BOMBARDMENT BEGINS AT 6:30
AND CONTINUES UNTIL 9:10
THIS MORNING.
MISSILES FALL PALM SUNDAY.
Monster Cannon Is Located Approxi
mately in St. Gobian Forest, Sev
enty-Six Miles from City Hall of
French Capital.
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* TWO BIG Gl NS. *
* PARIS. March 25.—It is be- *
* lieved by French military ex- *
* perts that the Germans are *
bombarding Paris with two *
* long distance guns. *
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PARIS, March 25.—Bombardment
of Paris by Germany’s long range ar
tillery was resumed at 6:30 o’clock
this morning. The first shot today
was tired then. After the second shot
there was a slight interruption and
then two more shots were fired. An
other interval occurred and then the
bombardment was resumed and con
tinued until 9:10 o’clock this morning.
XMininarumriw mi ^unuu>.
The usual quiet of Palin Sunday
was disturbed by the bombardment
of Paris. Shells from Germany's mon
ster artillery fell at intervals of twen
ty minutes. The churches were filled
with worshipers, however.
Just as the theatres were letting
out Saturday night, the residents of
Faris were given their third warning
of an attack in twenty-four hours.
The “All clear” signal was sounded
before the populace could learn
whether the apprehended attack was
from airplanes or from Germany’s
long-distance artillery.
Located in Forest.
The monster artillery is located in
the forest of St. Gobian. west of Laon,
exactly 122 kilometers, approximately
seventy-six miles, from the Paris city
hall.
Paris newspapers do not conceal
their admiration for the German ar
tillery and are astoni.-hed at its feas
ibility.
Former Premier Painleave believes
the shells are made of tungsten, thus
reducing the atmospheric resistance.
He thinks that possibly there is a pro
peller on every projectile, which
makes up lost power.
Berlin’s Official Statement
BERLIN’, March 2 b,-—German artil
lerymen today bombarded the fort
ress of Paris with long-distance guns,
according to an official announcement
issued by ihe German war office.
BINOCULARS AND SEXTWTS
SHOULD HK FORWARDED
THROl'CII ('APT. LATHROP.
That th«» people of Anchorage are
answering the call of the nation for
additional “Eyes of the Navy,” in the
form of binoculars is evidenced by the
lending to the government of glasses
by the folowing persons:
Mrs. J. S. Hooky. 1). D. Vint. (L E.
Jennings, and Captain A. E. Lathrop.
Persons who have binoculars or
field glasses are urged to lend them
to the government for the use of the
naval officers and men. Classes may
be given to Captain Lathrop, who has
his offices with the Admiral line
steamship company in the Alaska
building on (J street near Fourth
avenue.
Other Alaskan towns are showing
an active interest in the binocular
campaign and have donated thirty
eight glasses and two sextants to the
government, according to advices re
ceived today by Captain A. E. Lath
rop. The following list shows the
number of glasses donated:
Haines, 5; Ketchikan, 10; Juneau,
10 glasses and two sextants; Douglas,
5; and Sulzer, 3.
PRESIDENT ASSURED BRITISH
COMMANDER OF CONFIDENCE
IN ULTIMATE VICTORY.
REPORT ASKED OF PERSHING.
Man Power and Not Gun Power Pene
trated English Line and Every Foot
of Ground Has Been Bought With
Blood.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—
President Wilson cabled General Haig
congratulations for his brave stand
against the German offensive and pre
dicted a final allied victory.
The war department has asked Gen
eral Pershing, commander of tin.
American forces to report on tin
situation. American military observ
ers say the evidence appears to beat
out the perdiction that Germany h
prepared to sacrifice 300,000 men
Man power, not gun power penetrate
the Britsh line. Every foot of groun.
was bought with blood.
SAMUEL DESCHAMPS
IS NOW ON TRIAL
DKFEN D A NT IS ACCUSED <>1
HAVIN'!; ASSAULTED JOHN
IvLONOS LAST SATURDAY.
The trial of Samuel Desehamps whc
: was arrested Saturday afternoon ii
his cabin about two miles northeasl
I of Anchorage by Deputy Marsha
11 ai ry Kavanaugh for assaulting Join
Kb,nos is in progress this afternooi
before a jury in the court of Unitec
States Commissioner Leopold David.
Deschamps is charged with striking
John Klonos at the corner of Court!
