REBELS ARE HOLDING DUBLIN
OVER H '1
Special by Associated Press.
DUBLIN, April 29. — The rebels are
mill contesting the control of the city
with the British troops. The rebels
have concentrated on the tops of tjie
flat roofed houses, where they can
rire down on the soldiers in compara
tive security, hiding behind the chitn
news. The soldiers find it difficult
to effectively reply to this style of
fighting. The disaffected district is
In the centre of the city, and is strong
ly guarded by the soldiers. The out
lying districts are picketed so as to
nip in the bud any effort of the citizens
o assist the rebels. The whole town
presents the appearance of an armed
•amp fighting with itself, as the in
ermittent rattle of infantry fire can
t>e heard at frequent intervals. The
soldiers are determined that the rebels
shall have no chance to escape to the
mountains, and thousands of regular
roops are here to assist in subduing
he uprising. Many dead bodies are
lying in the streets, and no efforts are
being made to gather them up and
bury them. The whole city is bril
liantly lighted tonight by the flames
from burning houses. Some of the
most Important buildings in the city
are on fire in the centre of the town,
in one place the fire covering two
acres in extent. Frequent explosions
are heard, followed by salvos of ma
chine gun fire and rifle fire, which is
turned on the rebels as they flee
from one building to another. The
rebels are using ammunition made in
Germany, and appear to be excellently
equipped.
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DUBLIN, April 29. Fifteen hun
dred Sinn Feiners are still holding
their positions in this city, and keep
ing the loyal soldiers of the king at
bay, the rebel flag defiantly 'loating
over their barricades, and resisting j
all efforts to sweep them into defeat, j
The regular army troops command all
the rebel positions with their guns, 11
and there seems no chance for the ,
rebels to escape death. The only t
question is how long can they hold I ,
out before the overwhelming odds they t
are facing. Sackville and Grafton ;
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streets are in flames, caused by artil
lery fire on the houses. The inhabi- ^
tants had removed out of the danger!
zone, and the rebels were using the
houses to pick off the soldiers. The
rioters have fired wildly, shooting
down women and children, and also
destroying by fire the library at the
law courts buildings.
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LONDON, April — The Belfast i
livening News, a leading journal of \
the north of Ireland, says today that j i
over one hundred people have so far i
been killed and injured In the fight
ing between the rebels and the king’s |
soldiers in the streets of Dublin. The i
rioters are concealed in houses which t
command important street junctions.
ir are entrenched behind barricades
n the streets themselves. They are
esistlng the military strongly, and the
oldiers have not yet subdued the
ebels, who maintain a constant fnsi
ade. Many civilians have been picked
>ff by the Sinn Fein snipers, because
hey were believed to be loyal to
•ingland. The officers under Sir John
daxwell claim to have the situation
veil in hand, and have thrown a cor
Ion of troops around the districts
teld by the rebels. They desire to
ivoid unnecessary bloodshed, and are
»roceeding with their work slowly and
larefully. but nevertheless they are
iteadlly closing in on the rebels, and
t would seem that the rebels could j
tot hold out much longer. Much j
lamage has already been done to pro- j
>erty, and the soldiers have been I
liven orders to use care with the ar j
illery so as to do no more harm to
lie buildings than absolutely neces
ary.
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STRIKERS STILL
FIRM IN THEIR
5 DEMANDS
SEWARD, April 29. — The Anchor
age Labor Union, after a lengthy ses
sion, voted to reject the award of the
government's arbitration board, pro
viding for a new wage scale for the
workers on the government railroad.
The union has not disclosed the exact
figures of the vote, the officials only
announcing that they had decided to
remain on strike until better schedules
were offered. The stumbling block
is the award of $2.H6 a day for com-1
moil laborers. The men ask for n |
wage of fifty cents per hour. It is
reported that the employees of the
Seward division are satisfied with the
award, and will accept the schedule
offered, and that there will be no
strike at this end.
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HIGH PRAISE.
In a perusal of the New York Times
jowt columns we notice high praise
tty given to a former Cordova man,
Norman Bratton. The young man's
parents live in Cordova and are well
% known. Norman Bratton is at present
attending Columbia College. A short
extract from the article is taken, and
follows:
"In the second place, we have a
great stroke in Captain Bratton. He
h«is the fight id him, the size, the
s^^igth, and if he fails to push that
boat to the limit 1 will be very much
mistaken in my judgment."
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CHITINA BRIDGE DAMAGED.
Siy bents are reported to have been
swept out of the C'hitina bridge by the
ice, which has started to run in ttie I
river. The deck of the bridge is still
intact, hut until the ice floes let up
it I* hard to forecast what further
^damage may result to the structure.
