state

that wholesale massacres are a

common occurrence, and that a

trail of mood and ashes marks

the path of the retreating Turks, the torch having been freely applied.

MORE GERMANS IN BELGIUM.

AMSTERDAM. Feb. 20. Accord-

ing to word received here, more

than 100.000 German troops halve been ru.-d.ed to central and southern

Belgium during the past week. While

no definite information is obtain-

able. it is generally believed that

this means that the Teutonic allies at° about to start another offensive movement on the western front. In

addition to the movement of troops, trainloads of ammunition and a

number of new big guns, just from the factory, are being forwarded to the western front.

DU R AZ TO IS ABOUT TO FALL.

ROME, Feb. 20 Authentic ad-

vices have been received here that

Durazzo, the capital of Albania, is

surrounded on three sides by Teu- tons and there is little doubt that it will fall into the hands of the

Germans, Bulgars and Austrians within the next few days. While the Italian war off’u e will make no an-

nouncement as to the situation at l' 0 i s ■ ■ n -i. By admitted in army circles that it is considered useless on the part of the allies to attempt to withstand the at-

tack of the enemy any longer.

MORE MASSACRES- OF ARMENIANS.

TIFLIS, Feb. 20.—Throughout Ar- menia there has been a fresh out- break of massacres as the result of the fall of Erzerunt, the Turkish forces plundering and burning whole towns, destroying homes and rav-

ishing thousands of young girls and women.

SWISS TALK OF ENTERING WAR.

LONDON, Feb. ?0 —Dispatches re-

ceived here from Geneva are to the effect that a crisis is near in Switzerland in regard to the war.

Agitators seem to have been at work among the people, but it is believed that the general wish is thrt the Swiss government main- tain its stand of neutrality. It is stated in the dispatch received here that numerous officials of high stand in a in Switzerland are in favor o

seeing their country allied with

Eng’and and France.

w oman Kills Rival in Pit of Jealousy

murdered woman's husband

WAS BONE OF CONTEN- TION IN THIS CASE.

HINTIN'; T< IN. \V. V Feb. 20. the passengers on a crowded in

.; < ir entering this city v : t:a o '- n ir.to a panic venter

y I y the tiling ef several shots fi .! a revolver And after the sheeting wa over and tin* smoke tf bn'tle i a'! cltarc l away, it •ea di red. that Mrs. Leon- ard Levee L id killed Mrs. Frank Wood.

The shooting is stated to have lien the outcome of a rivalry which lias existed for some time

past for the affections of Wood, the murdered woman’s husband He was not on the car at the time that the shooting took

plare Mrs. Dev op has been placed

under arrest, charged with mur-

der in the first degree. inter- viewed by a representative of one of t!ie lo al papers the

prisoner stated that she killed Mrs. Wood because the dead woman had talked about her. She further stated that tie only way the murdered woman could

keep her husband at her side was by saying mean things about other women in whom he was interested.

Prisoners of War Die by 1 housands

SAX FRANITSFO, Feb. 20.--Thou- sands of German and Austrian prisoners of war in Russian concern

; alien camps in Smeria were dt. iribed "as starving and dying from

exposure in tie bitter cold of the Siberian winter' by F. W. Wake field, a San Francisco business man.

who arrived here from the Uricm on the steamer Shinyo.

lie traveled through Siberia al- ii r liis marriage ill Honolulu las! summer to the former Mrs. John

1 D. Spivokels, Jr., of San Franc-is .;.

“When i was in I'chita. Siberia,’ aid Mr Wakclieid, "last Xovem

her, 300 prisoners in camp there

already had died from exposure rid want ol suilicient nourishment.

Their condition was pitiable, and the Russian government, 1 was told ■Quid do nothing.

"There were about 38,000 prison era there, shambling about with

i their German and Austrian uniforms in tatters. Some shielded them-

with animal skins. In all f Siberia there were hundreds of

J thousands of prisoners. They must

a- given aid or thousands will die.”

Britain Needs All Her Men

LONDON, Feb. 20.—Not a single soldier of Great Britain’s 3,000,000

! volunteers already under arms has been put to death by sentence of a military tribunal for any crime. This fact was formally stated today in the House oi Commons, in the ■nurse < f a debate on an amendment

to the military service bill. Assurance was given by the gov-

ernment that no man will in future be sentenced to death for any of- fense for which conscientious ob- ject ion can be pleaded in defense.

By custom, death may be the

penalty in wartime for desertion

Deeping on post as sentry, mutiny, •owardice and deliberate disobedi-

ence to orders in sight of the ene-

my.