; avenue and C street Saturday after
noon. The dispute it is alleged grew
i out of criticisms made by Deschamps
regarding the patriotic parade las'
Wednesday when the Home Guard, o
whuh KlonoS is a member, with othei
organizations accompanied to the pas
senger depot the sixty-one recruit;
who left for Fort McDowell, Calif.
The accused man was released t'ron
1 the Anchorage' jail Saturday night un
.dor a £1,000 cash bond furnished In
a is friends.
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TEUTONS COMPEL WOMEN iN IN
YADED PARTS OF FRANC E
TO 1)0 HARD LABOR.
FRENCH FRONT, March 25.
i'hat cmnpulsorv labor for the (in
j man conquerors is impose*! on Trend
j women and girls, as well as on th
! male inhabitants, of the invaded dis
l
j tricts of France, is shown in the orde
I issued by (leneral Volkers of the 5)tl
1 Rerman army corps, recently station
ed in the vicinity of Carnbrai. The lex
of the order is as follows:
“This group of troops will short!;
I have need of 1,000 men for variou
j works. An increase of productioi
! must be exacted from these workers
and groups of women must be cm
ployed whenever possible, especial!;
for work in the fields. Those in charg
of the e workers must bear in mini
| that at the present moment our (Jer
! .ran women are taking the places o
male workers and they should not los
! sight of the principle that no Frene!
| woman or girl ought to be allowed t*
I do less work than our countrywomei
! in the interior.”
ACTION OF ENGLISH TROOPS If
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
BY LONDON WAR OFFICE.
LONDON, March 25. — Britisl
troops have forced a passage of th<
River Jordon, according to an officia
dispatch received here today.
COMMANDER OF ENGLISH FORCES HAD ANTICIPATED
HEAVY ATTACKS AND RATHER THAN MAKE AW
FUL SACRIFICE OF LIFE HAD PREPARED REAR
LINE FOR HIS WITHDRAWAL.
KAISER'S MEN WILL WEAR THEMSELVES OUT
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Assailants Are Said to Be Using Ninety-Seven Divisions and to
Have Suffered Heavy Losses Against Efficient Resistance
of Their Opponents—Haig’s Men Bring to Earth Fifty
Foir Airplanes in One Day—Firing in France Can Be Dis-!
tinctly Heard in London.
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* TAKE 45,000 PRISONERS. *
| * BERLIN, March 25.—Germans north of the Somme *
i * battlefields have captured Bapaume, 'Nestle. (’Iiauny *|
1 * and Guiscard; forty-five thousand prisoners and six him- *
* dred guns. Violent fighting lias developed for the pos- *1
* session of Cambrai and the heights west of Cambrai. *
* The British are defeated, says the German war office’s *
* statement. *
* Rely on Numbers. *
* LONDON, March 25. -Germans are relying on sheer *
* Aveight of numbers. They arc* relieving tired troops by *
* fresh divisions which advance without waiting for ar- *
* tillory support. *
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LONDON, March 25.—While the
- Germans have advanced along the
British front, their persistent attacks
have not broken the English forma
tion, and the Teutons’ offensive of
, four days has not brought them a de
cision of any material value.
General Haig, the commander of
the British forces in France, was
i aware of the heavy attack intended
: by the Germans and when he conclud
ed to retire, rather than hold his ad
vanced positions at a terrible sacri
■ fice of life, he withdrew to previously
prepared positions. His retirement
. is regarded as having been executed
■ in masterly fashion.
Small Fnits Left Behind.
In carrying on the retirement, small
units of troops remained in advanced
positions and impeded the German on
ward movement.
The British are endeavoring to let
the enemy tire himself out before the
1 British defense systems.
Berone, Bupaume are the centers
of terrific lighting.
Bapaume is the key to the position
between Arras and Albert. The tier
mans evidently intend to make a gi
s gar.tic struggle for its possession.
| Fresh German attacks have devel
oped today northward and southward
of Bapaume. The British yesterday
repulsed powerful attacks northward
of Bapaume and drove back to the
east bank of the Somme those tier
mans that had crossed the river be
tween Licourt and Brie, south of Per
one.
Reuter's News Agency reports that
British counter attacks are in prog
ress between Ham and Nesle and that
the German attacks northward of Ba
paume have not been able to get
through the British barrage.
Fighting at Several Places.
