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GERMANS CONTINUE VERDDN GAIN
FRENCH DRIVEN
FROM TRENCHES
IN CUMIN WOOD
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PARIS, May 31.—In a violent struggle last night the Ger
man forces compelled the French troops to evacuate the first]
line trenches near Cumin wood, south of Cumieres.
The attack was general along a large section of the Verdun
front, but at every other point the Germans were repulsed with ,
great losses. In a particularly savage attack near Chotton
court several large detachments of Germans were completely
annihilated.
CAPTURE FRENCH TROOPS.
BERLIN, May 31.—Thirty-five French officers, including'
iseveral staff officers and thirteen hundred unwounded men!
were captured by the Germans in two counter attacks against'
Cumieres village by the French, both of which were repulsed.,
ENGLISH LOSE HEAVILY.
LONDON. May 31.—The English casualties for May are(
given by the war office as 1,800 officers and 28,000 men.
AUSTRIANS CLAIM SUCCESSES.
VIENNA, May 31— Austrian troops operating west of
Arsiero, forced a passage across the Posina river and took the
heights along the southern bank. The fortified Italian works;
at Pumtee also were captured. I
The Italian forces appear to be largely demoralized by the;
continued advance of the Austrian troops, and unless they soon,
make a definite stand, the offensive of the Austrians will be a
complete success along the whole front.
AUSTRIANS TRY TO FLANK
ITALIAN ARMY.|
ROME, May 30. — Military observ
11 era here see in Austria's drive in the
southern Tyrol two possible motives.
One is to keep Italy from sending
forces to help France and Albania,
anti the other, it the attack is really
in earnest, to force a passage through
tiie Alps above Vicenza to dominate
the Venetian region and flank the
main Italian army, occupying the pro-i
vince of Udine and BeR-^n,
••Italy's hour is struck," is an ex
pression heard here.
BATTLESHIP GUNS USED BY
AUSTRIANS IN ALPINE FIGHTS.
HOME, May 31. The Austrians
have transferred to the Italian front
a number of $81 and 420 millimeter
guns. The latter cannon have been
taken from the battleships which
have boon bottled up. in the harbor of
l»ola since the beginning of the war.
The detonations of these enormous
cannons seem to actually split the Al
pine peaks, causing frequent ava
lanches. But in spite of the terriiic
bombardment which is going on day
and night and the reeltles sexpenditure
of ammunition by the Austrians, their
further advance seems impossible in
view of the positions which the Ital
ians hold tenaciously.
DEMANDS UNLIMITED
USE OF SUBMARINES.
LONDON. May 30. — The central
board of the German National Liberal
parly Held a meeting in Berlin Sun-j
day to consider the question of Sub
marine warfare, a dispatch from Ain-i
sterdam says. The board adopted a
resolution referring to "the great
value of submarine warfare against
Kngl uid's supremacy of the sea," and
called upon the National Liberal party
in the reighstag to urge unlimited use
of the submarine weapon in even that
the United States does not “yield to
the conditions set forth in the last
German note.” .
RUSSIANS JOIN BRITISH
FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA.j
LONDON, May 26. — The first en
couraging news from Mesopotamia
inee the surrender of Kut-el A raara
arrived yesterday in advices saying a
body of Russian cavalry has joined
British forces on the Tigris after a
hold and adventurous ride.
Lieutenant General Sir Percy Lake,
British commander in Mesopotamia,
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reports the Turks are still holding the
Santuiyat position on the left bank of
the Tigris, where the British check
made it impossible to carry out the
relief of General Townshend at Kut
el-A mara. , A
RUSH TROOPS TO ASIA MINOR.
LONDON, May 26. — Reports from
Bucharest say 4,000 German troops
have been sent to Bagdad and that
Austrian and Turkish troops also are
being rushed into Asia Minor, the
Turks, it is said, weakening the de
fenses of Constantinople for the pur
pose. I 1
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THOUSANDS AT FUNERAL OF
JIAA HILL
ST. PAUL, May 31. — The funeral
of James ,7. Hill was held today ami
was attended by thousands of mourn
ers. Many distinguished men from
all parts of the country were present
to pay their last respects to the fin
ancier.
The public schools were closed to
day on account of the funeral, andjrll
trains on the Great Northern stopped
five minutes.
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CANADA HAS GIVEN 309.000
MEN FOR WAR SERVICE.