The ice is blocked up the river, which
puts the bridge in a precarious condi
tion, as it is likely to break loose at
any time and with the force of the
water, which Is rapidly rising, much
damage may yet result. Repairing is
at a standstill until this ice moves, J
and it may be some time before the]
bridge is again put in repair. The
company have all materials at hand,j
and will start work straightening ,
the tangle out as soon as possible. It
is expected that a train will leave here .
Monday morning at the usual hour, as ,
passengers can be transferred over the1
break by ferry. i,
.MEET
OF
ED PASO, April 2!». — Generals Ob
/togou and Trevino, of the Mexican
^rifly, accompanied by General Ga
vira, the Carranza commander at Jua
rez, today exchanged official sails
with Generals Scott and Funston, who
are in this city to hold a conference
with the Mexican minister of war con
cerning the withdrawal of the Ameri
can troops, now chasing Villa in
southern Chihuahua. During the of
ficial calls it was arranged that the1
\ conference should be held at1 Juarez
Tthls afternoon.
10,000 BRITISH SURRENDER
Special by Associated Press.
LON I ION. April 29. — The war of
'ice officially announced today that the
British army at Kut-el-Amara, in
Mesopotamia, was surrendering to the
rurks. The British troops have made
i wonderful stand against superior
orces. without sufficient supplies, and
lave been compelled to give in be
cause of the utter exhaustion of all
heir stocks of ammunition. The force
lad made a victorious march up the
figris, and was within six miles of
Bagdad, when they met w ith reverses,
and were compelled to retreat down
the river, making a stand at the Kut.
Here the Turks entirely surrounded
the small force of-Englishmen last
December, and they have had no com •
munication with the outside, world;
since then except by wireless to tties
relief expedition under Ceneral Ayl-J
mer, which has bi»en vainly striving
to force its way through the Turkish!
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lines for the past three months. Much
bloody fighting has been witnessed
here and thousands of lives lost, only |
to see the expedition end in failure.
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jf’Ol'JC.NilAGEN, April 2W. — The
news of the fall of the British troons
at Kut -el-Amara was received with
joy throughout Germany today, and
the military experts predict that simi
lar-reverses will soon he suffered by
the English In Egypt. Citing the re
verse at Quatia village x few days ago,
when the Turks wiped out several
battalions of British cavalry, only a
few miles from the city of Bite*. The
papers declare that General Town
shend made a splendid defence* of h's
position against the Turks, and only
surrendered when he was absolutely
devoid of the necessary ammunition
to carry on the fight. Townshend is
said to have destroyed all the guns <
In his command before surrendering, '
it ml to have shot away the last round 1
of ammunition, lie surrendered ten l
thousand men to the Victorious Turks.
LESLIE CRAMER
SEATTLE, April 2k. — Disbursing
\gent Cramer, of the Alaska engineer
ng commission, arrived from Wash
ington today with a party of twenty
ive men, who will he employed on
•aiiroad construction on the Fairbanks
md of the government road the coni
ng summer. Included in the party
ire engineers, draftsmen and foremen,
ill of the men holding supervisory po
;itions under the commission. They
•xpect to commence actual rairoad
:onst ruction between Fairbanks and
he Nenana coal fields by June 1. Five
mndred men will be employed in the
nterior by the commission this suui
ner. The party will go in by way of
skagway and Whitehorse, descending
he Yukon on the first boat litis year,
’oniinissiouer Thomas Kiggs is due
0 arrive here next Thursday, and
will have charge of the commission's
work at the Fairbanks end this year,
is he had last. Me will sail for Skag
way on June 1, being engrossed with
jffice work of the commission a{ the
•Seattle'headquarters until that time.
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The Farragut is expected to reach
’ordova sometime Monday afternoon.
S'o definite word was received as to
when the Aeroline will be here.
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The Admiral Watson brought 27
lassengers for Cordova on her trip
n. The Caffic on the steamboats is
1 i v satisfactory from all points of
■lew.
KRAUSE GUILTY
JUNEAU, April 29. — After a trial
lasting eleven days. Edward Krause
was found guilty at 9 o'clock last
night of kidnapping William Christie.
This is the second offense on which
Krause has been triad and found
guilty. He Is under other charges,
and the next case against him to be
tried will be that of forgery. The jury
was out just three hours.
COPPER OUTPUT IN 0. S.
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
WASHINGTON, April 29. The to
tal production of copper in the United
States for the past year was 2,026.
000.000 pounds. This breaks all pre
vious records in the industry for this
country, although at the rate of pro
duction this year that tremendous to
tal bids fair to be excelled. The pro
duction of the smelters also broke all
former records, last year the refiner
ies turning out the enormous total of
1,388,000,000 pounds of the metal. The
total value of the smelter output for
1915 was $24?,900,000.
