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and the solemn warnin' given Minister
of Justice Kerenskv.
London: According to statistics pre
pared l>y the war office from authentic
records the Central Powers have lost in
the Western theater in the period April
16 to Mav 1st over 200,000 uien in killed
wounded and missing. Their losses for
the first two weeks of Mav have been
proportionately' greater, in several in
stances whole divisions having been lit
erallv wiped out.
London: Proceeded by an intense ar
tillery ljombardment which lasted nearly
a 1 la-t nite von Hiudenburg early this
morning hurled vast numbers of reserves
i gainst the French and British lines i.i
an effort to recapture the positions taken
by the Allies in tlie recent offensive in j
the Arras sector. According to official !
bulletins issued bvthe Hritisband French
war offices todav tile German attack failed ;
at all points, only a few of the most ad- ;
vanned outposts being taken.
Berlin: Much dissapointment is being |
felt as the resuit of von Bethiuanti-Hcll- j
weg's speech before the reiclistag this
morning as it was expected that a new j
offer of peace, aimed directly at Russia,
would he forthcoming. He said in brief: j
‘•The interests of our country can not lie j
served by a declaration at this time of the j
war aims of the Central Powers. I can >
not permit myself to he influenced by ]
the activities of Soct ilists, as the whi le
situation demands reserve, ami l am ,
then fore compelled to adopt an attitude
of silence."
THURSDAY
Bremerton: The first of the 25 sul - ;
marine chasers t<^ be built here was
launched this morning.
Chicago: May wheat dropped sixty
cents a bushel on the market here dur
ing the past twenty-four hours.
Igmdott: The British stranglehold on
lluilecourt was strengthened during last
tiite with the capture of several import
ant positions.
I K1 l’nso: Lieut. Kt>ert and Corporal
Dunsworth were killed this morning when
' the plane in which they were flying near
Columbus, N. M.. collapsed.
i I’etrograd: Prime Minister Mitukoff
resigned from the duma this morning.
His resignation is taken as a faroral)ie
indication of continued peace in Russia.
j Washington: Secretary Bakerannounc
! ed this morning that the national guard of
• all states in the I’niou will l>e called for
1 service the day the conscription law goes
j into effect.
| Rome: The spring campaign on the
Austro-Italian front is reported to have
opened up with an Italian drive toward
Trieste, and important ga ns are reported
in the direction southeast of Gorizia.
Washington: The general munitions
tioard announced this morning that rifles
and ammunition to equip an army of one
million men are now ready, besides large
numbers of a new type of light aatiilery.
Washington: It was announced in
naval quarters this afternoon that the U
S. navy is already doing its hit in the
war, it being stated that a number ol
fighting ships flying the American flag
have arrived in the war zone.
Washington: The government this
morning issued treasury warrants to the
Russian government amounting to 5100,
000,000. This is interpreted by officials
here as a guarantee bv the latter govern
ment that she will remaiti in the war.
San Francisco: According to a state
ment made to the authorities here this
morning a German spy suspect who is
being held in the city jail stated that the
German-Americans of the United States
are maintaining a very complete spy sys
tem thruout all parts of the country.
Washington: According to a statement
issued by the war department this tuor -
ing all men in the United Stales, either
married or unmarried, between the ages
of twenty-one and thirty years will (te re
quired to register oti the sixth dav after
the president's proclamation of conscrip
tion is formally issued.
Amsterdam: According to a statement
i appearing in a recent issue of the Yoike
j Zeitung of Cologne it is the object of the
; German government to annex Belgium
I and humble Kngland. The paper is
know n to be close to the Imperial gov
ernment and the item in question is pre
sumed to have been inspired.
Washington: The senate and house
conference committees have reported
favorably on the amendment to the army
bill which raises the pay of all regulars
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ami militiamen fifteen dollars a month. |
The lowest rate under the new seaie will j
! be £30 a month anil the total increase of;
‘ salaries wi.l auiount lo i3aU.U00.0J0 an
l.u.tilj.
FRIDAY
Seattle: The retail price of flour fell
jii.50 a barrel hete today.
Paris: The war office announced that
only three French ships were sunk by
German U-boats during the past week.
Berlin: It was officially announced
this morning that the German forces
evacuated t e ruins of Uullecourt this
morning.
| New York: A dispatch appearing in
the New York Ilerald this morning states
that a large number of Japanese troops
landed in Marseilles April 30.
j New. York: The American liner Ilil
oniati was torpedoed off the port of Genoa,
' Italy, last liite with a loss of four lives
according to a report received here this
morning.
Washington: According to advices re
ceived by the stale department this morn
ing the decrease of submarine activity in
English and French waters is due to the
new and greatly strengthened patrol sys
tem which has recently been inaugurated. !
Washington: Yice-presklent Marshall
and Speaker Clark signed the conscrip
tion bill this afternoon at one oclock and
* the bill will go lo tlie president imtnedi
' ately fot his signature. It is expected
I that the hill will be signed by six oclock.
St. Franctsville, 111.: According to a
cable from Berlin received this morning
! Mrs. James Couch, wife of a local minis- ■
; ter, was shot at sunrise on Friday of last
week because of a letter which she had
written and in which she h;.d criticised
the Kaiser.
London: An admiraltv report issued
this morning states that an American i
destroyer went to the assistance of the
steamer Adriatic last uite when she re
ported by wireless that she was being
pursued by a diver, and after driving oil
the submarine she cotlvo'.eii the steamer
to port.
London: After two weeks of heavy
fighting the British hist nile secured pos
session of Bulb court. This village was
the las* obstacle in the path of the British
forces for the pos.-ession of Letts. A dis
patch from l’arts states that the Germans
are already putting Lens to the torch,
and it is exacted that they will evacuate !
the city before many hours.
