The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-30


ter with a British torpedo boat.
ANTWERP REFUSES DEMANDS
ANTWERP. Nov 24.-The burgo
Germans that he will not pay the
ten million indemnity demanded un
less the requisitioning Of supplies is
stopped.
RAID WITHOUT DAMAGE.
BERLIN. Nov "a - The govern
ment announces that the British
aeroplane raid on the Zeppelin works
At Friedrichshafen was without dam
age to the great plant or its con
tents. Zeppelins are being turned
cut at the rate of one every three
days
lombard SEAPORT.
ST. PETERSBURG , Nov. 24-Ad-
vices received from Libau today
state that the Germans are again
bombarding that city. several of the
kaisers warships being engaged in
the attack 1t is claimed. however,
that the city is not in immediate
danger. the guns in the forts be
ing equal to the occasion.
WARSHIPS lombard COAST.
THE HAGUE, Nov 24-The bonn
bardment of Zeebrugge. on the Bel
gian coast. was resumed today by
British warships. The British are
endeavoring to destroy the subma-
rines which the Germans are con-
structing at that point.
CONSULATE DAMAGED
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. "a
The American consulate at Warsaw
was damaged today by the explo-
sion of a bomb which was dropped
by a German aeroplane. The bomb
fell Immediately in front of the
building. the explosion breaking sew
eral windows and otherwise damag-
ing the front of the consulate. but
without injuring any of the occu-
pants. Several persons who were
in the street at the time were killed.
CAPTURE ANN UNiTIoN.
PARIS, Nov. "a. - The Russians
are reported to have captured sew
eral trainloads of Turkish ammuni-
ton near Kara Kilssa, on the Trans
caucasian frontier.
YANKEES ARE EXECUTED
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Nov. 24-In
letter received by a resident of
this city. the startling charge is
made that three American citizens
and a boy Of Il years were put to
death recently in a public square at
Cattaro, Austria. on the charge of
being spies in the employ of the al
lied nations.
PAY INCREASED.
ONION Of
flee announces today that the pay
of British officers has been in
creased from ten to twenty-five per
cent.
LLOYD GEORGE SICK.
LONDON, Nov. %. - The health
of Lloyd George, chancellor of the
eXchequer. is breaking down under
the strain incident to the war and
it is feared that he will be COM
PEELED to give up his office.
SUBMARINES DESTROYED.
LONDON. Nov 25. - AS a result
of the persistent bombardment by
the British warships at Zeebrugge,
Belgium. six German submarines.
which We're being assembled at the
kaiser's shipyards, are a mass of
twisted iron Considerable other
damage also was done by the British
guns, and it is believed here that
the Germans will be compelled to
abandon Zeebrugge as base of
shiphuilding activity
CHRISTMAS SHIP ARRIVES.
LONDON, Nov. 25.-The American
Christmas ship Jason, loaded with
supplies for the sufferers of Europe
arrived safely today, having been
escorted into the harbor by British
torpedo boats.
MAY LOSE POSSESSIONS.
BERLIN, Nov. 25. - Newspapers
arriving from Madrid contain ar
ticles which indicate that France Is
in danger of losing Morocco, Algeria
and perhaps Tunis, unless prompt
ials, who are planning to take ad
vantage of the opportunity to break
away from the republic.
TURKS. ATTACK CANAL.
BERLIN, Nov 25 The war Of
flee announces that the Turks are
advancing on the Suez canal with
heavy batteries, with which they
plan to destroy the construction
works on the canal thus locking up
the British warships which are now
in those waters.
TEUToNS DISAGREE
LEMBERG, Galicia, Nov. 25.-Re-
fugees arriving here report that
trouble is brewing between the Ger
mans and Austrians who compose
the defense at Przemysl 1t is stat
ed that the Germans executed the
Austrian commandant of the fort
ress because Of his proposal to sur
render to the Russians. 1t is also
claimed that the Austrians oppose
the measures put into effect by the
Germans and that they object to
German domination.
STEAMER SINKS.
LONDON, Nov. 26-The British
steamship Malachite was sunk by a
German submarine today, according
miralty this afternoon. The steam
ship was attacked off the French
coast near Havre.
GERMANS CHECKED.
LONDON Nov 26.-Lord Kitchen
er appeared before the house Of
commons this afternoon and describ-
ed in detail the operations of the
ferring to the battle of this week
near the Belgian coast Kitchener
stated that the Germans were check
ed and defeated by the British land
forces, assisted by the fleet He said