BRITISH LOSE
FIVE SHIPS IN
FIERCE BATTLE
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LONDON, June 2.—Five British ships were destroyed and
six others are unaccounted for in a battle with the Germans
last night off the coast of Jutland.
The German fleet avoided the main British forces and re
turned to port severely damaged. Three German vessels are
known to be lost.
The vessels listed as sunk in the battle are the Warspite,
27,500 tons, carrying seven hundred and fifty men, she cost
$12,500,000; the Queen Mary, 27,000 tons, cost $8,000,000, .and
carried nine hundred men; the Indefatigable, 19,000 tons, cost
$8,000,000, and carried nine hundred men; the Pommern, 13,
000 ton battleship, cost $6,000,000, and carried seven hundred
and thirty men; the cruiser Frauenlob, 2,700 tons.
The German 3ea fleet was escorted by several Zeppelins
and hydroplanes, and was well off shore, steaming in battle
filiation when discovered by the British fleet. Although the
main British squadron was not near by, the British fleet im
mediately gave battle.
The battle lasted all night, and was remarkable for the
desperate courage shown by both sides.
NOUSE VOTES 10
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WASHINGTON, June 2. — The
house today adopted the naval bill,
appropriating $11,000,000 for the con
struction of a government armor
I,l£y plant, but defeated the amend
nr&.i • added by the senate, which
called for the construction of two
battleships and ten destroyers.
The money appropriated will be
come available immediately, and it is
stated the work will be rushed to com
pletion in order to allow the govern
ment to furnish much of the armor
plate for the many new ships which
will be built in the next few years.
THE LOTS SOLO THIS
MORNING TOR TAXES
At the tax sale held this morning in
the city hall by City Clerk Medley,
three lots were sold for delinquent
taxes.
The lots sold and (he buyers are:
l.oi ^1* block 4, sold to « Rudolph
Voightl for $8.29; lot 19. block 4, sold
to Edward Anderson, for $12.90; lot
13, block 8, sold to H. W. Hawse for
$10.2$.
Several other lots advertised for
sale were withdrawn as the owners
had paid the accumulated taxes.
j jj. Dunn, clerk of the court at
/ Nd^R under Judge Moore, is a recent
arrival at Anchorage.
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The Seward city council Is planning
on the erection of an $8,000 city hall.
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PITTSBURG, June 1—Theo- ♦
^Iclore Roosevelt today announ- ♦
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ALLIES MOVING TOWARD
MACEDONIAN BORDER i
BERLIN, June 1. — A general
' movement of the Anglo-French forces
jut Salonica toward the Macedonian j
I I,order has been In progress for 'he
j past several months. As yet, how
.ever, none of the allied forces have
! entered Bulgaria.
It is supposed it was to avoid anyj
invasion of their territory which led
the Bulgarians to make the recent j
demonstration o nthe Greek border.
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ACTIVITY ON GOVERNMENT
RAILROAD AT TALKEETNA.
Talkeetna will soon be on the rail-j
, road construction map in big letters. |
George R. Vause, superintendent of
Susitna river transportation, left on!
the river boat B. & B. today for Tal
keetna. The B. & B. was loaded to
^ the gunwales with men, provisions
and camp equipment. The crew con
sisted of Captain Volker, Pilot Nel
son, Engineers Mason and Malberg.
District Engineer F. H. Dose, of
the Talkeetna district. In charge of a
j party of engineer, left Anchorage to-’
day and will establish district head-i
! quarters at Talkeetna and commence
! active operations.
Ralph Kimey. locating engineer, and |
a brother of K. K. Kuney, district en-j
'gineer. of the Matanuska branch, was |
in the Dose party and will have |
charge of the line revisions. The resi
dent engineers will be Ward Hall and ;
E. A. Smith, each In charge of a sur
veying party of ten men, and C. H.
Bennett will be superintendent of con
struction. The commission will also
establish a commissary at once and
Bert Schaeffer will be In charge aa
store keeper.
