Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-12 | Page 1 | Russian Grand Duke Not Dead

RUSSIAN GRAND DUKE NOT DEAD Death of Emperor Nicholas' Brother-in-law Is Officially Denied in Petrograd. Petrograd, Jan. 12. Th reported death ol Grand Duke Alexander Mi-chaelovitch, Mi-chaelovitch, brother-in-law of Emperor Emper-or Nicholas, while fighting in Persia, was official!) ! nied in Petrograd today. to-day. In view of the fact that an official announcement has been given out by the Turkih government relating to victories of Turkish troops and the death on the battlefield in one of thesi engagements of Grand Duke Alexandre Al-exandre Michaeloyitch, the general staff of the Russian army declared to-da to-da that the Turks have gained no tsuch victories and the encounters referred re-ferred to were nothing more than skirmishes. skir-mishes. The statement says: "Grand Duke Alexander Midiado-vitch Midiado-vitch has not been in the Caucasian theatre of the war'' He is in good health.