LONDON, May 25. — Canada’s en
llstment for active service exceed
309,000, of whom 145,000 are already
over seas. The casualties to the end
of March totalled 22,000, and the
wastage from other sources reached
21,700. The war expenditures of Can
ada to the end of March aggregated
about $187,000,000, exclusive of the
amount Canada will pay to Britain!
for munitions supplied to the Canadian]
troops.
COMPANY REPAIRING ITS
TRANSMISSION LINE
The Cordova Power Company has
a force of men now at work brushing
out the right of way for the power line
from the plant to Cordova. Trees and
brush are cleared away, and any
standing timber which is liable to fall
across the line is cut down.
New cross arms and pins are used
to replace the others, which are the
worse for wear ,und an effort is be
ing made to place the line in first
class shape to avoid trouble In the
winter.
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COTTON AND RUBBER BURNED
IN FIRE AT VLADIVOSTOK.
VLADIVOSTOK, May 29. — (De
layed in Transmision.) — Large quan
tities of cotton and rubber recently
landed here w-ere destroyed today by
fire. It is asserted by several offi
cials that the fire was*of incendiary
origin, and all persons who are in
the least suspected of being in sym
pathy w ith the C.erniftn cause are be
ing rounded up. ^ 1 A k f
POLITICS ARE ON
TOE FIRE ST
CHICAGO. May 20. — (Delayed In
Transmission.) — Joseph Whitman,
of New York, has been designated as
the man who wiU place the name of
Hughes in nomination for president at
the Republican convention. The Ala
bama delegation has yielded its place
to New York for the purpose of nl
lowing Whitman to make his speech.
Managers of the Hughes campaign
have determined not to open head
quarters at Chicago. Coleman Dupont,
the first presidential candidate to ap
pear in Chicago, arrived this morning.
Theodore Roosevelt, en route to
Kansas City, where he is to deliver
the Memorial Day address, arrived
here this afternoon und spent four
hours in conference with leaders of
the Progressive party. Preparedness
will be the chief plank in the Progres
Hive party platform.
ROOSEVELT AFTER G. O P.
CHICAGO, May 30. — Active work
on the part of Roosevelt supporters in
an effort to obtain for the colonel the
Republican nomination, was begun to
day at Roosevelt headquarters. There
Is a strong Roosevelt sentiment
among the Republican delegates now,'
here, and the prediction is made that
Roosevelt will get (he nomination
without trouble.
DEMAND FOR ROOSEVELT.
SAYS KANSAS ORATOR.
TOPEKA, Mas.. May 31, — "The one
clear note out of this, the most chaotic
condition in the history of American
.politics, is the demand tyr. Theodore
Roosevelt," declared Henry f. Allen,
or Wichita, temporary chairman, in
.opening the Progressive state con
vention here today. Mr. Allen pre
dicted that "the only thing that can
keep Roosevelt from the nomination
at the Republican convention at Chi
cago will be the stand-pat delegates."
TACOMA LONGSHOREMEN
WANT 55C PER HOUR
TACOMA, May 31. — The scale
I'lemanded by the longshoremen to
take effect June 1, is as follows:
The general cargo workers want 55
cents an hour regular time instead of
50 cents, and $1 an hour overtime
instead of 60 cents. Lumber handlers
desire 60 cents and hour regular time
instead of 50 cents, and $1 an hour
overtime instead of 75 cents. If the
demands are not granted by 6 a. m.
June 1 every union longshoreman on
the Pacific coast from San Diego to
Puget Sound will strike, say long
shoremen.
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20 HOUSES WASHED AWAY—
RIVER CUTS THROUGH TOWN.
NEEDLES, Cal.. May 24. — Twenty
houses from the Indian settlement
near here have been washed away by
the torrents of the flooded Colorado
river. Many "alfalfa fields are under
water and further damage Is threat
ened. Two hundred men, fighting to
protect property of the Santa Fe rail
way, however .have succeeded in hold
ing their own against the river's ap
parent tendency to cut a new channel
into the industrial section of the town.
Families living on the flooded Mar
tin and Brochman ranch spent the
night perched on hay stacks. They
.were rescued today by goats.
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HIGHER TAXES FOR FRANCE.
