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VOL. 1. NO. 204
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1916.
PRICE 10 CENTS
ALLIES ESTABLISHED
ARE FORCING AUSTRIANS TO THE CARPA
MOUNTAINS
PARIS, July 6.—The French offensive movement is pro
gressing steadily and all counter attacks have been repulsed.
A large area of territory has been occupied and extensive cap
tures made of guns aud munitions. The French troops are
now firmly installed, being in the German second and third
lines over a seven-mile front. The French losses thus far have
been comparatively insignificant.
The army corps is making its first attack and is still at
the front at its own request. New French trenches have been
established in front of Peronne and Mt. St. Quentine. The |
Germans are concentrating their reserves, to defeat Peronne, I
♦e at Barleaux and Villers Carbonnel.
LONDON, July 6.—Having captured the whole German
second line positions south of Somme, from the river to Belloy, i
the French troops have resumed their operations on the North
river and cleared the bank almost to Clery. The British are j
still heavily engaged along the whole front from Hardecourt
to Gommecourt. All the ground thus gained has been tak
en and extended. Tn some of the German trenches 80 per cent
of the defenders were? killed. The Germans continue attack
ing Verdun in order to prevent the French from sending rein
forcements to Somme.
The Russian." have been successful along the whole front
from Riga to the Carpathians, and also crowed the railway
between Delayu and Morosmezo, and by which the Austrian
armies at Stanislau and before Tarmopol may be obliged by
General Bothmer to withdraw toward Lemberg. It is report
ed that Kuropatkin is preparing for an offensive movement
in the Mina region.
LONDON, July 6.—Near Thiepval, close to the Somme front
the British troops have made another slight advance and cap
tured a number of positions. The German soldiers have re
ceived a flood of letters from their homes in all parts of Ger
many, which indicate the privations suffered by the civilian
population.
LONDON, July 5.—The Germans report that reserves
have been hastily sent to Somme from many points along the
western front, to handle the hand fighting and bombarding
which continues betwen Auchre and Somme. Five liumlrcd
more prisoner- were taken today by the British. The German
lines are steadily being pushed back by the allies in the Ver
dun region, although the Germans are -till holding the Theau
inonte works.
BFRLIN. duly 3.—The breach in the German lines in the
Baranovichi region has been repaired, but the Russians re
newed their attack immediately, after being driven from the
captured positions.
PARIS. July 6.—It is officially stated that the French
have captured 76 cannon and several hundred machine guns
and 10,000 Germans to date.
There is no infantry fighting now going on at the Verdun
front, but the Germans are attempting to bombard the Verdun
cathedral.
PARIS. July 6.—The Germans are now systematically
firing large calibre shells at the Verdun cathedral.
NEW RULING ON
i LIQUOR LICENSES
VALDEZ, July 6.—Judge Brown
haa just issued new regulations gov
^ erning the saloons of the third divi
sion. He says that in the future all
liquor sold and taken out of the sa
loons must be registered, together
with the name of the purchaser and
the amount he paid. The goods thus
sold are also open to inspection by
the marshal at all times and a failure
to comply wdth this order is grounds
for revoking a license. The court
also rules that a license is for retail
only and not for distribution beyond
the immediate vicinity; that liquor
must not be sold to be taken to An
chorage or other dry towns and any
attempt to evade the spirit of the
regulations is grounds for the re
vocation of the license.
38 INFANTS DIE
FROM PARALYSIS
NEW YORK, July 5.—The num-!
ber of infantile paralysis case3 re- j
ported is appalling and great alarm j
is felt as to the spread of this epi- j
demic.
Since June 26 there have been 672 i
cases, from which 38 deaths resulted, j
I
SEWARD DEFEATS
SOLDIER BOYS
SEWARD, July 6.—The Fort Lis
cum ball team lost the three straight
games played with Seward, and in
fact made a very poor showing. The
scores were as follows: Sunday.
