Constructions work is about to star
on the new dredge that is to be erect
ed by the Fairbanks Gold Mining Co
Ltd., on Fairbanks creek. The Unio
Construction Co., of San Franeisec
which has the contract for erectinj
the dredge, expects to start wor!
about the first of May. During th
last summer over 107.000 feet of lun.
her was taken to the scene of the min
ing company’s operations and place
on the ground to be available who
needed. The machinery will be o
some of the Iirst boats to arrive afte
the breakup. The mining company’
property takes in the entire eree
from 0 below discovery up. The dredg
will be constructed on 1 below an
is one of the most modern make an
of large capacity. About 12 men wil
he employed in the construction ol th
dredge.
f Woiti was recently received of
strike at Takotna. There are thre
gulches running into Hidden cree
which will pay better than wages. Th
pay is said to run as high as 120 cent:
The strike made in the Kuskokwir
section last summer has come full
up to reports. Strikes have also bee
made on Crooked creek and Georg
river. A strike has also been made o
Holitna river. Bear creek is showin:
good pay.
Recent arrivals in Fairbanks froi
Brooks state that a small stamped
is on in that district. The place wher
the strike is said to have been mad
f is on what is known as O’Brien creel
While not many are taking in the rus
to the new diggings, those that hav
gone say there is something to th
strike.
The news that Canada has remove
the embargo that has existed again?
the export of tungsten and molvbden
urn will be welcomed in Dawson a
these are all found here and there i
promise that they will add materiall
to the Yukon export.
A1 Walsh has taken an option o
the Parks Fuller cinnabar proper!
lying on the north fork of the Ku:
kokwim, 15 miles above Georgetowi
Much of the ore carriers native quit
and does not resemble any ore hen
f tofore found.
Reports from Rampart state tha
mining on a number of creeks is sti
going on. Climie, Nelson and Thoma
have a lay on No. 8 above on Littl
Minook and are reported to be doin
well.
The plant of ihe Copper King prop
erty at Whitehorse was recently dm
troyed by lire. The mine has bee
slapping steadily. The building wi
be replaced.
The great drawback in the Rampai
district is the lack of roads. All tii
bridges have been washed away an
there arc no funds on hand to rebuil
them.
On Dawson creek Chas. Nelson i
said to have some dirt that gave a
high as $40 to the pan. On 4 abov
Gu. Bergman is drifting.
Tungsten is found on Dublin Gulc
anfi wolframite tungsten has bee:
found on several other creeks in th
Scheelite district.
B. Jones and G. W. Ledger on Nc
i 8 pup little Minook were driven ou
by gas but will at once start anothe
drift.
About 35 men are wintering in th
Kantishna this year. Some are engag
ed in prospecting and some are hunt
ing.
On Little Minook, jr., Tom Antor
son it putting in ditches and flume
and getting ready for summer,worl
li
The Kennecott mine is said to hav
declared a lockout against miner:
joining the American Federation.
Bear creek looks good and consid
erable prospecting is being done on
Chapman creek.
On Hunter Creek two outfits are
making preparations to ground sluice
next summer.
t
Tom Gamble has good pay on No.
8 pup on Hoosier creek.
CACHE CREEK DREDGE, May 7.
— (Special Correspondence) — Jim
Murray expects to leave for Taikeetna
this evening as soon as it tightens up
enough to make traveling good for the
dogs so I will drop you a few lines via
the malamute express.
I had a fine trip to McDougal and
went to work on the books there as
soon as 1 arrived. A few days after
the California bunch went through.
They are certainly giving the “old
boat” a thorough overhauling and
making a lot of improvements. It will
be a couple of weeks before she is
ready to dig but that will be soon
enough as the season is very late here.
It has snowed practically every day up
to within a few days ago. Now the
days are clear and warm and it tight
ens up enough at nights to make a
good crust. The snow is going fast
now but still have about two feet on
the level here and the creek has not
come up much as yet.
Seems to be a good crew here this
year. Shorty is cooking. Elmer Dart,
Bert Goodpaster, Bill Collins, Scotty
McLain, Scotty McKenzie and a lot of
other oldtimers are here.
Held primary election the other day
and the camp went strong for Suizer.
Jim Murry and J. B. McAllister
have finished freighting in their outfit
from Taikeetna to Peters creek and
came over the other day, arriving here
at 4 a. m. Too soft to travel in day
time. They report lots of ptarmigan
coming in on Peters creek. Murray
expects to work quite a crew this sea
son and aims to prospect the property
thoroughly. I would not be surprised
to see a small dredge go in there next
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward came with
us from Wasilla to McDougal. Mr.
Woodward is putting up a small
dredge at the Kachatna and he feels
very sanguine of success. They were
delayed a couple of weeks at Mc
Dougal on account of stormy weath
er. They had the trail broken day
after day but the wind and the storm
idled it as fast as it was broken. How
ever, they finaly got away. While at
McDougal a couple of trappers came
down and brought the news that ev
erything was O. K. at the camp.