Jailed For Making Child Milk Cows

HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 20.—Af- ter Martha, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ratke had failed to attend school for many days, a truant officer un-

covered a story of drudgery and

j "ruelty that put the State Humane I Society officials on the trail.

In the city couit today a judge sentenced the parents to thirty days in jail for abusing the little girl. She was kept from school to care

for a herd of sixteen cows, a task that a strong hired man deserted when cold weather came. Early every morning Martha was compelled to v- r the cows work in the stable and help at the milking. Then she aided her mother in the

I house until it was time to feed the cows and bed them for the night.

Hokus—What’s the matter with Flubdub? He looks as though he

j didn’t have a friend in the world. Pokus—Oh, he’s still keeping his

[ New Year resolutions.

Age Hits Kaiser Hair I urns White

LONDON, Jan. 25.—The Daily Mail correspondent, who arrived at Nish January IS. describes what he saw of the German emperor at

close rapga on several occasions t Nish and what happened at

royal banquet where the ...

peror was the guest of King Fot n and.

"i was face to face with the em-

peror directly i left the train," says the •• orrespondent.

"King Ferdinand had only a f -v

minutes before received him on his arrival front the west, and the

royal pair were walking up and down the station platform without

ceremony, arm in amt.

"I had never seen Ferdinand be fore, and it was eight years since I had seen the emperor.

"What a chatige! "The emperor is not the tall man

represented in his photographs. "Beside the great, massive figure

of the hawk-nosed Ferdinand, who is a curious ducklike waddle, the

great war lord seemed almost di minutive.

"The people did not show much interest in the emperor, but the Bulgarian ministers were obsequi oua.

"How did the emperor look? “Whether it be due to the fa

tigues of war, the effect of a two

days’ journey or ill health, I can-

not say. but his face is that of a

':r 1 and broken man.

“His hair is white, though hi mustache is still suspiciously dark

"There was an absence of the old activity of gesture.

"He is greatly aged. "He held in his hand a handker-

hief which he was perpetually us-

ing. and I noticed later at the ban

quet that he seemed to require it to assu: ge the continual coughing.

"The handkerchief was a huge Turkish affair of red, embroidered with a white Turkish star and cres-

ent in the corner.

“The emperor ate and drank vir-

tually nothing at the banquet, and it is said that he always eats before pri reeding to state functions.

“Certainly he spent more time

coughing than eating at Nish.”

Japs Are Building Passenger Vessels

PLAN OF JAP SHIPBUILDERS INVOLVES EXPENDITURE

OF LARGE SUM.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb 20.— Plans for the construction of a

ship yard in Japan and the

building of seven new vessels were reported in shipping circles today to have been made

by the dire tors of the Tokyo Risen Kaisha at a meeting held at Tokyo.

Two passenger vessels of 25,- 000 tons displacement and five

f 10 000 tons, it is said, will be built at a total cost of about $18.500 000, including the ship- yard. The yard, it is declared, will be built at Yokohama or

Shimonseki.

Night Riders Tell Of Plots to Slay

NEW MADRID. Mo., Jan. 18.— How the plans of night riders of southeast Missouri to burn several towns and to kill the leading mer-

chants. manufacturers and land owners in those towns, were frus- trated by the arrest of sixty-seven members of the secret band sever-

al months ago, was told on the witness stand In court here today by confessed night riders who are

being tried on charges of “assault with intent to kill" and "conspiring with intent to kill.”

“Jerusalem” was the pass word of the night riders. “To do the bidding of the majority," was the vow and "Death” was the penalty for failure to obey, according to

! the testimony of Hobart Shipman, Walter Willoby and George Perry'.

The purpose of the organization, the night riders said, was to com-

pel land owners, merchants and lumber mill owners to Improve the conditions of their laborers and tenants,

Walter Willoby, an alleged leader, was found guilty and received the heaviest sentence, five years. J. W. Spinnet was sentenced to two

years in the penitentiary. Seven others pleaded guilty and

were sentenced to two years.

Ted—What do you do when a

man tries to kiss you? Marjorie—Oh, that’s something

you’ll have to find out for your- self.

A PAIR OF DUMMIES

BRITISH STOP AMERICAN BOAT

SHANGHAI, China, Feb, 20.—The

American steamer China, bound from San Francisco for this port, was stopped and searched yesterday at a point on the Chinese coast not far distant from this city by a British battleship. And it is

stated that the search was not with-

out results, as the British officers succeeded in taking 40 Germans from the American boat. The China has not yet reported here, although she is expected hourly

PARISHES FLOATING. NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 20—Eight

parishes in the eastern part of this state along the Mississippi river are under water varying from a few inches to several feet in depth, an account of the breaking of the

Mississippi river levee, according to reports received here. No loss of life is reported, hut it is stated that thousands of the inhabit of the parishes have been com

polled to flee foe their lives, leav-

ing their homes to the mercy of the waters. The bre k in the levee is stated to be fully one mile in width.