Fighting lias occurred at several
places northwest of the Somme, says
Reuter’s. At Peronne, declares the
news agency, the British are holding
their positons after having defeated
several attacks. The British, states
Reuter’s, are holding the Somme river
line to Peronne and have driven back
a force of Germans that attempted to
cross the river in the neighborhood of
Pargny.
The Germans are using ninety-sev
en divisions in their great offensive.
Their losses are frightfully heavy.
The British lesistance is efficient.
A statement issued by the British
war office today says the German war
office claims that more than 30,000
prisoners and 600 guns have been
captured by the Germans from the
British.
The Germans claim, says the Brit
ish war office, that ITam and Peronne
have fallen into possession of the
Teutons.
The British Saturday brought to
earth fifty-four airplanes.
The noise of the guns in France can
be distinctly heard in London. It
sems like a continuous throbbing.
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POST IS ESTABLISHED NEAR
BOUNDARY TO STOP II.LU IT
LlQl'OR TRAFFIC.
OTTAWA, Canada. March 25. — A
post of Royal Northwest Mounted Po
1 lice has been established at Pleasant
' Camp, fifty miles back of Fort Haines
in charge of Constable L. A. Vinall
and V. Gurr. The men have quartered
in the former customs building which
was in use during the bom days of
that part of the country.
It is said the police are for the pur
pose of stopping illicit liquor traffic
i
with Indians.
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EIGHT TEUTON MACHINES ARE
BROUGHT DOWN AND AERIAL
FIGHTING CONTIN UES.
ROME, March 25.—German aero
planes are remarkably active along
the Italian battlefront. Eight Teuton
machines have been brought to earth.
Lively artillery fighting is taking
place between the air craft in the
Brenta and Lake Garda regions.
AMERICAN CONSTE SAYS TEU
TONS WILL ENTER C I TY WITH
IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
WASHINGTON, March ‘25.—Amer
ican Consul Treadwell cabled Wed
nesday from Petrograd the prediction
that Petrograd will be occupied by
Germans within twenty-four hours.
He says that virtually all Americans
have left the city.
ARMY GETS GOOD ATHLETE.
PALO ALTO. Cal.. March 26.—The
United States army got one of the
best athletes produced on the Pacific
coast when Ric Templeton of Stanford
University joined the 319th engineers’
corps recently. Templeton was cap
tain of his track team and later be
came track coach for his alma mater,
turning out several winning teams.
BOATMAN GOES TO BIRD POINT.
Edawrd Haun the owner of the
power launch Northern Light which
ho will operate this summer between
Anchorage and Turnagain Arm points,
who has been a guest of the White
house for several days returned to his
home at Bird Point on the morning
train.
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UNITED STATES AND FRENCH
SOLDIERS ARE THROWN BACK
ON CHAULNY.
ENGINEERS DO GOOD WORK.
Troops of France Take Over Sector of
English IJattlefront and Fighting
Is in Progress Near Noyes and on
Oise.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
THE FIELD, March 23.—American
and French regiments, which were
brought up to assist the British in
counter attacks to regain positions
lost by them to the Germans, were
thrown back on Chaulny.
American engineering regiments
have done excellent work in affording
transportation facilities to the Brit
ish, particularly south of St. Quentin.
American engineers say the Germans
have a division on every 2,000 yards
of the front. There is an average of
one German division against every
British battalion.
Americans Retaliate.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, March 25.—American
guns are retaliating against the Ger
mans who dropped 600 mustard gas
shells into a town behind the Ameri
can lines. A patrol of four Ameri
cans crawled nearly a mile to a Ger
man listening post and captured the
German sentinel and brought him
back for examination to the American
intelligence officers.
French Take Over Sector.
PARIS, March 25.—The French
Saturday went to the assistance of the
British and took over a sector of the
British battlefront. Fighting is in
progress near Noyes and on the right
bank of the Oise.
WELFARE OF EMPLOYES.
Government Is Looking After Those
Entering Its Service.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 26.—
The federal government is not only
giving close attention to the matter
of the proper housing of its new ap
pointees in Washington, but the gene
ral welfare of the employes is now
considered in greater measure than
ever before. Many of the young peo
ple who have come to Washington for
war work are hundreds, even thou
sands, of miles from home for the
first time in their lives. They are
strangers in a strange land, and it is
not to be wondered at that they be
come homesick and magnify the trou
bles that they are bound to meet dur
ing the period of adjustment to new
conditions. The department heads
realize that a good clerk must be a
contented one. and many offices have
appointed welfare workers whose bus
, iness it is to take an unobtrusive in
terest in the affairs of the employes
and try to help them with their diffi
culties. Experiments along this line
j have had such good results that the
number of offices which employ wel
: fare workers is increasing.