Washington: At a closed session of
the senate hist nite which lasted five
hours the president, cabinet and national
defense lioard were denounced very bit
terly, atul it is understood that the senate ;
will today openly demand an explanation
of the conduct of the affairs of the war, j
many congressmen declaring that they !
are kept in ignorance of the true condi
tions which America is facing.
London: It is reported here that the
weekly losses of tonnage due to U-boat
activity is far below the average of the
previous weeks while the amount of ton
nage entering British and French ports ,
is increasing steadily. This is accounted
for by the fact that the clear weather of
the past several days has made possible
the use of large numbers of aeroplanes for
, coast patrol. The air scouts are able to
j detect the divers when submerged, and
i besides warning vessels of theirapproacli
! have succeeded in destroying a number
j of them with bombs.
i Elsewhere In Alaska
I Tlie ranks of the Juneau Red Cross
chapter are filling rapidly.
Jack Dougliertv, okltime restaurant
' man of Fairbanks, is uow located at An
chorage.
An ancient smooth-bore Manchurian
rifle was found recently by a trapper iu
the Tazlina district.
The Northern Commercial company.
has erected a store and dock at Dikeuij|u
at a cost of §40,000.
William Kuhn and Miss Abbie May
Hanson of Hot Springs were married in
| Seattle last month and left immediately j
I afterward for the Arctic via lidmonton.
I , i
Fifty-five residents of Douglas, sever. 1
of whom were a dozen years beyond the
military age. but not too old to fight,
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Corona Typewriters, Dodge Bros. Automobiles
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Fairbanks Chena
s'gned the membership roll fora militia,
company at a meeting held recently for
that purpose.
Tlie Canadian Klondvke dredge No. *1,
on the Klondi ke river, has l>een repaired
ami will begin operations toward the end
of this month. No. 2 dredge has been
working all winter despite the cold.
Gordon C. Betties, from whom the
town of Betties, on the Koyukuk, was
named, has disposed of all his holdings
in that section and will devote his atten
tion to his rich placer holdings on Candle
creek.
In the cargo of the steamer Italia, sub
maiined while enroute front New Voikto
Havre some time ago, was three carloads
of clear Alaska spruce shipped by the
Ketchikan Power company to Prance for
the manufacture of propeller blades for
aeroplanes.
The Tolstoi district is becoming fatuous
as a producer of mastadou tusks and
teeth. A specimen tjjsk measuring S 1-2
feet in length was recently shipped from
that district to San Francisco. It was in
an excellent state of preservation.
Territorial.Treasurer Smith received a
check recently front the Kennecott Mines
company for the sum of J.219,000, being
the yearly tax on the mines of the com
pute in the Territory for the tear 1916.
The tax was paid on a net yearly output
of $21,000,001).
A. T. Spatz, proprietor of the Spat/,
cate at Janeau, has a mode! fish hatchery
in the window of his place with 8,000
sockeve salmon eggs and 5,000 trout eggs
in various stages of development. Spatz
will ktep the fish hatchery working un
til the fish are of good size.
Carl Thiel, whoopeiates a trading post
at Aktak on the Kuskokwim 30 miles
above Bethel, arrived in Anchorage rec
ently with a large quantity of furs, chief
among which were a number of marten,
red and silver foxes, mink and lynx
skins, valued at several thousand dollars
Nome merchants are outdoing each
other ill efforts to offer their patrons tlie
most tempting prizes. The latest one of -
fertd is a bar of gold worth $100. All
purchases of twenty-five cents or over
entitles the buyer to a chance on the
prize.
Mrs. Nell'c Neal, proprietor of the
roadhouse at Mile 40 on the government
railroad, mushed into Seward rec-ntlv
carrying a 3J-pound park. She left lur
home at six o’ch ck in t le n orning and
reached Seward at 10:30 thatnite, having
m ule but cue stop in the whole distance,
a. Mile 12 for dinner.
The liuipreis of India and the Valerie
mines near White Horse, which have ;e
cently been undergoing development,
have both made an initial shipment of
I
| ore to tlie Tacoma sn elter anti expect to
continu • regu ar shipments in the future.
| New machinery will be speedily installed
1 t • inert-a e the output of '>uth properties.
District fudge Jennings of Jutt *au b s
j raised the bail of Michael Sheehan and
1 J. II. Hewitt, the two men who are at
j cused ot stealing a >. 0,000 gold brick at
the Chicago!! mine last month, from »3,
■ 5(X) to $15,O0J each, and bound the two
; men over to the next grand jury.
Word has been received at Ketchikan
from the Marconi headquarters that the
i United States government has taken over
I all the Marconi wireless statio is in Alas
! ka and that all operators in these stations
| are now in the employ of the government.
\ An official of the navy department is ex
pected to come North soon to swear in
i , ,
ail the operators.
I The C. I'. R. steamer I’.ince Rupert,
which went ashore on Ganu island se> -
i eral weeks ago, is being salvaged. Ti e
salvaging crew has completed all prelim
i tary work of blasting away rocks and
laying skids and pontoons. The vessel
is said to be uninjured except for a few
bent plates and two small holes in her
bottom.
A letter received at Dawson from I'ort
McPherson states that the winter there
has been the coldest on rtcird thtre.
Very little snow has fallen, making hunt
ing difficult, and the thickness of the ice
has made fishing impossible and the In
dians have suffered in consequence. An
immigration of lynxes from the westward
along the Aactic coast occurred during
the winter and the natives are reported
to have the animals stacked up like cord
wood waiting to be skinned. One Eskimo
on the Delta is reported to have captured
seven stiver foxes this winter and other
trappers have increased tile number to
about thirty.
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