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morning to witness a demonstration of
tlie new submarine destroyer by its in
ventor. before the demonstration Secre
tarv Daniels declared that there was no
truth in the report. Interviewed after
the trials he said: “It is no dream. The
scientists have got down to brass tacks
and have provided a means ot eliminat
ing the submarines."
i Chicago: May wheat opened this morn
ing at 53.11.
Washington: Sec McAdoo this morn- j
ing handed M. Jusserand, French minis- I
ter of the exchequer, treasury warrants j
amounting to 5100,000,000.
London: The war office announced !
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this morning that the German forces re- :
^ captured the village of Fresnoy and the j
surrounding woods last nite.
Washington: President Wilson called j
thirty congression 1 leaders to the White j
House this morning for a conference on j
measures now pending liefoie congress j
Xew York: The first of the vessels!
seized by the government and which had 1
been owned by Germany was started on 1
her wav to Kurope with supplies for the [
Allies this morning.
Xew York: In a speech delivered in
this citv last nite Colonel Roosevelt de- i
dared: “The United States will first!
jjiay dearly in blood for having failed to i
prepare in times of peace."
Seattlt: ' Ninety- seven men from this
city have received appointments to the !
officers’ reserve corps training camp at 1
San Francisco and will leave for their j
new duties in a few days.
London: The adnuraltv reported this
morning that the daily average of ton
^ nage stink bv subs is decreasing rapidly
and the weekly total will probably be
far below that of the preceding week.
Xewport Xews: Victor Carlstroni.
veteran aviator, was instantly killed this
morning when his piane collapsed at a '
height of 3000 feet. Carey B. lippes, a '
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| also killed.
Washington: Government secret agents
I are investigating a charge reeentlv made
i against the members of the crew of a
! government revenue cutter, who are ac
cused of carrying supplies to a German
submarine.
Boston: Patrol boats were sent to the
j rescue of tlie steamer Sebastian lliisuiorn
i ing when she reported a lire in her cargo
I and asked for assistance. She was lying
| off the Nantucket shoals when she first
| sent her S. O. S.
Paris: This city was the scene of wild
demonstrations this morning, the cause
being ttie presence of a company of Amer
ican soldiers, marching under the Stars
and Stripes enroute to the front. The
police were forced to clear a passage for
the troops.
THURSDAY
London: With even- gun at his com
mand and with reserves masked behind
his lines prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is
expending every effort to halt the cease
less British advance on Drocourt, the last
German bulwark in front of Lens. The
jiossession of Lens is of great importance
to the Germans as it is on the railroad
which connects St.- yuentin with the
main German base, and its capture bv
the British means the capture of the lal
t r stronghold. Both sides are struggling
tor victory without any apparent regard
for the cost in man power and gun pow
er and the battle of Lens is assuming a
significance which will soon place it
in the same rank as Verdun and the
Marne.
Washington: The new government
war lax revenue bill is designed to raise
the per capita tax of the United States to
three dollars, mainlv thru income profits
revenue taTtes~and customs duties, with
a multitude of minor assessessments on
all necessities, luxuries and amusements
used by all but the poorer classes. A
few of the articles mentioned front which
the new tax will be derived are: liquors,
cigars, cigarettes, snuffs, documents,
playing cards, freight bills, passenger
tickets, express bills, pullman tickets,
steamer stateroom tickets, gas and elec
tric revenues, telephone and telegraph
tolls,' advertising, insurance revenues,
automobiles and accessories,phonographs,
motion picture films and machines, show
tickets, jewelry, sporting goods, candies,
pleasure boats, club and fraternal dues,
etc. The English per capita tax is at
present J>60.
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Loudon: All official reports from Kus
| sia indicate the provisional government
to be in an extremely precarious condi
tion. The recent disorganization ot the
i Russian army lias had an apparently ser
ious effect on the Allie 5 situation and has
materially increased the burden being
carried bv the Trench anti British,
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Washington: Speculation is rife ill of
ficial circles today as the result of an
order issued by the war department call
ing General Pershing to Washington. It
is rumored that he is to lie placed at the
head of the American forces in Trance
| Paris: The French forces this morning
i rej ulsed a number of German counter
; attacks in t lie Rlieims sector anti also
captured 1200 meters ot German front
; line trenches northwest of Chevereux in
the vicinity of Craoune.
i
; Washington: Confcrres of the army
| bill have agreed on the bill which pro*
i vines for the Roosevelt military expetli
j tion to France, anti the bill will probably
: go to the presiilent today for his sigua*
, I ture.
j New York: The fir t reports of the
government's new war tax policv has had
j the effect of crumbling the stock market.
Peking: In an address before the en
tire Chinese cabinet in secret session in
! this city yesterday Premier Jui urged an
j open declaration of war between this
'government and Germany.
Laredo: A report received in this city
j tins morning s'aies that a Mexican troop
j train was wrecked at Oueretaro last nite,
resulting in the death of 14 and injury to
one hundred.
j London: The British forces recaptured
j=n large portion of the Fresiioy front from
the Germans this morning.
Washington: Negotiations aie now
| tinder wav for a war loan by this govern
j nient to Canada.
| London:* According to advance reports
I made public today tlie British agricultur
al outlook is extremely unpromising.
FRIDAY
Cincinnati: Joseph Fo-aker. former
senator and governor of Ohio, <lie«l at his
I home in this city this morning at tile age
! of 87 years.
Washington: According to advices re- I
ceived hv the state department vesterdav
tliere are at present 157 Americans being
held prisoner in Germany.
London: It was officially reported this
] morning that two more British hospital
ships were torpedoeil in the English chan
nel yesterday. The loss-of life is not
reported.