January Exports Nearly Doubled

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—A com-

pilation of figures obtainable as to the exports from this port to for-

eign countries during the month of January in the year 1915 and in the present year, shows that those of the present year were nearly double those of January, 1915. The total value of the exports during last January was approximately $180,000,000, while for the same

month a year ago the exports were

valued at $104,000,000.

Pope Benedict Seriously 111

ROME, Feb. 20.—Pope Benedict

is seriously 111, suffering with an

attack of la grippe, according to

official announcement made at the

Vatican today. While the pope s

condition at the present time is not

serious, it is feared that pneu- monia will develop.

Germany Alarmed at Her Low Birth Rate

BERLIN, Feb. 20—The German

government, is greatly alarmed at

the low birth rate throughout the

empire. Economist specialists, phy- sicians and statesmen are giving the matter the most careful con-

sideration, trying to agree upon some way of remedying conditions

CHICAGO, Feb.» 20 — If attendance at the universities throughout the

country' is an indication of national

wisdom, we are Just about twice as wise as we were ten years ago. According to statistics from thirty of our largest universities, 109,397 students haunt the campuses of these

universities in pursuit of fleet foot-

ed knowledge. This is about dou-

ble the number of students of ten

years ago.

Father of Country Criminally Libeled

MAN ARRESTED FOR LIBELING THE MEMORY OF GEORGE

WASHINGTON.

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—Paul Has-

ser. a newspaper and magazine writer of this city, has been ar-

rested for criminal libel, the

charge being that he wrote and

published letters tending to shew

that George Washington, dur-

ing his lifetime, was a profane and intemperate man. The

charges were preferred by Col. James Joab and a warrant for the arrest of Hasser was immed-

iately issued. The preliminary hearing of Hasser on the charge will be held Monday.

Senate Ratifies Nicaraguan Treaty

WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 20.—

The senate Saturday ratified the

treaty which gives the United States

a 99-year lease on the Nicaraguan canal route and a naval base in the

gulf of Fonseca The considers

tion for the lease is $3,000,000. Ac-

cording to rumors about Washing- ton, Germany has been trying to

conclude a treaty which would give that country the rights secured by the United States.

Investigation of Graft is Ordered

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 20.—

By order of Brigadier General Scott,

acting secretary of war, there will

be a sweeping investigation in the

aviation branch of the signal corps.

Charges have been preferred against Lieut. Col. Reber, who is at the

head of this branch of the service

under General Serive. In addition

o the charges of graft which have

been laid against those in charge of the aviation corps, there is also

a charge of gross inefficiency. It is charged that enlisted men

in the aviation corps are given pro

motion by purchase; that any man

in the service who wants promo- tion must purihase it. These

matters have been tmder in-

vestigation for some time in a quiet way, but the public investigation was not authorized until the pres-

ent time.

Jewish Relief Fund is Used

| NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Two and

one-half million dollars, raised among

the Jews of America, will be sent

forward immediately to points in

Europe to relieve the suffering of

the Hebraic race in the afflicted dis-

tricts. The Jews of America start-

ed a fur.d for the relief of their

kinsmen and hoped to raise up-

wards of five million dollars. While

they have not reached that mark

yet. the committee in charge an-

j nounces that the full sum will be 1 subscribed.

The two most liberal subscribers

have been Julius Rosenwald. pre.'d dent of Sears. Roebuck & Co., and

president of the Associated Jewisn

charities of Chicago, and Oscar

Strauss, the well known New York

er.

CHICAGO Feb. 20.—By order of

Postmaster General Burleson, all

anarchistic papers published in Chi

cago have been temporarily denied the use of the mails, and will be

excluded from the mails until all the agitators have been cleaned tip by the police.

The efforts of the department will

go farther and will hold up temporarily the delivery of such publica tions as come addressed to people here anil which are anarchistically inclin d

According to the authorities who have been investigating the anar-

chist plots, there will be a general roundup of a big gang within the next week.

Banquet Guarded. NEW YORK, Feb. 20,—Sixty plain

clothes men guarded the doors of the banquet hall in which the ban-

quet was held by the Knights of Columbus and which Cardinal Far-

ley and Governor Whitman attend-

ed, Every entrance to the build

ing was carefully guarded and de- tectives were substituted for ser-

vants. The banquet was held with- j out incident, although it could not j be termed a delightful affair, ow-

ing to the air of doubt in the minds of everyone as to the food.

