FIGHTING SHIFTS TO ARMENTIERES AND MESSINES
AMERICAN REPULSE FIERCE ATTACK, INFLICTING HEAVY LOSSES
DETERMINED ATTEMPT TO
ANNIHILATE BRITISH ARMY
Key to British Position in Flanders Assailed by
Huns—Britons Hold Massines Ridge After
Fierce Hand-to-Hand Fighting
DATELESS.—The Germans are
driving southwest :from Armentieres
and struggling to advance southwest
of Meesines ridge, the key point of
the British Flanders lines. The Ger
mans reached the ridge several times,
but the British, in hand-to-hand fight
ing, drove them off. The British still
hold the ridge.
It is reported to be Che'German s>lan
to wipe out the British army, and a
serious attempt is being made to an
nihilate British resistance by swinging
attacks to the -.north.
"The Fight in Ftanders
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, April
IV—Fighting is continuing this morn
ing north of Armentienes. The Brit
ish are holding the Messine ridge and
Wytschaete, which changed hands
several times yesterday
During the day the Germans entered
these positions, and also Lacreche,
Hollebeke and Nieppe, Vigorous
counter-attacks forced tiie Germans
from all five places.
Fordsng Thdir Way‘*torth
WITH THE BRITISH AHMY, April
11.—The Germans hold half of the vil
lage of Pkiegsteert and Fhoegsteert
wood, north <of Armtmtieres.
Armwntreres Evacuated
LONDON, April 11.—The British
have withdrawn from Ariwcntieres.
says today’s official statement. There
has been violent fighting all along the
front from the La has*- e canal to the
Ypres-Comines canal. North cKf Arm
entieres there n as heavy fighting last
night, with little change in the ,1 ritish
positions.
Sovfflhwest «;f Armerttieres
EONDON. April 11.—The Germans
pushed on yesterday from Crois tDu
bae, southwest of Arm*mttenes. Par
ties of Germans are reported near
Steenwerdk, £ive miles west of Airm
en tieres. Reuter's reports yesterday
stated that the German® had occupied
Lestrem. The British drove them «tnt
anti across the iLawe rimer.
GOVERNOR
MAKES FINE
SUGGESTION
'RHINO. Net,, April 'll.—.'Replying to
;a query from (Eastern newspapers as
to Whether the Willard-Fulton fight,
scheduled to take place ,3uiy 4, wall
be permitted to take place in Reno,
(Governor Boyle says tfaai the fight
cannot take place in Nevada “on Julyj
1 or any other tame,,but they have my;
unqualified permission to go to France
end fight the Ruche at any -.time they
are realty."
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I mm SWEEPSTAKE
m HOWE m TEffl
NOME, Apr® 11.—There Wtn be no
All-Alaska Sweepstakes dog raee this
year on account of the ww. The stake
will be added to next year's race.
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The steamer Admiral Parragut ar
rived from the westward at 7'.30
o’clock this morning and sailed for
Seattle at noon with the following
passengers from Cordova: D. Greenlg
and family, Capt. J. J. Murray, Art
Wood, and R. L. Reed
BELGIAN BELIEF SHIP
DESTROYED BE MINE1
AMSTERDAM, Arpril 11.—The Del-;
giaai relief ship Plunders struck a i
mine in the English .channel on Mon
day hist. A local newspaper says; the
I crew were sv»ved.
ADMIRAL WATSONTO RUN
FIM SEATTLE TO NOME
—
SEATTLE, April 11,—The steam-j
ship Admiral Watson will replace the
Senator <m itibe ISwme run, Beaving Se
attle on her first trip June 1.
BED IS RUSSIA’S EMBLEM
BUT SHOULD BE EELLOIAI
MOSCOW, April 11.—Russia"* na
na'.ional flag henceforth will he red,
with an inscription in Russian, '"So
cialistic Federated Soviet Republic in
Russia"
AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO AID
IN FORCING ALLIED VICTORY
CHICAGO, April 11.—Secretary of
the Interior Lane, addressing the Chi
cago Chamber of Commerce today,
said that American soldiers were be
ing interwoven into the allied lines,
for the purpose.of strengthening that
line until It will drive back the Teu
tons and force an allied victory.