The Dollar creek, Thunder creek,
Nugget creek, Poorman creek and all
the other outlits have got their sup
plies in and are waiting for the break
up to begin operating. Hughie Price
is to work a lay on the bench of Cache
creek at the mouth of Rambler.
C. N. MARTEN.
WEYERHORST HELD OYER.
! (Douglas News.)
! Dr. Joseph Yveyerhorst, former
* , medical examiner on Douglas No. 1
exemption board, was taken into cus
tody last Saturday night charged with
s i obstructing progress of enlistment in
• > that he is alleged to have endeavored
to make a charge for examination. At
a hearing before U. S. Commissioner
Burton at Juneau, Monday, Weyer
i liorst was held over to the federal
e ! grand jury in the sum of $1,500, which
amount of bail was furnished. Weyer
horst vigorously denies the charge.
t ADMIRAL JELLICOE OFFERED
,. BUT DECLINES NEW POSITION
LONDON, May 21.—-"Replying to a
question in the house of commons
this afternoon, Andrew Bonar Law,
e
the government spokesman, said that
an important post had been offered
jto Admiral Jellicoe, the former first
sea lord, which “for reasons which I
consider highly creditable to him he
was unable to accept.”
The fellow who is always in the
rear is one who is satisfied to jump
e at conclusions.
NEARLY FOUR MILLION TROOPS PARTICIPATED IIS
EFFORT TO BREAK THROUGH BRITISH LINES 03S
SOMME ARMENTIERES FRONT — FIFTEEN DIVI
SIONS LOSE ABOUT FIFTY PER CENT OF THEIE
NUMBER.
LONDON, May 18.—The most definite figures yet amiounc
ed regarding the number of men the Germans had on the en
lire west front, and the losses sustained by them since the begin
ning of the big offensive started March 21, were given out yes
torday by the Associated Press, whose agents have been busih
engaged since the great attack in an effort to secure fairly ac
curate information. .According to the figures given out by tlib
big news-gathering association,'the Germans had, at the begin
ning of the offensive in March, 20(5 divisions, or about 0.180,00(
soldiers on the west front. On tin* Somme-Armentieres front
which was the (-enter of the German attack, in an effort t<
break through tin* British line, the Germans employed 12(i di
visions, or about .‘>,780,000 men.
As to the losses sustained by tin* enemy, the Associate(
Press says that eight divisions, or about 240,000 men, lost ove:
50 per cent, or about 120,000; seven divisions, having abou
210,000 men, lost between 40 or 50 per cent, or between 84,001
and 105,000. One regiment, about 5.750, was practically an
militated. Many battalions, about 1,000 men each, and man;
companies, about 250 men in each, almost completely disap
peared.
FRENCH WAIT IN CONFIDENCE
PARIS, May IS.—The French forces await tlie comini
German attack with the greatest e*emtielence, says the Peti
Parisien. The paper says that the Germans have masse(
nearly all their best troops along an attacking front betweei
tlie Belgian coast and the* Aisne. It state's on what is believe<
to be good authority that the Bermans have 1.900.000 men dis
trilmted along this front.
GUNS BOOMING NEAR AMIENS.
PARIS, May IS.—Violent artillery action is progressing
below Amiens, says a French official communique this morn
ing.
BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK.
BOX BOX, May 1!).—A British destroyer was sunk by ;
German submarine Thursday, says a report issued by the Brit
ish admiralty.
ATTACK ON PARIS FRUSTRATED.
PARIS, May 18.—German aeroplanes made an attempt t
bombard Paris last night, but were driven off before the;
reached the city, says a French communique.
GERMANS REPORT SOME ACTIVITY.
BKRLIX, May IS.—An official German report today says
In great reeonnoitering activity on the western front, hand-tc
hand lighting occurred. On Friday, says the report, sixteei
allied aeroplanes and one captive balloon were shot down b;
our airmen.
GENERAL SEMINOFF GATHERS FORCE
MOSCOW, May 18.—The advance in Siberia of Genera
Seminoff, the anti-Bolshevik leader, is officially announced b
the government. A report state's that the revolutionary lead
or has gathered a force of .‘>,000 men, one-third of whom nr
Russians and the remainder Japanese and Chinese.
AUSTRIAN ASSAULTS FAIL.
ROME, May 18.—An official Italian report today say<: .
third attempt on the part of Austrian and Hungarian troop
to capture Monte* Corno from the Italians met with a ceunplet
failure. The* last attack was made by two e-olumns evf emem
troops, with machine guns and flame-projectors, and lioavil;
supportenl by artillery, but it was pushed back and sustains
heavy losses.
GENERAL KORNILOFF KILLED.
MOSCOW. May 21.—(Jenoral Korniloff, the former com
mander-in-ehicf of the Russian army, was killed in a hattI
with soviet troops near Vekaterinodar several days ago, say
a Russian government report. His army of 10,000 men, say
tin* report, was badly defeated, and was completely disoi
ganized.