Since the war began about 25,000
employes have been added to the civil
i service in Washington, D. C. The
I United States civil service commis
! sion, whose duty it is to recruit this
branch of the service, estimates that
this calendar year will add another
20,000. Stenographers are being ap
pointed in great numbers. There is
I also need for clerks, both men and
i women, who are trained in certain
! special or technical lines, ship drafts
! men, mechanical draftsmen, and
j workmen in trades connected with
| shipbuilding. The representatives of
the civil service commission at the
post offices in all cities are prepared
j to furnish definite information and
I application blanks.
DRUG STORE CLOSES.
Drug store No. 2 located at the cor
ner of Fourth avenue and H street
which is owned by Z. J. Loussac has
been temporarily closed. The main
store on Fourth avenue near D street
i will continue open.
SALE OF SAN FRANCISCO BASE
BALL CLUB BY HENRY BERRY
PROVES POPULAR.
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NEW OWNERS KNOW BUSINESS.
Dismissal of Manager Wolverton Last
Season When Seals Were Leading
League Aroused Wrath of Patrons
of National Pastime.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.—The
recent sale of the San Francisco
club of the Pacific coast baseball
league puts the team in the hands of
three owners who are conversant with
baseball and all its methods.
Charles H. Graham, of Sacramento,
one of the trio of purchasers, who is
being mentioned as the probable resi
dent of the club and the active leader
of the team, was captain of the Ta
coma Tigers in 1904-1905.
Dr. Charles H. Strub, of San Fran
cisco, has been intimately identified ^
with baseball on the coast for a num
ber of years, and is a close student
of the game.
George A. Putnam, formerly was
sporting editor of a Sacramento news
paper, and is conversant with both
the playing and politics of the game.
Notwithstanding the fact that dur
ing the three years Henry Berry, ^
who got his start on the road to for
tune on Eldorado Creek in the Daw
son district, w’as at the helm of the
San Francisco club, he gave the city
two winners and a runner-up, the
former Klondiker, for some reason,
never has enjoyed the popularity of
the baseball public, and continually
has been the subject of more or less H ■
violent criticism.
The dismissal of Harry Wolverton
as manager during last season when
the Seals were leading the league
perhaps was the most notable instance
when the wrath of the fans descended
on Berry’s head. No particular rea
son ever was assigned for the remov
al of Wolverton who generally was
credited with having been instrument
al in putting the team in the lead.
Berry practically rebuilt and en
larged the stands and grounds at
Recreation park last winter, giving
the city one of the finest ball parks
in the west.
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WAR CONFERENCE HELD.
California State Council of Defense
.Meets in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 2th
—War activities affecting every part
of the state were taken up here at a
war conference called by the state
council of defense. The meeting will
last two days.
The two-day program is featured
not only by a joint conference at
which representatives of practically
every war-work body in the state will
tell of work done and yet to be done,
but also by brief addresses by prom
inent men and women in California
now engaged in war work.
Co-ordination of all war activities
and the taking up of new lines of war
endeavor which are intended to aid to
the utmost the national government’s
war program is the principal purpose
of the meeting. Governor Stephens
will make the opening address of the
two-day conference.
Among those who are expected to
speak are Archbishop Hanna; James
| K. Lynch, president of the federal re
I serve bank and chairman of the Lib
j erty Loan committee for the Pacific
i coast district; Marshall Hale, coast
I director « f the Red Cross; Ralph P.
; Merritt, food administrator; Alfred
| Srliwabacher, federal fuel administra
tor; Mrs. Herbert A. Cable, president
of the California Federation of Wom
en’s clubs and chairman of the wom
en’s committee of the national and
; state councils of defense; P. H. Mc
| Carthy, president, of the building
trades council and noted labor leader;
William Spruole. president and gen
eral manager of the Southern Pacific
railway; John S. Drum, of the war
savings committee; Dr. Ray Lyman
Wilbur, of the University of Califor
nia; John A. Britton, and others.
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