PARIS, May 24. — Finance Minis
Iter Ribot presented to the chamber ol
deputies on Its reassembling today a
i measure covering the credits for the
third quarter of the year. The credits
(aggregate 8,010,000,000 francs.
1 The finance minister showed the
(satisfactory condition of the treasury
land of the Bank of France. He called
(attention also to the necessity of pro
viding now for interest charges or
new loans, and he proposed Increases
; In taxes that will Increase the reve
nue 000,000,000 francs annually on al
eohol, wine, beer, cider, sugar and to
baeco. He recommended the con
tinu&nce o tthe present income tax.
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♦ JUNE 14 IS FLAG DAY.
♦ WASHINGTON, M VY 30. —
♦ President Wilson toda> I sued
♦ a proclamation calling upon
♦ the people of the Un(ted States
♦ to celebrate Flag Day, June
♦ 14, with patriotic eiercises.
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SULZISeTED
BY BIG Cilfil
JUNEAU, May 29. (Delayed lr
Transmission.) At the ratification
meeting, held here Saturday night
Charles Sulzer, the nominee for dele
gate to congress, was given an ova
tlon by an enormous crowd, which
was there to greet tadtn.
In his speech Sulzer said that ii
the people elected him they nevet
would regret the fact; he said he hne
lived in Alaska for ninny years, anti
his record was clean, and that he
never would betray any confidence
which the people of the north would
place in him.
Sulzer intends to tour all pnrls til
Alaska, leaving for the interior on the
dow'tt river boats about July 1. He
will return along the coast.
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MEXICAN SHIP TAKEN AS I
PRIZE TO CANADA
VICTORIA. R. (' t'Mny ,'!0. With i
^rlse yrew ^imgrtl.ythc three mnstei
auxiliary schooner Ttonora, which wai
captured by a Bristish cruiser off Cap<
Corrinetos, was brought into Esqui
malt harbor on Sunday. The vesse
will be held pending prize court pro
ceedings.
The Lenora is the first prize to hi
brought here since the outbreak o
the war. The captain and purser, sail
to be of Mexican nationality, are th<
only members of the original erev
detained aboard the Lenora. the othe
members of her crew and some pas
sengers having been put ashore a
Mazatlan shortly after the vessel wai
senzed.
When taken the Lenora was bourn
from Mexican ports with a full gen
eral cargo. This cargo is still aboari
her. It includes a motor car, whirl
is said to have been designed for tin
use of a Mexican general. The Le
nora is said to belong to the Mexieai
Lloyd Company, of' which Captaii
Fred Jebsen, who owned the steame
Mazatlan, since captured and taken a
a prize to Port Stanley, Falkland b
lands, was the principal owner.
At the time of her capture the Le
nora was under charter to Oertnat
interests in Mexico, and was flyin.
the Mexican flag.
The prize is a three masted woodei
auxiliary schooner of 250 tons regif
ter, and was formerly known as th
Lottie Carson. She was built in 1X8
at Port Blakely, Washington.
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SPANISH WIRELESS TRAFFIC
HAS SHOWN BIG INCREASE
MADRID, Spain, May 24. — Th
traffic of the Spanish Internationa
Wireless Telegraph Company has ii
creased from an average of 800 word
per day before the war to an averag
of about 6,000 words, exclusive of dii
lomatic correspondence through th
monopoly it enjoys in the transmil
sion of wireless * hiessages froi
abroad.
The Spanish company has two n
ceiving stations, one at Barcelona an
the other at Aronjuez. near Madrii
They refceive French news from th
Eiffel Tower and from Lyons, <le
man news from Nauen and Non
deich, British news from London an
Carnarvon, Austrian news from Poll
and Italian news from Coltano. A
the communiques and bulletins froi
the ixiwers of the entente are prints
on yellow paper, while those from th
central powers and their allies are o
blue paper. The bulletins are distr
buted to the press and to other sul
scribers three times a day, at me;
hours.
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TEDOY SPEAKS
ABOUT GERMAN
ST. speech j
before the Business Men's League to
day. Theodore Roosevelt dealt harsh
ly with the German-Americans who In
their activities in behalf of the mother
country are serving to eause friction
between the two countries and with j
their fellow citizens.
Roosevelt was given a great ovation ,
on his appearance. He said: "Those
German Americans who seek to make
their government representatives act
in the interest of German rather than
for this country, are guilty of moral
treason to the United States.” He
characterized the German-Amcrlcan
alliance us an anti-American alliance,
and said the members scandalously
misrepresent a great majority of the
real \inericans of German origin.'