Seward 10, Fort Llscum 4; Monday,!
Seward 23, Liscum 2; Tuesday, Sew
ard 14, Liscum 3. The batteries for
Seward on Sunday and Tuesday were
Manthey and Tollman and for Mon
day Lucas and Poehlman. For Fort
Liscum Allan, Gifford and Castagua
did the pitching.
The mountain Marathon was cov
ered in 55 minutes and 12 seconds.
Alex Bolan came in first, Walters
and Taylor third.
A. Weinberg, father of Mrs. BenJ.
Levine and connected with the mer
cantile store of Carrol & Co., arrived
in Anchorage on the Admiral Watson
and will make Anchorage his future
home. Mr. Weinberg left Seattle on
an earlier steamer but stopped off in
Seward for a week on business.
ERTAIN
WASHINGTON, July 6.—Carranza’s amicable rejoinder
lias eased the tension of war with Mexico, but the final out
come of the negotiations is unpredictable. The immediate
withdrawal of Pershing’s expediton from Mexico on an accept
able basis for co-operation along the border and the demand
of Carranza’s ability to fulfill his promise is expected and im
plied but the desired assurance i> still lacking.
WASHINGTON, July (5.—Secretary Lansing, after a con
ferenee with President Wilson, indicated that the reply to Car
ranza’s note would be made soon. It is understood tligt all
negotiations will go through the regular diplomatic channels,
directly between the two governments.
EL PASO, July G.—The bodies of Capt. Boyd. Lieut.
Adair and seven troopers who were killed in the battle at Car
rizal were brought to El Paso today, the event being scarcely
noticed on either side of the border.
EL PASO, July G.—Capt. Boyd was shot in the right eye
and Lieut. Adair in the breast. The Mexican officers were
courteous to the undertakers who piled the bodies into a ditch,
after they had been stripped but not mutilated.
GUAYMAS. July 6.—The Carranza volunteers have been
mustered out of service and are re tut"'in g home on the
strength of the official statements from Carranza that the dan
ger of war with the United States is past.
A large body of Villistas, reported to be in command of
Villa, defeated the Carranzistas at Corral. Food riots are re
ported in all the Mexican cities.
WASHINGTON", July (5.—In a battle with the revolu
tionists* at Santo Domingo 27 Dominicans were killed and one
marine killed and eight wounded. This fight occurred on July
1 before the agreement for disarmament with the rebels was
j made.
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¥ REPUBLICAN CU B *
¥ MEETS NEXT MONDAY *
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* ' President Arthur Frame ¥
* has called a meeting of the *
¥ Republican club to be held at *
* Robarts' hall on Monday eve- ¥
¥ ning next. He set the time *
* far enough ahead so as to ¥
¥ give ample puolicity to the ¥
* call and in order to have a ¥
¥ full attendance of the mem- *
* bers. Through a typograph- *
¥ ical mistake on our part the *
* meeting was called for July 5 *
¥ when it should have read *
¥ July 10. ¥
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COMMISSION CARPENTER DIES
AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL
J W. Clem died this morning at
the government hospital of heart
disease. He was a carpenter em
ployed by the commission and had
been in poor health for some time.
Deceased wag 45 years of age and a
member of the Seattle Carpenters'
union.
In regard to the extension of the
water mains the city administration j
wants to call attention to the fact j
that it will be necessary to receive (
petitions from the property owners
in order to lay additional pipe for
the water works system. Such a j
petition should have the signatures
of all property owners, residing in
Anchorage, receiving the extra bene
fits and the administration suggests
that in preparing such a petition that
several blocks should be taken into
consideration in order to save time
and 'extra work.
J. Bedford is registered at the
Crescent.
TORNADO WIPES -OUT TOWN
Only three dwellings remain standing In Kemp City, Okla., visited by •
tornado, which also killed nine. This shows ruins of First State bank and a
residence.
POWER BOAT CHASE.