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INTEREST LOWERED IN JAPAN.
TOKIO, Juno 1. — The Bank of
Japan has announced a reduction of
Its interest and discount rate by two
rin, equivalent to one-fifth of an Am
erican cent. The decision Is believed
to be due to the bank's desire to ex
tend greater facilities to the promi
tion of industrial enterprise.
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Mrs. f ljarles Canovan is spending
a few day4 at the Mountain !*».
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SAN FRANCISCO. June 1. — Ship
owners today granted the increase of
five cents per hour asked by 4,000
striking longshoremen, but reiterate
their refusal to meet additional de
mands. The dispute now hinges on
the demands of the strikers for one
dollar pe^ hour for overtime.
Mayor James Rolph and three other
large shipping firms granted the full
demands of the strikers, and the war
department has ordered the work of
loading army transports to continue
at the advanced wages.
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CHICAGO, June 2. — Reservations
already made for the big prepared
ness parade to be held here Satur
day indicate that fully 200,000 per
sons will participate in the big dem
onstration.
Nearly all the fraternal and civic
organizations have signified their in-j
tent ions of marching, and every com
pany of National Guards in the city
will be in line.
WAITE IS SENTENCED TO
DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR.
NEW YORK, June 1. — Or.)
Waite, the dentist, convicted of the,
murder of his father-in-law, today was
sentenced to die by electrocution
sometime during the week beginning
June 10.
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VIENNA TAILORS MAKE
BIG RAISE IN PRICES.
ZURICH, Switzerland, June 1.
Prices for men’s clothing in Vienna
have been advanced fifty per cent
by the unanimous vote of the Tailors’
Association. Wages are said to have
gone up 30 per cent since the war.
and the cost of materials, cloth, lin
ings and trimmings have risen from
100 to 300 per cent. Some kinds of
cloth, notably blue serges, cannot he1
had at ull.
MONEY GRANTED
FOB 5 BATTLE
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WASHINGTON, June 2. — The|
house today passed the naval bill, ap
propriating $270,000,000, which pro
vides for the construction of five bat
tle cruisers, four scout cruisers, ten
destroyers, fifty submarines and one
hundred and thirty aeroplanes.
The bill provides for work on the
construction of all vessels immediate
ly. The number of submarines was
increased from twenty, which was the
original number asked, to fifty, on the
recommendation of the senate naval
committee.
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FALKLAND ISLANDS
• LONDON, June 1. — Shackleton, the
Antarctic explorer, has arrived at the
Falkland islands in a small boat, ac
companied by five men, from Ele
phant inland. He left twenty-two men
at Elephant Island, and reports that
the ru«^i ate almost out of provisions
and urges the immediate organization
of an expedition to go to their relief.
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WOOD IS ACQUITTED IN
COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
Elmer Wood, charged with being of
unsound mind, yesterday was tried be
fore a jury in Commissioner Medley’s
court and acquitted. Testimony was
given by Dr. Chase, George Dooley
and S. T. Brightwell. The jury con
sisted of E. A. Hegg, N. J. Black, ff.
1. Lewis, F. S. Anderson, Jack Sapiro
and O. R. Byers.
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HITCHCOCK DENIES SPEAKING
ABOUT NOMINATION.
CHICAGO. May 30. — Hitchcock to
day denied having said that Hughes
would accept the Republican nomina
tion if it were tendered him, but says
that no man could refuse the nomina
tion if it is tAidered him under pres
ent conditions.
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Mr. and Mrs. John O'Brien are so
journing at (he Mountain Inn.
WILSON NOT TO
WITHDRAW FROM
MEXICO AT ONCE
WASHINGTON, June 1.—It is authoritatively stated that
the American troops will not be withdrawn from Mexico at this
time unless the Garranaa government can demonstrate its abil
ity to control the border situation.