Roosevelt left tonight for New York.
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MILITIA ENGINEERS ORDERED
TO PREPARE FOR SERVICE.
I CALUMET, ■Mich.. May 24. — Com
i pany engineers of Calumet, one of
■ the few National Guard engineering
! companies in the country, has been
ordered to get in readiness for pos-.
sible military service on the Mexican
border.
The members have been ordered to j
report to their captain whether it
would be possible for them to be
away for a period of at least six
months.
The company has taken special In
struction for four months from an
officer in the regular army engineer-'
ing corps. It is equipped for field
service.
fill WILL BE WORKING
BT SIX TONIGHT
Two breaks in the Alaska cable
11 were discovered by the cableshlpj
j Rurnside, which is now off Capt Ufc I
Elias repairing the damage. One
.! break was fixed yesterday, and the
Rurnside reports that she expects to
have the other break repaired by <>
o'clock tonight.
j The fact that two breaks occurred
i at the same time in the same locality
leads the cable men to suppose t.he(
11 damage was caused by an earthquake, j
11 which usually breaks the line in sev-'
(! eral places.
EAT DOGS IN BELGIUM:
CATS FOOD IN LITHANIA.
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LONDON, May 27. — Coincident
with reports of a food crisis In Ger
many. news has reached London from j
u highly authoritative source that con
( ditions in Belgium are approaching an
alarming state.
At a recent meeting of the Belgian
1 relief committee Premier Asquith
stated that the (Belgian population
were on short rations. Matters have
! now attained such a pitch, it is said,
that dogs are being slaughtered for
food. \
CHICAGO, May 27. —? War refugees
in many parts of Lithania are eating
■, catH and dogs. sayB A. M. Mart us,
; writing in the current issue of “Tev
3 yne." a Lithunian weekly, published
I in America. He adds that acres of
• wooden crosses mark the graves of j
A the starved and that if food is not i
0 sent soon, there will be no Lithuniausj
' to raise crosses over their dead com-j
0 rades. The country Is caught be
tween the armies of Russia and Ger
1: many.
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READING STOCK BOOMS.
d NE WYORK, May 24. — Extensive
l- Reading common and second preter
it red stocks sold on the stock market
'• | today at the highest prices in their
1-1 history. Cp to midday the common
d showed an over-night gain of :? 1-4 at
i.;S>6 14, with 3 3-4 points for the sec*
II ond preferred at 51 1-2, and 1 5-8 lor
n i he first preferred at 44 1-2. The
d movement is attributed to rumors that
e it is proposed to retire the second
n preferred on terms advantageous to
i- the holders.
)- Reports credit the Rockefeller ta
il terests with heavy buying Into the
Reading property.
CARRANZA AGAIN
ASKS WITHDRAWAL
OF D. S. SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, May 31. — Carranza’s ambassador to
day presented a new note to the department of state, asking
the reason for the continued presence of American troops in
Mexico, and renewing his previous request for their with
drawal.
The action of the Carranza government in pressing the
demand for the withdrawal of American troops at this time,
when it was thought a satisfactory agreement for the co-oper
ation of the Mexican and American troops in pursuit of the
bandits had been concluded, is puzzling the administration.
The veering of the Mexican diplomats on every question
is the source of much annoyance to the American government,
and is pointed out by many as a further proof of the instability
of the Carranza government, which never seems to be of the
same opinion for more than twenty-four hours at a time.
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HOUSE. REFUSES
10 BUILD 51)1
WASHINGTON. Mav :iu. — An
amendment to th* tia-.il bill, railing
for six Instead of five battle cruisers,
as provided in th original bill as re
commended by tie majority of the
naval committee. »';i' defeated In the
house today by a vote of 1 "!* to 118.
Democratic no niters say the
amendment was merely a political
move by the Kepuld" .m leaders, who
wish to make it app. ir to the people
that the Democrats do not favor ade
ijnute preparedtiet s
BUNCH OF SUBMARINES.
WASHINGTON. May .In. — The
house today defeated tin amendment
to add two battleships to the proposed
building, but the number of subma
rines authorized ha been increased
front twenty to fifty
AMERICAN AVIATORS WIN
HONORS IN FRENCH SERVICE.