Ottawa: According to a report made
public this morning the total of killed,
wounded and missing Canadian soldiers
since the beginning of the war amounts <
to 90,000.
Washington: The conferres on the ;
selective conscription bill have passed
the bill in its original form except that
the age limit has been fixed at from 21
to 30 rears.
Washington: Secretary Lansing an
nounced officially this morning that the
United States will under no consideration
consider peace proposals unless made to
the entente allies as well.
New York: In a speech delivered in
this city last nite Premier Yiviana de
clared that France will not entertain any
peace overtures until Germany relinquish
es all claim to Alsace-Lorraine.
I New York: The armed American line
steamer Vemship arrived in this port last
nite with the report that she fired ten j
shots at a submarine off the Irish coast
on May second. The U-boat submerged •
immediately and it was impossible to-as !
certain whether or not she was hit.
I’etrograd: It is frankly admitted in of- 1
ficial circles here that the future peace
j and freedom of the Russias is menacid
j by the quarrel now existing between the
I dunia and the socialist party. A commit
tee of leaders of both factions is in session
today in an effort to effect a coalition
government, j
London: According to an official state
ment issued by the admiralty this morn
| iug a Brit sli squadron of light cruisers J
I and destroyers gave chase to a fleet of 11
I German destroyers which appeared off
the English coast yesterday but the enemy ;
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ceeded in escaping.
Norfolk: A bottle washed ashore this
morning here contains a message from
the crew of the Kathleen, a sailing vessel
which left this port April 12 and has not
been heard from. The message states
that she was sunk bv a German U-boat
j on April 13, which indicates the presence
of subs in American waters on that date.
San Francisco: I.ieut. Wolf, who en
listed under the tfartie of Frank Fels in
the aviation corps of the American arms
at San Diego, anil who deserted vester
day when he learned that his identity
was lieing investigated, was captured in
this citv this morning. According to a
secret service agent. Wolf had been in
the German army, ha l been wounded at
Verdun, and was sent to this country as
a spy. When searched lie had papers
containing all details of tile fortifications
of San Francisco in his possession.
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Elsewhere In Alaska
A prospecting drill in the Tolovana
countrv recently struck a stream of live
water at a dtpdi of 130 feet which over
flowed the hole.
A movement is on foot in Ke'c'iikan
to organize a branch of the Bov Scouts
of America. Bovs under 12 years of age
will not be accepted.
Tne Raven Patrol of the Bov Scouts
was organized recently in Valdez with a
member-hip of 25. 'i lios. Dotiolioe was
elected patrol leader.
The First Alaska Military Trail corps|
was organized at Juneau recently with '
George Irving captain, Charles Xagliel
first lieutenant and Cassie Secret second
lieutenant.
The Treadwell and the Alaska Juneau
Mining companies of Southeastern Alas
ka have cancelled the casualty insurance
carried and will settle directly with the
men in the event of accident.
The machinery has been installed for
a one-line cannery at Valdez and the
manager of the company, John Etnel, a
well-known cannery man, looks fora big
pack this year.
The production of the Jumbo and Ik>
nauza mines of the Kenuecott corpora
tion is said to be between *2,5l)0,UC0 and
;£3,000,000 a month.
While a moving picture was beingtak
en of the Anchorage fire department in
action rece tlv the fire engine turned
over rounding a corner and was badly
damaged. The driver escaped unhurt.
It is reported that an oil flotation plant
of 100-ton daily capacity is contemplated
by the mines in the vicinity of White-1
horse. An expeit looked the ground j
over a short time ago.
Arnold J: ckson, wdio prior to the war ;
engaged in mining at Juneau, was recen' - ;
ly awarded the Victoria Cross at Loudon j
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NOTICE OF CALL i'OR BIDS.
Sealed proposals will be received a1 the
i office of the Alaskan Engineering com
| mission, Fairbanks or Xenana, until -
p. in.. June 1st, and then opened, for
; furnishing at Nenana on or before Nov.
I 15ili, 1917, all or anv part of;—Item 1—
; 200 tons of native red top bay of good
quality, bright and well cured voting hay
cut before August 1st, 1917, free from
weeds, dirt or oilier impuritv, in bales
ot not less than 50 pounds each. Item 2
j —50 tons oat hay of good quality, free
from weeds, dirt or other impurities, in
; hales ot not less than 50 ibs. each. De
j livery will be accepted at any date be*
! tween August 1st and November 15th.
; The Commission reserves the right to ac
I cept or reject any or all bids and to
I waive technicalities if in the interest of
[ the government to diJ so. Enveloped
! should be marked “Proposals for Hay
i to be opened Jutte 1st.” Thomas Rivgs,
I Jr., Member of Commission. 32-2t
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! by Kitig lvdward, ami is now a major in
the British army.
A new lead of exceptional richness ist
reported to have been opened in the
Mother Lode mine near McCarthy, car
rving azurite, malachite, chalcocite and
argenlite, and which assays several thous
and dollars per ton in silver alone.
The Juneau Shotgun & Rifle club
which recently made application for uf
illation with the National Rifle associa
; tion has received notice that its applica
1 tion has been favorably acted upon by
the association.
The fishing industry at Seward is ex
periencing a decided boom tliis summer.
; Several fishing companies will operate
there and a large number of private boats
will he operated by fi-hermen who expect
to sell their catch to tile ibid storage
plant or the silteries.
It is reported that the normal output
of the Bonanza and lieatsbti mines of the
Kennecott Copper corporation at present
is 1 etter than seven mi 11 ion pounds of
, copper ore monthly, altho for six con
secutive months last year the output ex
ceeded ten million pounds monthly, but
; by the middle of this year with tile com
pletion of the expansion plans in the
| latter mine the combined output of the
J t'.io mines should exceed the ten milliori
mark each mouth.
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