The Alaska citizen., 1914-10-26

Sl tOcN . IN Rf7 M '.
 ST. PETEESBI RG, Oct. 22 The students throughout Russia have been called to service. proclamation mastering them into tLe army hay ing been issued today
 There is great rejoicing in this city in consequence of the receipt of reports announcing Russian vie tories along the NistuIa river
 MINES LAID.
 LONDON. Oct. 22-T, C admiralty announces that mines were laid by the Germans to within forty miles of the British coast
 LAWMAKERS TO MEET.
 BERLIN. Oct 22-A special ses- moned for the purpose of consider ing the war situation The law makers will convene early in Decem- Der
 LAPS SINK CRUISERS.
 TOKYO. Oct. 22-Two auxiliary cruisers of the German navy are reported to have been sunk off the Japanese coast by Japanese warshfps. An announcement to this effect has been made by the government
 GENERAL REPORTED DEAD.
 LONDON. Oct. 22. General von Trip of the German forces in Bel sium, is reported to rave been killed by the shells fired from British naval guns. Several members of his staff also were killed in the same manner.
 NEW BRITISH TROOPS READY.
 hat I ,.st. | war office announces that another new force of British troops is now ready to join the allied armies which are operating on the mainland nm der command of General Joffre
 LILLE IN RUINS.
 LONDON Oct % Repeated en- agreements in and about Lille in Northern France, between the Ger mans and the allied armies. have reduced tNat important city 10 q mass of ruins. together with it's forts. which were among the most imnortant in Northern France. Lille which is the capital of the Depart ment of Nord. is 127 miles north of Paris and seven miles from the iron tier of Belgium IL was wpll-built
  ress in that part of France II has been occupied three times by the Germans since tie commencement of the war and has been the cen ter of much of the fighting in North ern France.
 FRENCH VESSELS HELP.
 LONDON. Oct. g Several yes sels of the French navy have crept around the coast and are now assist ing the British fleet in the attack on the Germans in the vicinity of Ostend where the monitors are hurl- ing shells landward in steady stream.
 RoYALIsTs SUPPRESSED.
 LISBON, Oct. 23. The Royalist outbreak, which threatened the down fall of the government for a time early this week. has been entirely suppressed by Portuguese troops.
 ATTACK ON DANES DENIED.
 BERLIN. Oct % - The German war office has made official denial of the charge that the kaiser's war ships recently fired on Danish sub marines IL is believed here that the charge was made in an attempt to incite the Danes against the Ger mans,
 ALL FORCES BATTLE.
 LONDON. Oct 23 For the first time since the commencement of the present war. aircraft and warships are aiding simultaneously in the of the land forces of France and Great Britain Both French and British aeroplanes are now operating in the vicinity of Ostend
 VOLUNTEERS UNNECESSARY.
 BERLIN. Oct 23 According 10 an official announcement issued this it will not be necessary for the German government to issue a call for volunteer troops.
 BELGIANS HOMELESS.
 LONDON. Oct 23-Advices from Belgium state that thousands have been rendered homeless in the Northern part of the kingdom as the result of the burning of many villages which obstructed the path of the various armies. Practically the entire country has been deyas- tated.
 BRITISH VESSELS SUNK.
 LONDON. Oct. 22-The admiralty admits the authenticity of the re port that the German cruiser Karls- ruhe has sunk total of thirteen British merchant ships since the commencement of the war. The Karlsruhe is operating in the At lantic in the vicinity of the Canary islands.
 FRENCH RESIDENTS oUsTED.
 ROTTERDAM. Oct. 23,-All Brit sh and French residents remaining at Ostend have been ordered to leave immediately. The mandate has al ready been obeyed by the majority 1f the residents, and it is expected that the city will be practically deserted by night. Nearly all of the refugees have sought safety in Hol- and.
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