Mr. Lane recommended the sending
of returned soldiers to lands to be re
claimed in the West. He estimated
that the government could give each
many forty acres.
He advised Amerlcar.3 to have faith.
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE
GIVEN YEAR FOR ESPIONAGE
MINNEAPOLIS, April 11—J. O.
Bentall, Socialist candidate for gov
ernor, has been convicted of violating
the espionage act, and is now under
sentence of one year's imprisonment
in the county jail for obstructing the
draft.
I He gave notice of appeal.
TWO TYPES OF ITALIAN FLYERS
Typ- of dirigible mm! new Italian flylaJjboatMacchi, used by the Italian •
navy .to- patrdJ wo+k alnig tbe Adriatic. |
PERMISSION IS ASKED
TO ATTACK JAPANESE
LONDON. April II—"The BoWteevlki
'tuve asked tlermany for permission
to postpone the demobilization of the
Itussian amry, in consequence oft the
landing of Japanese troops at TJadi
wostok, according to a report cur
nent here.
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A ‘meeting t£f the National CoBvicil
or Defense will be held at the United
States A'ommisBioner’s office tonight
at 8 o'clock and a full attendance of
the members is requested.
PflBMINENT IRISHMAN
DISAGREES WITH PREMIER
8® FRANCISCO, April 11—T P
O’* an nor, the Irish Nationalist mem
ber ot' the British parliament who is
ton ffag this country, says that Prem
ier Lloyd George’s proposal to apply
cofrsW-iption to Ireland is an insane
blun&er.
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The Admiral Watson is dae from
Seattle at midnight.
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The steamer Alaska arrived in J«
neau this afternoon and should reach ;
Cordova late tomorrow night.
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE I
PROVESBIG SUCCESS
Ninety-five Honor Flags Have Been
Awarded—Cordova One of Cities
to <4Go Over the Top”
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WASHINGTON, April 11.—Eight of
the twelve federal reserve districts
repwt $212,005,250 subscribed for Lib
erty bonds during the first three
days of the drive. The New York dis
trict contributed $157,200,000. San
Francis*© district reports $1,123,000.
Honor Flags Awarded
SEATTLE, April 11.—The following
has been received from Liberty loan
headquarters in San Francisco, under
date of April 10;
“Ninety-five towns and counties in
the Twelfth reserve district have been
awarded honor flags, and scores of
claims for flags are awaiting confirm
ation.
“Official figures on the amount of
bond subscriptions are not yet avail
able, but officials of the district say
| the quota will be raised within two
weeks. The government will take all
j over-subscriptions.
“Oregon is leading in honor flags,
with 18 out of 34 counties and 108
out of 167 towns reported as having
subscribed their quotas.
"San Francisco, Seattle and Port
land report greater success than dur
ing the same period of other loan
drives.
drives. VAN SMITH." ,
Cordova’* Quota Oversubscribed
Cordova’s quota of Liberty loan
bonds is $47,000, but $52,850 had been
subscribed at 2:30 o’clock this after
noon and from present indications
this town will reach the $100,000
mark. The quota for Valdez and
Seward is $23,000 each.
SATISFACTORY PROGRESS OF
AMERICAN NAVY BUILDERS
CHICHAGO, April 11.—Secretary of
the Navy Daniels yesterday addressed
the National Chamber of Commerce.
In the course of his remarks he said
that the day America entered into
the war there had been added to the
American navy 1,275 vessels aggregat
ing 1,055,116 tons In addition to this,
battle cruisers, dreadnaughts and
scout cruisers authorized and now
building numbered 974, the smaller
craft aggregating 422,017 tons.
Work Goes On Night and Day
Work was being carried on both
night and day in government and
private plants, constructing more
American destroyers than were in all
the allied navies when the war began.