Sails for Hope, Sunrise, Glacier
and Kern creeks July 7. Maitland's
dock.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Palmer, of
Knik, spent the day in Anchorage,
shopping and calling on friends.
Mrs. D. A. Quinn has just received
the sad news of the death of her
brother-in-law, *iVm. Aglick, at
Marysville, Washington Mr. Afflick
was one of the pioneers of Snohom
ish county, Washington, and did
much towards the upbuilding of
that section of the country.
LOCAL .JOTTINGS.
E. P. Doris, who sells the Majestic
; range, recently arrived iti the city,
and is stopping at the Crescent
Albert Heckey won the boys’ 50
yard dash on July 4, and not Thoralf
Peterson, as erroneously reported,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gold and child
arrived in Anchorage on the Admiral
Watson and will probably locate in
the city.
L. Wernstedt who is connected
with the forestry department, is
among the recent Anchorage arriv
als and is registered at the Crescent.
Mrs. H. T. Howard and Miss Kath
! erine Howard returned to Knik to
day after spending several days in
Anchorage visiting their numerous
friends.
T. S. McDougal, from the Matanus
ka farming region, has been in the
city for several days on business con
nected with his farm in the Matanus.
ka valley.
Mrs. George B. Gear, of Honolulu,
Mrs. Mary Miller, Miss Carrie Miller
and Mrs. S. C. Beck, of Philadelphia
were Anchorage passengers on the
Admiral Watson and are guests of
the Crescent.
Ben Bernard, of the American
Dredge and Construction company,
of Seattle, was a passenger on the
Admiral Watson and is stopping at
the Crescent. Mr. Bernard will leave
tomorrow for Lewis river on busi
ness connected with his company,
which has property Interests in that
section.
Seattle hardware companies are
'well represented in Anchorage this
week and the local merchasts are
busy entertaining A1 Shyman, of
Schwabacher Hardware Co., and Jno.
Chamberlain, of the Whiton Hard
ware company. Messrs. Shyman and
Chamberlain are stopping at the
Crescent during their stay in the
city
RAISED BY TARIFF
WASHINGTON, July 5.—When
the ways and means committee ot
the house met to consider the $210.
000,000 general revenue bill, framed
by the democrats. Representative
Fordney, o' .Michigan, ranking re
publican member, stated that any ad
ditional money needed would be
raised by the tariff, rather than
through income, inheritance and mu.
nitiong taxes. Fordney’s motion to
report the administration measure
adversely was lost by a vote of 15 to
4. three republicans voting >v>th the
democrats.
300 ARE KILLED
IN EARTHQUAKE
ROME, July 6.—An earthquake
occurred at (’altanissetta, Sicily,
: which resulted in killing 300 per
j sons working in the sulphur mines.
'NEW EQUIPMENT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Chief Larson has turned in
| the following itemized statement of
; fhe proceeds and disbursements of
| the dance given the night of the
j Fourth by the Anchorage fire depart
ment:
The proceeds of the dance were
$194.00; expenses. Anchorage band,
$62.50: hall, $50.00: grape Juice
punch, $15.00; and printing, $4.00.
Total $131.50, leaving a balance of
$62.50 in the treasury.
Chief Larson has sent to Fire
Chief Stetson, of Seattle, for 2 4 hel
mets and will purchase 24 firemen’s
slickers to remain in the fire house
except in case of fire.
Mr. Larson and Assistant Chief
Horrock desire to thank the people
of Anchorage for the patronage of
the dance and promises quick results
in case of fire, as the boys are enter
ing into the spirit of the organiza
tion and are arranging a regular
schedule for practice.
A. J. Layman, of Oakland. Cal.. E.
G Fox, of Douglas, Ariz., R. Morris,
of Bremerton, Washington: Miss Al
ma Sehworer and Miss Blanche L.
Egan, of Seattle and E. S. Edes, are
among the new arrivals stopping at
the Crist house.