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NOMK. ALASKA. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1917,
XO. 2206.
WAR IS REGARDED AS INEVITABLE
VIRTUAL STATE WAR
U. S. AND GERMANY
—
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 19.—
A virtual state of war exists between
the United States and Germany as
a result of the ruthless sinking by
German submarines of three Amer
ican freighters. It is conceded in
the most reliable official quarters
that active hostilites are inevitable
and that the first meeting of an
armed American merchantman with
a U boat will mark the opening of
the actual war. The semi-official
view is that the German destruction
of the American vessels with the
possible loss of twenty-four Amer
ican lives leaves no question but
that the Kaiser forced this govern
ment into a state of war. It will
probably be found to have existed
since the steamer Algonian was
sunk last Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 19.—
It is feared that Captain Borum and I
nine missing seamen of the City of
Memphis are now prisoners on
board a submarine which sank his
ship.
This information is conveyed in
the second of two dispatches from
Consul Frost of Queenstown. Frost
reports that the captain’s boat was j
found at eleven o’clock and showed
signs of a hasty abandonment. The
captain’s papers were found in a
biscuit tin in a boat.
Excitement is rife throughout
the country and the President is
preparing to take such executive ac
tion as will meet the emergency.
Now in the time to Snbscrlbe.
SINKING SHIPS SPUR
OFFICIALS TO ACTION
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 19.—
The sinking of the American ships,
homeward bound from the war zone
has stirred considerable depart
mental action.
This afternoon President Wilson
has authorized Secretary Daniels
to use one hundred and fifteen mil
lion dollars of the emergency ap
propriation bill. The bill was au
thorized in the closing hours of the
last session for just such an emer
gency as the present.
Under the bill authorized last ses
sion to speed up naval construction
Daniels has directed the known
navy yards to begin immediately
on the construction of sixty sub
marine chasers of high speed each
to cost thirty thousand dollars. He
has ordered also the construction
of machinery for these boats and
to deliver one boat to the govern
ment every three days beginning
sixty days from date.
The government has also appealed
to a hundred boat builders to con
struct immediately two hundred
more torpedo boats and submarine
chasers.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 19.—
The official statement is made that
the United States government will
through the Navy Department
commandeer certain munition facto
ries for refusing-* to meet the gov
ernment desires in the matter of
speeding up upon the {lepartmental
program. The announcement is
also made that the names of such
concerns as will not do this will be
published to show their lack of pa
triotism.
Let estimate on /onr Job Work
ZEPPS BOMB LONOON
DOING GBEAT DAMAGE
BERLIN, March 19.—By far the
most successful raid ever made
upon the British capital was pulled
off on Monday morning before day
light, the bombing lasting for an
hour and a half to the intense de
moralization of the inhabitants.
Many bombs were successfully plant
ed and fires were glowing all over
the British capital before the Zep
pelins safely withdrew. The loss
to the Londoners must have been
enormous. How many were killed
is not known. The attack was so
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successful that the British are sup
pressing the news.
BERLIN, March 19.—German air
men dropped circulars telling of the
revolt against the Tzar in Petrograd
which was being witheld from the
Russian troops. The Russians and
Rumanians are building up strong
position in anticipation of a strong
German attack.
BERLIN, March 19.—A with
drawal along the west front to bet
j ter prepare for an offensive is an
nounced by the General Staff.
BERLIN, March 19.—Yesterday
the German troops began their se
cond Verdun offensive is announced
by the General Staff.
BERLIN, March 19.—Having
blown up mine after mine the Ger
mans withdrew from Bapaume. The
losses of the Allies was gigantic
entire regiments being anihilated in
the advance upon the well mined
German position from which our I
troops had retired.
TURKS WITHDRAW REFORE
ATTACKING SLAV FORCES
PETROGRAD, March 19.—The
General Headquarters Staff, which
remains practically the same since
the revolution, announces little
change in the situation along the
Riga, Pinsk, Galician or Rumanian
fronts although there is an active
interchange of skirmishing.
The same bulletin announces sub
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stantial gains in Asia Minor where
the Turks are withdrawing demo
ralized before the Russians and the
British.
LONDON, March 16.—The indica
tions are that the revolution has
now been completed with order be
ing prevalent throughout. A dis
patch from Helsingfors shows that
Finland has celebrated the revolu
tion by illuminations in the cities.
The Times correspondent says
that the military activity is almost
indescribable. The control of the
war situation is now absolutely in
the hands of the Duma leaders and
with the co-operation of the military
chiefs the changes which have been
established and reports show that
the supplies at the front have com
pletely transformed the hap hazard
organization that existed one short
week ago.