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The Carlisle Hacking Company has
moved another of its power boats to
ward the waterfront, and after the
finishing torches are put on tl <
launching w ill take place.
L fl. TEAM
JUNKAU, April 29. — Playing for
the championship of southeastern
Alaska, the pennant was captured last
night by the team representing the
Arctic Brotherhood, which defeated
the Treadwell five by a score of 27 to
23. hast night's game was the third
and final of the series. The game was
warmly contested and was witnessed
by a large crowd, the Treadwell root
ers having crossed the channel in
force to cheer for their men.
MEDICAL MEN BEING ASKED
10 ENROLL IN ARMY
LONDON, April 29. — All medical
men throughout the country, regard
less of age, arc being asked to enroll
themselves to meet "an urgent nation
al need.” The work of enrollment is
being conducted by the Medical War
Committees in Kngland, Scotland and
Ireland.
For military purposes the service
age of doctors is up to 45. but medical
men beyond that age can give their
services to home hospitals, and, there
fore, they as well as doctors of mili
tary age are being enrolled.
The idea of making a complete en
rollment is not only to ensure a satis
factory medical service for the army,
' -t also to safeguard the needs of the
lvil population.
FLOCK I
GREAT SOCIAL
SALONIKI, April 28. — Flora's has
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become the social focus of the entente
armies in the Balkans. Some such
rendezvous comes to be associated
with almost every expeditionary war.
The bar of Shepherd's Hotel in Cairo i
was the place through which everyone; j
passed sooner or later In the time of
the Sudan campaigns; the Hand Club I
at Johannesburg fulfilled a similarly
function in South Africa. Here the
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same unexpected greatness has been
thrust upon Flora's, so that its name
will always remain in the memory of
those told off to spend this tedious
winter at Saloniki.
Flora's in peace times was just ai
commonplace cafe, with no more than
the modest distinction of being the
best establishment in Saloniki. Here
on an ordinary week day were to be
found a sprinkling of Levantine gen
tlenieu, drinking Turkish coffee while
they discussed with fluent gesture the
latest political rumors from \thens.
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Eighteen men will leave Cordova j 1
for Mile 68 to engage in the fishing o
business at that point. The Carlisle t
Tacking Company controls this place e
as a fishing ground, and expect to o
work a larger number there in the s
immediate future. A
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M. C. and Stanley Murray were ar
rivals from the south on the Wat
son yesterday. '
FRENCH REPULSE
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PARIS. April 29. — The official
:ommunique Issued by the war office
this morning stated that the French
positions near Avoncourt had been
subjected to a violent bombardment
yesterday, which lasted throughout
Ihe night. When the artillery fire
slackened, the French observers could
see the Teuton infantry massed for
assault, but the French artillery di
rected its fire so well that the Ger
man commanders apparently changed
their plans, for the assault was not
launched. The French shells landed
lere and there in the midst of the
lertnan troops, and created such havoc
hat they lost heavily.
PARIS. April 29. — Hast of the
rhiauniont farm, on the Verdun front,
he Germans directed a violent infan
ry assault last night, but were re
mised, despite the fierceness of the
ittack and the reckless disregard of
niman life with which the German
•ommanders threw their men for
ward. The French poured in a deadly
■ifle and machine gun fire, as the
teutons advanced, and the charging
losts never reached the first line
Tench trenches.
BERLIN, April 29. — The war office
ssued an official bulletin today, an
touncing severe fighting along the
•astern front, particularly in the re
:lon of Imke Narocz. The Germans
aptured the Russian positions south
d the lake, taking fifty six hundred
irisoners.
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SMALL BLAZE.
A small blaze occurred at the Alas
:an Hotel last night about 2 o'clock,
aitsed by the boiler used by the har
per shop to heat its water, being too
lear the floor. The blaze was quickly
put out and little damage done. The
irenien turned out promptly, and it.
ooked for a time as though a mas
uerade had taken place in the city,
s the firemen turned out in all sorts
f regalia.
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ASUNCION IN PORT.
The oil tanker Asuncion arrived in
port yesterday from El Segundo. Cali
ornia, with fuel oil for the Copper
liver & Northwestern Railway. The
anker is in command of Captain
ipencer, and after unloading her
il cargo, which is expected to be
ompleted early this morning, the
aptain will sail south again.
GERMANY'S NOTE
IS EXPECTED
COPENHAGEN, April 29. The
erliner Tageblatt, a reliable journal
f the German capital, says editorially
>day that the reply of the Berlin for
ign office to the last American note
n the submarine question cannot pos
blv be completed and delivered to
mbassador Gerard before the begin
ing of next week.
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Walter Coombs and wife arrived
om the outside by the Watson.