Wilson has indicated his willingless to withdraw all the
United States troops as soon as it has been shown that the Mex
icans can handle the bandits and protect the border without
the co-operation of the American soldiers.
Wilson and Lansing today began the serious consideration
of the note from Carranza, in which the Mexican president de
mands the withdrawal of the troops. It is believed here that
the harsh terms of the note were not meant to be taken serious
ly by the American government, but were intended to placate
public opinion in Mexico, which is strongly against the con
tinued presence of the troops.
FRENCH REGAIN
GROUND IN THE
VERDDN SECTOR
PARIS, June l.^-After the fiercest infantry fighting of
the war, the French troops today re-established themselves in
the village of Cumieres and won an important victory on the
southwest slope of Deadman’s hill.
The German army assembled more and heavier guns aud
denser masses of troops along a three mile front from Hill 304
to the Meuse than in any previous attack.
The French army withstood the avalanche of shot and
shell, and drove back wave after wave of the Teutonic infantry
which was sent against their pncitinna Tho ntt^pirinor force
consisted of two fresh brigades. The losses were so heavy that
the attacks had to be discontinued, and the French by prompt
counter attacks drove the German forces back of the original
lines.
The infantry fighting is described as terrific. The Ger
mans rushed to the attack as soon as the artillery fire ceased,
expecting to find the French demoralised by the tons of big
shells which had fallen about their, trenches.. The French,
however, were able to meet the advance with deadly fire from
the famous 75s and machine guns. The advancing troops
melted away like water, only to try again and again, always
with the same result.
BERLIN ADMITS FRENCH GAIN.
BERLIN, June 1—The war office today admits that the
French troops last night obtained a foothold in the German
first line trenches over a nextent of 400 meters southeast of
Deadman’s hill. The French assaults on German lines at all
other points were repeatedly beaten back with great losses.
MEAT SCARCE IN BERLIN.
BERLIN, June 1.—For the first time since the outbreak of
the war meat is difficult to obtain in this city. Eggs and fish
are plentiful, however, and the prospects for a large grain crop
are unusually good. _# __
WILSON WILL MARCH IN
PREPAREDNESS PARADE
WASHINGTON, June 1 — Presi
dent Wilson, marching afoot, will lead
a big preparedness parade which will
take place here on Flag Day, June 14.
He will later review the marchers and
deliver an address on the advisability
of preparedness.
Wilson has expressed himself in
favor of granting permission to all
government employees to march.
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WORK ON DOCK TO BE
STARTED AT EARLY DATE.
Material for the Seward dock, in
cluding the remainder of a consign
ment of 200 piling and the deck tim
bers and planking is en route here
on the S. S. Northland and S. S. Wel
lesley, according to official advices
received by the U. S. railroad today.
Both vessels ^ duo this week.
The Northland is also bringing a
40 or 50-ton Marlon steam shovel for
use In reconstructing the Alaska Nor
thern line.
Seventy-five of the creosoted pile.s
are already here, 86 are on the Wel
lesley, and the remaining 40 are on
the Northland.
R. J. Weir, engineer in- charge,
stated that he could not state defi
nitely what day work would start on
the dock, but that it would be coin
meneed during the present month.—
Post.
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It Is reported that t'hrls Nclghbur
and partners have made a strike on
the lngieside claim, an the third beach
line at Nom*
BUTTE 1
BOTTK, June 1. — Anticipating a
walkout by laborers on jobs declared
' unfair by members of the Working
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I men's Union, employers today turned
: off ail laborers. Practically every tn
! dustrial plant in the city except the
mines is closed.
The employers have ah organiza
tion, including merchants, bankers and
all other employers of labor.
Yesterday the store porters struck.
The clerks are still working, but may
be called out at any time.
The employers assert that they are
in favor of organized labor, but that
the demands of the unions became so
excessive they were unable to meet
them.
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Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien bagged one
hundred brook trout in three hours at
Alganick, Mrs. O'Brien having the
honor of catching the largest one.
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