AMERICANS LAUNCH TERRIFIC ATTACK.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. May 22
—Tin1 American artillery yesterday afternoon launched a sud
den and terrific gas attack against the German positions in Gei
echamp wood, in the Tout sector. The unsuspected attack in
dieted severe punishment on the enemy, but the extent is un
known. A deluge of shells, tired in three waves, in the wood
where the Germans were sleeping, drenched them with a larg
quantity of poison gas. The attack consumed less than a lial
hour.
+ + ** + + ******'** *"* ***'*****
* THIRD LIBERTY LOAN NOW OVER
* FOUR BILLION DOLLARS AND MAY
* REACH FOUR AND QUARTER BILLION
* _
* WASHINGTON. May 18.—It is unofficially an
* nounced today that the Third Liberty loan is known to
+ have reached four billion dollars, and when ail sections
* of the country have been heard from, it is believed that
* the aggregate amount will reach at least four and a
* ouarter billion dollars, or a billion and a half more thhn
* the official estimate called for. All subscriptions will bo
* taken, however. i
Leaders of the Organization Have
Been Taken Into Custody on Charge
of Conspiracy Against the Govern
, ment.
LONDON, May 18.—rrof. Edward
de Valera, president of the Sinn Fein
- society in Ireland; Arthur Griffith,
founder of the organization; Countess
Markievicz, a notorious agitator; Dr.
' Dillon and William Cosgrove, Sinn
Fein member of the British parlia
; merit, from the Kilkenny district i:i
- Ireland, have been taken into custody,
) on a charge of conspiracy against the
. government. Valera, the active head
) of the Sinn Fein movement, is a fore
- rner member of the parliament. He is
alleged to be the real leader of the
I proposed revolution and is known tr
' have communicated with higli offici
I als in Germany.
ARREST BELFAST SINN FEINERS
! DUBLIN, May 18.—Several mem
j bers of the Sinn Fein society in Bel
! fast were arrested there last night, or
1 a charge of conspiracy.
' I ACTED JUST IN TIME.
| j DUBLIN, May 18—The Irish Time?
' says the government acted not a mo
1 !
I i ment too soon, as the signs pointed tc
another outbreak of armed violence
j It is possible, says the Times, that the
Germans contemplated landing troops
I in Ireland to aid the revolutionists
but the arrest of the ringleaders head?
off this scheme.
500 SINN FEINERS ARRESTED
■ LONDON, May 18.—A Dublin dis
^ I patch to the London Daily News says
that 500 Sinn Feiners have been ar
| rested up to date in various parts ol
Ireland, on a charge of being concern
ed in the proposed revolution.
' GERMANY CARING
FOR RUSS NOBLEMEN
AMSTERDAM, May 13.—A Ukran
1 ! ian press bulletin received at Odess;
today, says that the dowager empress
of Russia, Maria Feodorovona, and thi
Russian grand dukes. Nicholas Nicho
laievitch and Alexander Michaelovitcl
I
1 i are in the hands of the Germarfs, ai
1 living at Dulbar, in Crimea.
‘ -LC-’ZL^'^lCinLClCLCLCLCUCLCirirLCLClCl,
i Arrangements Have Been Perfected
for Entente Military Co-Operation
to Meet Danger in Far East—Ger
man Invasion Is Feared.
j PARIS, May 18.—The allies have
1 informed China and Japan that all ar
| rangements have been perfected,
{ whereby the entente will extend mili
' tary co-operation to China and Japan,
to meet the threatened war activities
j in the far east, growing out of possi
ble German aggression.
DEFENSE MEASURE ONLY.
WASHINGTON, May 18.—The en
| tente military co-operation which has
, been arranged with China and Japan.
1 is for the purpose of meeting the
1 threatened German invasion of the
far east, and will be purely a defens
1 ive measure. Present participation
will be confined to China and Japan,
who will undertake to safeguard Man
churia. If these two nations require
1 aid, it will be given by the allies. Lat
er on, aid may be given to Siberia, de
pending upon events that may trans
pire.
TO HONOR WAR VICTIMS.
LONDON, May 20.—A site has been
chosen in the halls of the houses of
parliament for a memorial to the six
: teen members of the house who have
i perished in the war. The memorial
! will be erected immediately below the
great window on the street side.
| -
j THREE BODIES FOUND IN TENT.
| KELSO, Wash., May 21.—The bod
! ies of a woman, girl and a boy were
; j found in a deserted tent by the ^public
, i highway near Kelso yesterday. All
■ had been shot to death within 48
hours. Mystery surrounds the kill
ing.
FOURTEEN KILLED
IN WIND STORM
CHICAGO, May 11.—Complete re
; ports from the districts devastated
• by the tornado in the central states
1 Thursday, indicate that fourteen peo
ple were killed and that 150 were in
i jured, some seriously. The damage to
i property will aggregate one million
dollars, according to estimates.
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