PARIS. May 2« As a reward for
bringing down a German aeroplane
near Hartmans t\ ■ ilerkof May 18.
Corporal Kiffen Rockwell, of Atlanta.
Ga., a member o' Hie Franco Ameri
can flying corps, ill be promoted to
the rank of sergeant and will be decor
ated with a military medal.
Corporal Victor Chapman, of New
York, will be promoted to the rank
of sergeant for hi- jinrsuit of a Ger
man machine that flew over the avi
ation camp seeking revenge for Cor
poral Rockwell’s exploit.
Lieutenant William K. Thaw, or
Pittsburg, is proposed for citation for
pursuing a second German machine
from the camp, continuing the light
at close range until hi* machine gun
jammed. Lieutenant Thaw also is
credited with forcing down another
German machine, probably to destruc
tion.
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MURDER SUSPECT CAUGHT—
POLICE THINK HIM INNOCENT.
PORTLAND, Ore . May 24. — Ben
nett Thompson, ex-convict, arrested
here last night in connection with the
murders of Mrs. Helen C. Jennings
and Fred Rtstnian. near Tualatin last
Monday, today was taken to Hillsboro,
the Washington county seat.
The body of Ristman, the Portland
chauffeur who drove the unknown
man who committed the double mur
der to Mrs. Jennings’ farm, has not
yet beeu tot|nd. Tt is thought his
body was thrown into a nearby
stream. The Portland police are in
dined to believe Thompson is tnno
cent. As yet no definite clue to tht
identity of the slaver or hl» ntotlvi
has been found.
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LINDEBERG HAS DECIDED
TO DEFY CALIFORNIA COURT
SKATTLB, May 3d. — Jafet l.inde
berg, Nome mining man. arrived her<
today and will sail for the north Jun<
: 2 despite the issuance of a bench war
rant by a California judge. Lindeberi
insists the warrant is issued in erroi
1 in an attempt to force him to testlf:
I in a civil court
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LONDON, May 20. I Delayed In
Transmission l -- The British army,
■with the help of Portuguese forces,
have formed a ring around the tier
man army in Africa, from which it is
thought there can he no escape.
General Smuts, the Boer command
er, is rounding up the Germans, and
at the same time defending the t'san
bara railroad, another British force
has penetrated twenty miles into tier
man territory, on the front between
N'yassu and Tanganyika lakes, and>N
General Belias is advancing with a
strong force from the northeast. Tha ,
Portuguese are occupying fit*, south
ern frontier.
The different British columns, it is
said, are working perfectly together.
The German forces have been located
by aeroplanes, and it is claimed there
is no escape for the surrounded army.
AROLINE IS SOUTHBOUND
WITH BIG CARGO
Loaded with ore from I.atouohe and
EUaniar, the steamship Aroline, of the
Pacific Alaska Navigation Company,
Captain Kinney, called at Cordova
this morning en route to Seattle. She
brought several passengers from An
chorage to this port.
The Aroline had 175 tons of sacked
concentrates from Latouche and 1,050
tous of ore from Ellamar. She sailed
from Cordova for the south at 8:20
o’clock.
GERMANY ENCOURAGES
RAISING OF RABBITS.
BERLIN, May 24. — The Prussian
ministry of agriculture, domains and
forests has isued an appeal to all the
agricultural associations and organi
zations in Sigmaringen. urging that
special attention be paid in the com
ing months to the breeding of tame
rabbits, in order that as many skins
as possible may be obtained tor lea
ther purposes, and that the fat of
the little animals may be obtained.
Already in Berlin there has been es
tablished a “Company for Making
Cse of Skins, Inc.,’’ to which anyone
may send his bunny skins. The desir
ability of raising the animals in num
bers is enhanced by the fact that they
require little or no food that hu
man beings need, and yet can in part
be fed with scraps that otherwise
would go to waste.
The appeal says that oils and fats
obtained from rabbits are already very
scarce, probably will become ffldWsn,
and will probably be short for a
period long after the war.
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COTTON SEEDS IN CHINA.
PEKING. May 22. — The ministry
of agriculture and commerce is dis
tributing cotton seeds imported from
America to the various agricultural
: experiment grounds and to magis
■ trates all over the cotton districts of
£hina. who have been requested to
I have the farmers test the seed.
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