The fate of the Tzar and his
brothers as well as his family and
followers is still a Sealed book. The
names having been dropped from
mention in the papers completely.
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PARIS, March 19.—The official
Communique issued this afternoon
says that on Tuesday or Wednesday,
the work of the liberation of two
entire French Departments, the
Oise and the Aisne will be completed
German control will then have been
lost in any section of either one or
the other.
Today this work is almost com
pleted, ' not more than one square
mile being held in either one or
the other and from these before
the continued Entente attacks the
Germans are rapidly retiring.
The total territory thus regained
approximates five hundred and
twenty square miles.
PARIS, March 19.—Conservative
military experts are very suspicious
of the complete German retirement
on the west front and are cautioning
against too great a confidence.
They are writing in the French
papers that this withdrawal, exten
sive as it is, and although accompa
nied by big losses to the Germans1
in military supplies and in killed
wounded and captured, may well
be the outcome of studied design
on the part of the Germans to sud
dehly turn upon the Entente troops
and by a series of easily conceivable
strategic coups envelop whole sec
tions of the armies.
Some of the most careful of the
commentators on the tactics of the
war share this view and urge the
generals to beware of it.
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SUPREME COURT IS BADLY
OIVIOED ADAMSON DECISION
WASHINGTON', D. C.. March 19.—
The Supreme Court of the United
_ States stood divided five to four on
t Adamson bill being valid. •
] The decision which is very tech
# Acal . is practically against the
. Adamson bill ruling.
The failure to reach a closer
f agreement is commented upon by
1 the papers.
, NEW YORK, March 19.—No one
, fully knows the real nature of the
. compromise whereby the 3trike of
the brotherhoods was called off, but
, it practically meant the backing
; down of the companies, the latter
recognizing the eight hour day l'or j
the present with a moderate over
time penalty.
Severe critics of the settlement1
say that that is all the companies
were holding out for, as they will
gain more than they will lose in the
total pay rolls by the reduction of
(he overtime allowance. It is point
’d out that the eight hour day is
not the day’s limitation of work,
but the period of labor after which
penal overtime will be arranged to
be paid. It is easily to be figured
that by prolonging the workday
considerably within the sixteen
hour legal limitation, the reduction
of the total overtime paid will
amount to much more saved *o
companies than had the ten or n*ie
hour day prevailed with the old
standard of penalized overtime rates
of pay.
However in the streess of the
present international crisis, the
brotherhoods dare not force the is
sue as they would be compelled to
serve under martial law.
RIFLED MAIL BAG IS
MYSTERY CAUSES CONCERN
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NEW YORK. March 19.—The
secret service men are now working
on a sensational case which invol
ves the postal authorites of this
port and. beyond to a very serious
extent.
Today 26 mail bags addressed to
Washington D. C., and for the Brit
ish Embassy were found to have
been rifled of their contents. The
thieves who made their looting in a
hurry are believed to have been
Teuton spies.
The bags which were rifled came
from London, and contained state
papers of great importance to the
British Embassy. The rifling was
’ not detected until they were about
j to be transferred to the train. No
| trace of the rifling was noted by
| the receiving clerk and the infer
; ence is that it was done locally on
the. street transit.
This indication of spy activity
within the United States is a sub
! ject of immense concern to the state
I department.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 19.—
It is denied that the papers con
tained in the mail tor the British
Embassy here and the bags which
were rifled of their contents of
Such were of any great importance.
Positively they will be of no value
to the Central Powers, and for that
| reason little concern is shown over
their loss although there is consid
erable concern that such mails are
not inviolate within the United
States from Teuton espionage.
FOUR DETECTIVES DENY
ALL BILLINGSLEY CHARGES
SEATTLE, March 19.—Today was
general denial day in the famous
Gill ease. The four detectives who
were incriminated by the convicted
bootlegger were on the stand and
each entered an absolute denial of
the charge sworn to by Billingsley
that lie had paid them ten dollars
apiece on each barrel ol' whiskey
purchased. This testimony was not
shaken in detail by the prosecution's
cross examination although it is
likely that tomorrow all of these
will be again on the stand.
RUMORS RIFE APPEAR TO
HAVE HAD NO FOUNDATION
NEW YORK, March 1.9,—Reports
were rife throughout the United
States and Canada that a revolution
had broken out in Berlin.
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The United Press has made dili
gent effort to trace these reports
down but cannot find them with any
substantial basis.
The situation in Berlin is care
fully followed by foreign corres
pondents and a revolution of any
dimensions at all could not be ef
fectively censored without the entire
elimination of all news service.
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