Chef Writes Letter. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—The New

York Times yesterday received a

letter which is alleged to have been written by the chef cf the Chicago banquet at which so many were

poisoned. The letter told in detail of the plans of the plot to destroy a number of prominent people throughout the country.

City Hall Guarded. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Fearing

that anarchist agitators may make an attempt to dynamite the city hall, thus endangering the life of

Mayor Mitchel and other of tin

city officials who have their head-

quarters there, the police department has ordered a strong guard of plain clothes men and police to be on hand there at all times. It is understood, although not officially announced, that the police have re

ceived an intimation that such a

lion is contemplated by dynamiters. Residence Dynamited.

CHICAGO. Feb. 20.—The residence of Modlsto Giovanni president of the defunct Italian-Ameri- can bank, of this city, was dynamited yesterday. The police do not think the work was that of an-

archists, being rather of the opinion that some of those who lost money in the bank when it closed its doors >re responsible for the deed. There were no casualties.

EXPLANATION ASKED.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 20.—

The propounding of a question by Secretary Lansing relative to the declaration of the Germans to sink

all armed merchant vessels has caused a sensation in official Wash-

ington. It is, "How will you know

that guns are on board the boats

before you attack them?” The

question was asked of German Am-

bassador von Bernstorff and has

,-ot yet been answered.

CHINESE TONG

ON THE COAST POLICE OF COAST CITIES ARE

EXPECTING CHINAMEN TO START FIGHTING.

SKATTLK, Feb 20—That a Chi- nese tong war of large proportions is imminent in this ami other Pa- cific coast cities, is the opinion of the police of Seattle. They are

led to the conclusion that the rival

tongs have declared war on each other by the fact that a prominent Chinaman was murdered here last week and "hat a very prominent Chinese narrowly escaped a third

attempt to encompass tils assassi- nation yestoidny. It is also now

believed that the recent Chinese murder in -'an Francisco were the outcome of tong troubles in place of being results of the movements of the revolutionists in China, as

was first thought. The police force of Seattle is

taking every precaution to prevent tlie warring factions from getting into action in this city. The po- licemen are being assisted in their task by numerous federal officers.

Secretary Daniels Wants Some Money

WASHINGTON D C. Feb. 20.—

rivtary of t’ "avv Josephus Daniels yesterday requested con-

gress to give him an emergency

appropriation of $2 T50.000 to defray the expenses of the department This

amount is to carry tlie department from now until July 1. when the

new fiscal year starts. A substan- tial portion of the appropriation of

the last congress is still on hand, but it. is considered to be too small to carry the navy until the regu-

lar appropriation is available. The se rotary of the navy Is now

preparing to put into effect a plan for civilian naval training stations, to 1 * run along the same ILnes as

tlte military training camps for ci- vilians. ll is expected that the

secretary of tile navy will ask the assistance of the various boat and

yacht clubs in connection with this

plan

Another Dupont Plant is Burned

MEMPHIS, Feb. 20.—A fire which broke out at an early hour yester-

day morning at the chemical plant of tlic Dupont Powder works de- stroyed half the plant and caused

damage to the extent of almost half a million dollars. While the official'; of the company think that the fire was of incendiary origin, the police of Memphis believe that it was started by spontaneous com-

bustion. The plant was carefully guarded and the police believe that it would have been impossible for

anyone, even from the inside, to

have started the fire without detec- tion.

A number of federal secret service men from Washington are expected to arrive here today to start an

investigation of the case, with a

view to assisting the local authorities.

Mexican Editors Are In the Toils

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.—After a desperate fight, federal officials

today arrested two editors of Mexi-

can revolutionary papers on a charge of using the maii to spread false information with a view to incit-

ing revolution. When the officers

appeared with warrants to make the arrests, the editors drew knives

and threatened to kill the first one

that came near them. It was only due to the quickness of the officers and the fact that there were six of them that no one was seriously- injured in the affray. As it was,

one of the officers received a bad cut on the arm.

The editors will now be held on

a charge of attempt to commit murder.

Auto Bandits Are Busy in ‘Frisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.—Last

night was one of terror In San Francisco. Six holdups, all carried out with the aid of an automobile, took place, and in every Instance, the thieves riiade their getaway. From the descriptions given by the

people held up. it appears that two

different cars were used and that two different crews of holdup men

were on the job. The manner in which all the holdups were made indicate that it was all the work of one gang, divided into two squads.

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