The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-23
CITY UNkARM M ED.

confirm the report or the burning of the Galieian city of Craeow. A St. Petersburg dispatch received yes terday stated that the city was in flames. the inference being that the Russians had reached the city and set 1t on fire.
 KING AT FUNERAL
 LONDON. Nov 1s.-king George and other prominent officials of the government will attend the fun neral services over the remains of Lord Roberts, which will be held at Folkestone. Services were held at the headquarters of the British army in France before the body was sent to England.
 ULMAN SENTENCED.
 LONDON, Nov. Is. - Joseph Ul- man. the well-known furrier of New York, Paris and London, has been sentenced to death as spy, but sentence has been suspended for two weeks in order to give him an opportunity to prove that he Is a citizen of the United States.
 TURKS WAR ON LAPS.
 LONDON. Nov 1S.-The foreign office has received advices from Constantinople to the effect that the Japanese ambassador has received bis passports and is now enroute home from the Turkish capital.
 BLAME GERMANS.
 LONDON, Nov. 18.-The war of flee denies that the British troops have used dum-dum bullets at any time since the commencement of the war The Germans are said to be the only ones to use the bullets thus far.
 LoDY EXECUTED.
 LONDON, Nov. IS. - Carl Lody. formerly of Omaha, who was sen fenced to death recently as a Ger man spy was executed in the Tower of London this week, according to an official bulletin which was issued today.
 LOMBARD GERMANS.
 LONDON, Nov. 1S.-The admiral ty announces that British warships have bombarded the German base on the Belgian coast, inflictng heavy damage. The coast town of knocke, near the Dutch boundary, was one of the points of attack.
 SUFFER FROM WAR.
 LONDON, Nov. IS. - The middle class in England has been hard hit as the result of the decision of the government to double the income tax for war purposes.
 WAR CUTS WAGES.
 VANCOUVER. B. C.. Nov 18-As the result of the falling off in rev enues on account of the war, gen. eral cut in wages has been decided upon by the municipal authorities of this city. The salaries of the city officials and others in the employ of the city have been reduced from ten to thirty per cent, and retrench- ments in other ways are being made wherever possible.
 FIGHT IN FRANCE.
 PARIS, Nov 1S-Severe fighting is reported from Eastern France, in the region about Nerdun, where the Germans have made vigorous at tack on the right flank of the allies. The war office announces that the French forts are still intact.
 ROBERTS FUNERAL HELD.
 LONDON, Nov. 19.-The remains of Lord Roberts were laid to rest this afternoon at St. Pauls cathed- ral, the services being attended by King George, Lord Kitchener and other dignitaries of the nation. Kitchener and others of prominence rode in the procession, but the king went direct from the palace to the cathedral. This is the first time in English history that the head of the government has attended the funeral of national hero since the burial of Wellington siXty-tWo years ago.
 The streets were lined with troops today and many Indian troops par ticipated in the last rites over their beloved general. WILL RELiNQUISH ISLANDS.
 TOKYO, Nov. 19-The Japanese government will relinquish the Mar shall islands to Australia until the final war settlement.
 RESERVISTS CALLED.
 VIENNA, Nov 19. Austria-Hun- gary has issued a call for the re- servists of 1870-1S9O.
 DISEASE SPREADS
 LONDON, Nov. 19.-According to advices received from the mainland during the past few days, disease is causing greater misery among the troops in Belgium than the bullets which are flying thick over the bat tlefield. It is estimated that more soldiers have been crippled by pneu- monia and rheumatism than have been wounded in battle. Cold wealth CT and almost constant fighting in water is responsible for the rapid spread of disease.
 BlPLANE LOST.
 AMSTERDAM, Nov 19. - A Ger man aviation squadron. while recon noitering today on the Franco-Bel- gian frontier, lost one biplane when engaged by the French aerial fleet.
 RUSSIANS HOLD PASSES.
 ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 19- Commanders in charge of the Rus sian forces in Galicia have reported to the government that all of the passes through the Carpathian noun tains are held securely by the Rus sians.
 GERMAN SHIPS ACTIVE.
 LONDON, Nov 19.-Advices from the Baltic state that German cruisers are engaged in bombarding the Rus sian port of Libau. Aeroplanes also are being used for dropping bombs on the forts, the machines operating from the German coast south of Libau.
 Several merchant ships are report ed to have been sunk, railroad station destroyed, the petroleum