EFFECTIVE ARTILLERY FIRE
DISPERSES HUN INFANTRY
In Heaviest Fighting Yet Encountered on Their
Sector Americans Acquit Themselves
Brilliantly and Effectively
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 11,—The Germans at
tempted an attack against the Ameri
cans northwest of Toul before sun
rise yesterday morning, but were
completely repulsed. Two German
prisoners said the Teutons had plan
ned the attack with eight hundred
men, but the effective American ar
tillery fire stopped the attack in full
strength. No Americans w'ere cap
tured.
The attack was the heaviest yet
made on the Americans. Brilliant
work by the American gunners dis
persed the German infantry before
they reached the wire entanglements.
The German attack was made after
two days of violent artillery fire, and
it lasted for two hours. Many Ger
mans were killed and wounded ■*
ANOTHER DISLOYAL EDITOR
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
NOME, April 11.—The grand jury
has indicted Martin Kennelly, editor
of the Industrial Worker, on a charge
of violating the sedition act.
Kennelly succeeded Bruce Rogers
as editor of the Industrial Worker.
Rogers was indicted and convicted on
a similar charge recently.
TRY TO CREATE TROUBLE
AMONG NEVADA INDIANS
RENO, Nev., April 11.—The state
police and government special agents
have been sent to eastern Nevada,
where the Piute, Ooshute and Sno
?hone Indians have been supplied with
irms by some person and advised to
ittack the Indian agents and settlers.
\n investigation by the government
evealed the plot, and that the arms
vere supplied by white men.
«'«SHIPPING
ira be souent
WASHINGTON, April 11.— Presi
dent Wilson will order American
oastwise vessels turned over the
ailroad administration tonight for
peration.
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Capt. J. J. Murray, who resigned as
hief of police, left on the Admiral
arragut today for Portland and will
ring back a new power boat for the
anoe Pass Packing Company, which
e will command this summer.
WAGE SCALE
IS ADJUSTED
BY RODGERS
W. H. Rodgers, mediator and con
ciliator -.representing Secretary W. B. I
Wilson, mt the department of labor of
the fedexal government, has been snc-|
■cessful in adjusting the controversy
'between the Copper River and North
western railway and some of its em-;
ployees and left last night for the,
states on the Alameda. The men;
have reiteiued increases of from 11 to
25 per cent in their different lines of!
w«.rk and have agreed with the com
pany that When the eight hour law isj
'invalidated they will work the same
hours as ane now being worked on the;
government controlled railroads in the!
state*, at agreed rates. The com-1
pany has agreed that payments under;
their bonus system will not be re
duced lor the duration of the war.
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Him IS KIES
IS CUT Cl IN8EIM
HONOLULU, April 11.—Oahu isl
and, on which Honolulu is located,
will become “dry" at midnight tonight,
by Presidential order.
MALONEY «/& SPEAK
IN GOUDOVA TONIGHT;
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William Maloney, territorial mine!4
inspector, who Is a Democratic ean
iidate for delegate to congress from
\laska at the primaries to be held on c
April 30, will speak on the political t
situation at Eagle hall tonight at 8 t
j’clock. An invitation is extended to! C
the public to attend. h
UNITED STATES ESTABLISHES
NAVAL BASE IN MID-ATLANTIC
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WASHINGTON, April 11.—For the
protection of the trade routes of south
ern Europe, the United States, with
he consent of Portugal, nas estab
ished a naval base on the Azores isl
mds. Guns already have been landed
to begin the fortifications.
The station will be the base for sub*
marines, destroyers and other smalB
craft, together with airplanes. A num- *
ber of airplanes already have been
assembled there.
BOLO PASHA THREATENS TO
SEE THAT OTHERS HANG ALSO
PARIS, April 11.—The newspaper
L,a Victoire does not believe that Bolo
Pasha's execution is Imminent. Bolo
ias been making eleventh-hour con
essions, and says that if he must
hang others must hang also.
Execution Delayed
The newspaper says that it will
take some time to investigate Bolo’s
statements.